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Cleaning Painted Walls

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  • Teejay
    Teejay Posts: 48 Forumite
    Don't buy the JML magic erraser....there expensive. Poundlad sell another brand which work exactlyu the same.
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  • GreyQueen
    GreyQueen Posts: 13,008 Forumite
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    :) I'll second (or third or fourth) sugar soap to wash the walls. It's also a good idea to choose a premuim paint marketed for extra toughness and washability next time you re-decorate. They'll be something suitable from most paint maufacturers. HTH.
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  • K8eP
    K8eP Posts: 26 Forumite
    A rubber works brilliantly for a quick easy fix to most marks on the wall... (and a vacuum to pick up rubber debris)

    :money:
  • moonbrown
    moonbrown Posts: 16 Forumite
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    Hi, hope you can help. My kitchen has very hight ceilings and the wall behind the cooker is so greasy. What is the best thing to use and do to clean it please? I am going to have to use long ladders as well to reach the top!

    Thanks for any advice:j
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Sugar soap is best for getting rid of greas.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • WeegieWumman
    WeegieWumman Posts: 325 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    McKneff wrote: »
    Sugar soap is best for getting rid of greas.

    I'll second that.
    Be sure to wear rubber gloves. Sugar Soap dries up my hands pretty badly.
  • happy35
    happy35 Posts: 1,616 Forumite
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    I find using a Microfibre cleaning pad also helps get the grease off, I used a strong washing up liquid solution and it came straight off
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,571 Forumite
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    You don't say what the surface of the wall is - that information would help!
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
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  • nearlyrich
    nearlyrich Posts: 13,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    I have a steamer that shifts grease fast...
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  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,335 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    ive merged this with our cleaning painted walls thread

    Zip
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