How to Dust and Clean Your Miniature Collection: The Safe Way.

Dust is the silent killer of miniatures. One day your Rolife Sunshine Town looks magical; a month later, it looks like an abandoned attic.

Cleaning miniatures is terrifying. One wrong move with a feather duster can snag a tiny streetlamp and rip it right off the wall. You cannot use a regular rag, and you definitely cannot use a vacuum cleaner.

To keep your collection looking brand new without breaking fragile parts, you need a specific set of tools borrowed from photographers and makeup artists.

1. The Best Tool: Soft Makeup Brushes.

Recommendation: Fluffy Eyeshadow Blending Brushes.

Forget "cleaning" brushes. They are too stiff. You need makeup brushes.

• Why: They are designed to be soft enough for human eyelids, which means they won't scratch your plastic windows or snap your paper flowers.
• How to use: Use a large fluffy brush for roofs and floors. Use a tiny detail brush to flick dust off specific books or furniture.

2. The "No-Touch" Method: Air Puffers.

Recommendation: Silicone Air Blower (Rocket Blower)

If you have a very fragile piece (like a paper plant), do not touch it.

• The Tool: Use a manual air blower designed for camera lenses.
• Why not Canned Air? Compressed gas cans blast air too hard and can freeze/shatter delicate parts.

A hand squeezer gives you gentle, controlled puffs of air to dislodge dust without hurricane-force winds.

3. The "Deep Clean": Cleaning Slime.

Recommendation: Cyber Clean / Dust Gel [Link to Amazon]

This is that neon yellow "goo" used for cleaning car vents and keyboards.

• How it works: You press it gently onto a surface, and it pulls dust out of cracks that a brush can't reach.
• Where to use: Cobblestone streets, brick walls, and sturdy wooden floors.
• WARNING: Do NOT use this on paper accessories (books/scrolls). It will stick to the paper and rip it.

4. The Ultimate Solution: Prevention (Display Cases).

Recommendation: Acrylic Display Box (Custom Size) .

The only way to stop cleaning forever is to seal your kit.

• Dust Covers: Many Cutebee kits come with dust covers. Rolife usually sells them separately.
• The IKEA Hack: If you have a large collection, the IKEA DETOLF or BLALIDEN glass cabinets are the gold standard for display. They keep 90% of dust out.

Pro Tip: Museum Wax.

If you keep knocking over tiny chairs while you dust, buy a pot of Museum Wax .

• It is a clear, sticky putty used by museums to hold vases on shelves during earthquakes.
• Put a tiny dot under your miniature furniture. It stays rock solid while you dust, but peels off cleanly if you want to move it later.