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How to wash painted walls

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 22:21:37 GMT

How to Properly Wash Painted Walls in Southern MD

Once you have done all the work to paint your walls a beautiful color you want to make sure it lasts. With some simple cleaning maintenance tips your walls will continue to have that just painted look for years to come. You don’t have to spend any extra effort, just as part of your normal cleaning routine don’t forget the walls.

So while you’re vacuuming the floors take care of the walls too. With a brush attachment on the vacuum you can clean the walls. After, go over the walls with a cloth covered mop sprayed with a dusting spray. As soon as you notice finger prints or marks on the wall clean them off. Avoid using too much water. Sometimes life happens and there are stains on the walls. Here are some of the common stains and how to remove them.

Removing Crayon

You’ll need a dull knife, mild detergent, a soft cloth, and a dry towel. With the dull knife you’ll rub any excess crayon off the wall. With the mild detergent and a little water rub the spot and the crayon should lift right up off the wall. Then dry it with the dry towel.

Removing Marker/Ink

Start with a wet paper towel or baby wipe. If that doesn’t work though, then you will need hairspray, paper towel or rag, and toothpaste. Spray with the hairspray. Rub gently with the towel or rag. If ink remains then apply toothpaste and allow to sit for ten minutes. Then wipe it clean.

Removing Coffee or Wine

These generally aren’t hard to remove. If you don’t catch them right after they happen then you will need mild detergent, warm water, a cloth, and a dry towel. Don’t use a lot of detergent, just enough to get a few bubbles. Gently rub the wall. Dry with dry cloth.

The kind of paint on the walls could affect your plan of attack on cleaning them. So here are some tips for walls with different types of paint.

How To Clean Walls Painted With Latex Paint

Use warm water and a non-abrasive all-purpose cleaner to clean the walls. Wash around where light switches are and doors as these are high touched areas. For spots that just won’t come off such as fingerprints or scuffs make a paste out of baking soda and water. If that still doesn’t work, then put a little bit of rubbing alcohol on a cloth and gently rub the spot to get it clean. Regular cleaning of the walls will help with these stubborn stains.

How To Clean Walls Painted With Oil Based Paint

Walls with oil based paint can be washed similarly to those painted with latex paint. But if you have stubborn fingerprints mucking up your walls to clean off you should use a mixture of liquid dish detergent mixed in warm water and white vinegar. Place the mixture on the wall and allow to sit for ten minutes. Then blot to remove the stain.

If the walls are textured they’ll catch lots of dust so it will require a deeper cleaning. Use borax mixed with water to deep clean the walls.

It’s always best to clean off any spills or art works from the kids as soon after it happens as possible, but if you can’t that doesn’t mean you’ll have to repaint the walls. It’s important to remember to not use a lot of water on the wall.

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Why Test Colors Before Painting

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 22:10:56 GMT

Why You Should Always Test Colors Before You Paint

When deciding what color you are going to pain a room you need to take the time to actually get a feel for how it will look on your walls. Holding paint swatches up to the wall just isn’t going to do the trick though. You need to take your time, you need to see the color on all walls and you need to see it in different lights throughout the day. This is the only way to know if it’s the right color. But how do you do this in the best most efficient way? Well, here are some pointers.

How To Properly Test Paint on Walls

Do not put paint directly on the existing wall. There are a few reasons, unless you have the wall painted white already you’re going to get an untrue sense of the color you are putting on this different colored wall. If you group a bunch of different colors together on the wall, then you’ll just be comparing color to color which you have already done on the paint swatch itself. You need to give yourself a blank canvas to work with. And don’t worry that doesn’t mean you must pain your wall white. Here’s what you should do.

1. Take the color wheel on a test drive around the room holding it up to the furniture to see which colors go with your upholstery, drapes, and other décor of the room. You know, assuming you’re not changing that as well and if you are some fabric samples of those items will be helpful. Once you have chosen two or three of your favorites it’s time to get down to business and get the paint on the wall, but not really on the wall.

2. Get some white poster board. This is going to be your paint board.

3. The paint store should have samples you can purchase for a nominal fee of the colors you chose from the color wheel.

4. Paint a large square with your paint sample on one paint board. One color per paint board. Don’t paint the whole board, leave some of it white so your eye isn’t distracted when you put it on the wall that is already painted the color you’re trying to cover up. Because there’s probably a reason you are covering that color to begin with, so the last thing you need is that color mucking up your view.

5. Put your paint boards on different walls. Not next to each other because again you want to avoid comparing color to color.

6. Rotate them around the room and see how they look at all different times of the day. As the light hits different parts of a room differently you’ll want to get an idea of what it will look like during all times and in all possible lighting so you don’t end up with a paint that looks spectacular in daylight, but just okay at night with artificial light shining on it.

And that’s how you can get paint on the wall without actually putting it on the wall. This will give you a true feel for how the color is going to look and which one is the best for you. Seeing the color on your wall and not in the store under lighting you hope to never achieve in your home is really the ideal to pick out paint.

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