Washing walls is an easy task to accomplish but a time consuming one. You will need a large bucket with hot water, a cleaner with a degreaser in it (Mr. Clean, Pine-Sol), a mop with a sponge head, and lots of towels.
Pick a starting spot that you will recognize as such, like a corner. Soak the mop in the water and cleaner, squeezing out any excess and then simply mop the walls. Follow with a dry towel to wipe dry.
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Don’t try to wash textured walls you will just flake the texture off. Talk to your painter about the best way to clean them – it might just be repainting.
Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser is the best thing since bottled water! It will take just about anything off a white wall. Be careful with colored paint as it also can take the color off and leave you with streaks and blurs of paint.
In a pinch, baby wipes can clean a lot of stuff off walls. So if you have a little one who likes to throw their food just grab a baby wipe and wipe off the wall.
Wash your walls from the top down. Any excess water is going to run down the wall and if you start at the bottom by the time you get to the top you will have runs of dirty water all over your clean areas.
Kitchen walls are probably the dirtiest. Wash them more frequently with a cleaner that contains a degreaser. Pay close attention to the top of the walls as heat and all the dirt trapped in it will rise to the top.
A quick easy recipe for a cleaner is:
2 tablespoons ammonia,
2 tablespoons liquid detergent (like Dawn or Ivory for your dishes),
and 1 Quart water.
Make sure you change your water frequently during washing or else you are going to be putting dirty water over dirty walls.
Take down the pictures and anything else you have hanging on the wall. Not only will this be a good judge of whether the walls are clean but if you leave them up they will just get water dripped splattered on them.
You will also need to wash the molding around the room. So keep a rag for cleaning those with you, as well as a towel for drying. I like to do all the top moldings first, then wash the walls and finish with the bottom moldings.
If you have small children you have had at least on instance of that little one coloring the walls with their crayons. Use a small amount on Endust and gently rub in a circular motion to remove the wax, then follow with your cleaner and wipe dry.
Swiffer Wet is the easiest and fastest way to clean your walls. It even takes off cigarette smoke residue with no scrubbing! It also leaves a clean scent with no need to rinse.
It is best that you move furniture such as couches etc. away from walls when cleaning.
Textured walls can be cleaned with a sponge mop.
The EASIEST way to clean walls without scrubbing and breaking your back is to get a portable steamer…one full tank of water cleans an entire wall, sure it takes longer (because of the time it takes between full tanks and heating process) you can do other house work while you wait!
an easy way to remove crayon that your budding picasso has applied to your walls and/or floors….use a hairdryer to melt the wax. wipe clean with a wet wipe, baby wipe or wet cloth.
How to clean the wall?
First,you can clean the wall with:
1.water
2.the vacuum cleaner
and 3. soap
Its very simple,mix the soap and water.
Cleaned the wall with a mix of this; then dry with a vacuum cleaner.
After that, clean it one more.
a product called awesome that I buy for one buck at family dollar will clean everything from brake dust on wheels to rubber rafts and inside I spray it on all but sheetrock to clean.awesome stuff and cheap
get a kettle, once water is boiled, conbine hot water with egg whites and bleech, poor over walls, leave for around 3 minutes, dry with a hair dryer, your walls will be sparkling white.
I so totally agree with Elaine…the Awesome cleaner that you get for a buck at any dollar store is the most amazing cleaner that I have ever seen. It will take any grime off of anything. Why spend a fortune on anything else when this stuff is terriffic.
Give your cleaning solution a little time to work. Dampen the area to be cleaned without doing a lot of scrubbing yet. Go back to the area after a little while and the dirt will be easier to scrub off. Don’t forget to rinse with clean water, especially prior to painting. Cleaning product residue will attract dirt.
I like the Awesome product, too. Never have used it on walls but will try it today.
People always use a “pinch” or a “splash” of a cleaning product. If the walls are terrible…then u need to add more than a pinch or splash.
You need…..
A bucket sponge mop and regular sponge
Hot Water (Don’t burn yourself!)
2 Cups of Original Scent Pine Sol
I would first pour uncut ammonia in a spray bottle and spray the walls down. I would then scrub hard spots. Then I would use the Original Scent Pine Sol mixture and dunk my mop in there, squeeze the access water out..and go to work.
After the walls are completely dry, “eye” the walls. Go back with your ammonia filled spray bottle and go over any other visable spots. After you let the room air out, eye the room one more time.
Quick tip…on occasions…..wipe down the walls with Pine Sol to keep the walls fresh and clean. The smell is sensational. Don’t be afraid to use a large amount of the Pine Sol. If you dont like the smell…use the Lemon.
My kitchen wall behind the stovetop, and the area behind the garbage can seem to catch splatters of food, grease and dust. I’ve had the best results by using the GEL version of “Shout” laundry pre-scrub.
I apply the gel to a sponge dampened with HOT water, and scrub the wall in circular motions. (The sponge should be wet enought to make “bubbles” but not dripping wet.) Then rinse sponge with HOT water & wipe off wall area. The “Shout” eats the grime up, and leaves a sparkling clean wall & a great scent in the room!
tsp and hudson sprayer
i use tsp mixed with water in a hudson sprayer the kind you pump up i spray the walls the use a sponge mop then i use clean rags to dry
Ms
I am cleaning walls that are not white.They are dark colored walls. I am not sure if I should clean them differentlly. I am using Mr. Clean for wash and then clean rinse water then dry. Any other advise. I did buy some Awesome but not sure about using it.
All-purpose, cheap, and green
Vinegar and baking soda clean everything. No nasty chemicals, no money. Mother Nature…ain’t she grand???
white vinager my favorite cleaning ingredient
White vinager is a mild disinfectant. I use it on vinyl floors with warm water. I also use white vinager and water for a window cleaner. Great wall cleaner is 1/2 cup borax, mixed bucket of warm water and 1 tsp. blue dawn dish soap. I like blue dawn the best. It also is great getting rid of grease on clothes. There is something in blue dawn that the other dawn products don’t have. Also keep a spray bottle under your kitchen sink with water and vinager. Great for wiping up the blood from meat and handling poultry. White vinager does leave your home smelling fresh and clean. All natural product. Can’t be beat