The first step before washing your walls is to dust your walls and ceiling. Start where the walls meet the ceiling and work your way down with a vacuum using the brush attachment, dust mop, static duster, feather duster, or even a Swiffer with a dust rag on it.
When you get to the floor, sweep up your dust mess if you have tiled or wood floors or grab the vacuum or Dustbuster if you have carpet. It’s important to clean up the dirt and dust now before you might get the floor wet. It will make cleanup much easier! While you are dusting, look for marks on your walls.
To remove marks use a paste of baking soda and water on a soft cloth or an art-gum eraser.
Place a drop cloth on the floor underneath the wall to protect the floors.
- Cleaning solution for painted walls:
- 1 gallon warm water
- 1/2 cup ammonia
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1/4 cup baking soda
- Combine the ingredients in a bucket.
Start at the bottom of the wall and wash by moving the sponge in a circular motion. Be sure to rinse the sponge regularly in your water bucket so you do not foul your cleaning solution. Rinse and dry the wall.
Hints:
Never stop washing in the middle of the wall. Keep washing across the entire wall to avoid making any marks, which can show right where you started or stopped.
Small strips of cloth and rubber bands or sweat bands (wrapped around wrist — to catch water from running down your arms, I use the cuff off of old tube socks)
Be sure to use natural sponges when cleaning walls. Nylon sponges tend to stick and make the job twice as hard.
To clean textured walls, old nylon stockings are better than sponges or cloths because they won’t tear and leave difficult-to-remove pieces on the surface.
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