cleaning a smoke stained ceiling?

angchris · 6 October 2007 at 4:05PM

i was led in bed last night looking at my ceiling (no rude jokes please!:rotfl: ) and i was shocked to see how smoky yellow it had become as oh smokes. i have never cleaned the ceilings in the 7 years i have been in this house so this afternoon i have got the trusty cif out stood on the bed and scubbed a small patch and it has come up gleaming white after drying it with kitchen towel:j my problem now is that the rest of the ceiling looks awful :rolleyes:
has anybody got any good ideas as to how i can now clean the rest of the ceiling which involves as minimal effort as poss

i did have a mad idea earlier about mopping the ceiling :rotfl: do you ever wish you hadn`t started something?....

embb · 6 October 2007 at 4:18PM

I was gonna suggest mopping it, as long as the mop is flat (would be easier) it will do the trick

carol_a_3 · 6 October 2007 at 4:28PM

I think you're better off giving it a coat of paint. Less messy.

angchris · 6 October 2007 at 4:35PM

carol_a wrote: »

I think you're better off giving it a coat of paint. Less messy.

oh said it needs to be cleaned first before you paint it or you just kinda mix the smoky stain into the paint, because that was the idea to paint it but if its gleaming white underneath i really dont need to paint it just clean it as i can then get away without having to buy paint.

earwig · 6 October 2007 at 4:40PM

get a broom tie an old wet towel to it the brush end and away you go

mandy_moo_1 · 6 October 2007 at 5:11PM

i've just done MIL's kitchen ceiling, and what a nightmare THAT was!! i used stardrops in hot water, and used an old microfibre cloth

you can't just paint over it, cos even after 3 or 4 coats, you'll still se the ''yellow'' thru it.....i tried this on one of her other ceilings, and it looked terrible...........luckily her eyesight's not brilliant so she hasn't noticed! :rotfl:

jaytar · 6 October 2007 at 5:32PM

I do my kitchen ceiling with a flat head mop and sugar soap. It shifts all the grease and smoke stains great.

conradmum · 6 October 2007 at 5:35PM

OH is the smoker? Let him clean it!:rotfl:

angchris · 6 October 2007 at 5:38PM

conradmum wrote: »

OH is the smoker? Let him clean it!:rotfl:

best suggestion so far by miles !!!!! :rotfl: :T :T

Pink. · 6 October 2007 at 5:40PM

Hi angchris,

You do need to clean it before you paint it again, otherwise the stain will come through the paint quite quickly. Sugar soap is specially designed for this. What about a squidgy type thing that's normally used for cleaning windows? I really don't envy you the job.

Pink

lil_me · 6 October 2007 at 6:05PM

If you use something called 'stain blocker', 'stain stop' or a similar one (B&Q sell it, I think Homebase too) then it won't come back through. http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=stain+blocker&selected=products I would use it even if you do clean it as it might still come back. We've had to do it before and used 'stain stop' worked great, also good for other stains, I was sent the info on here when we had a wall which had had lipstick & crayon on and we'd cleaned it off as best we could but the paint wouldn't stick. You either paint it on or for smaller areas they do a spray on, allow to dry for recommended time then paint over.

Like has been said sugar soap would probably be best for cleaning it off.

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