Cleaning walls in house- they're stained, help!
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We moved in to a Apartment that was badly mis treated and the walls have orange and brown stains on them, i tried using soapy dish water to get it off but as soon as it was dried the stains came back, i am puzzled on what to use? Please Help Me! Thanks!
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Try making a paste with baking soda and water and dab on the stains being careful to not spread the stain or try dabbing with plain white toothpaste. Once you see the stains are gone lightly wash with a mild dish soap and water.
I have been a smoker for 65 years so my walls have similar stains. I use Dawn foam and it does the job every time. It comes in a blue bottle with a squirter and the liquid comes out in a foam. It also disolves burnt items from casserole dishes so very easily in about 30 minutes. Good luck.
I'm a smoker and every 3 or 4 months I mix some water and bleach together in a bucket or in the sink. I use a Swiffer with a wash cloth attached to it and clean my walls. I don't have any stains or discoloration on my walls from smoking in my house.
Bleach should take away the stains.
If it doesn't then the apartment owners may have painted over the nicotine on the walls and it's bleeding thru the new paint. I've seen this alot of times when I use to clean apartments after people moved out.
If that's the case I'm not sure how to fix it other then repainting til u can't see the stains anymore.
Bleach water doesn't take the paint off my walls. None of my walls are white either and it doesn't mess with and of my paint.
I don't know what kinda paint they used. Try a small spot with the bleach water and check to see if it does. But I wouldn't think it would.
That sucks they don't do that. Around where I live almost all repaint if the walls are bad.
If they didn't repaint then if the previous renters were able to paint walls they could of repainted over nicotine instead of just cleaning the walls.