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Do-It-Yourself Radio Controlled Dust Mops

by Noel on December 27th, 2006

It’s not yet too late for any new creations. Just before this year ends you can make yourself a new home cleaning helper in the form of a radio-controlled dust mop.

Ingenuity really makes lives easier. With a little creativity, you could easily improvise for modern house equipment.

Through the years, parents have always exerted efforts on how they could teach their kids do household chores. Creative parents have often come up with strategies that successfully motivate children to do so.

Often, parents are forced to bribe their kids or offer material gifts or cash incentives in exchange for the execution of even the most simple household chore.

Since the floor is the most often dirted area of the house, parents wan to make sure their floors are always clean and dust free. Dust mops are one of the busiest simple equipment at home.

Now, innovative scientists have devised a simple way on how you could make the mopping task simple, convenient and really fun that your kids would surely volunteer doing the task.

Introducing the do-it-yourself radio-controlled car dust mop. Yes, you heard it right. The improvised equipment would use the simple toy that is sure to be present even at daddy’s old toy closet.

To make the do-it-yourself, radio-controlled dust mop, all you have to do is to attach a swiffer or a simple mop to the rear or to the front of the remote-controlled car.

Make sure the mop is not heavy enough that the toy car would easily drag it or push it along as it roams around the house. Operate the car and see how the improvised equipment works.

It is that simple. For sure, your kids and even you, the parents who are basically kids at heart, will enjoy playing around with the toy. At the same time, the activity would eliminate the need to constantly wipe off dust and small dirt form the floor.

Amazing, isn’t it?

May you have a cleaner, I mean better new year than last year!

Sources:

Turn a Radio-Controlled Car Into a Dust Mop

Turn an RC Car into a Floor Sweeper!

(image from Libman.com)

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