It is likely that your walls are often forgotten when it comes to cleaning your home. Luckily it does not take much to get your walls looking like new.
With periodic dusting, spot cleaning, stain removal, and occasional repairs, you can achieve clean walls and keep them that way. Here are some of our top tips for keeping your walls fresh and clean in your home.
Dust your walls
Use a microfibre cloth to lift away dust, dirt and cobwebs from your walls. You can use it dry, or dampen it with an all-purpose or specialist cleaner.
Put a microfibre cloth on the end of a broom or other long-handled item to get those harder to reach areas. Alternatively, you could use a long-handled sweeper or a brush attachment on your vacuum nozzle.
Wash your walls
We recommend thoroughly washing your kitchen and bathroom walls at least once per year. Dirt is more likely to accumulate on these walls than on the walls in any other room.
You may also want to consider washing the walls in rooms that are regularly used by children or smokers or that contain a fireplace or wood-burning stove.
Dampen a natural sponge with a soap and water solution, and rub your walls gently. Work in small areas. Wash then rinse until there is no dirt remaining in that area and then move over slightly. Once clean, dry the wall with an old towel.
Patch test painted walls
Most glossy and semi-gloss wall paints and many modern matt and satin paints are washable, but it is better to be safe than sorry.
Before committing to washing entire painted walls, first do a patch test in an inconspicuous area. If paint comes off on your sponge, then do not wash any walls with this paint on.
Touch up damage
If damage occurs to a wall, repair it as soon as possible to prevent it from worsening. Apply a filler to any holes, scrapes or chips, then sand until smooth, and feather the paint over the surrounding area to ensure it does not stand out.
If damage is caused by a leak, first fix the source of the leak, then scrape any peeling or bubbling paint away and sand the area before repainting.
Use paint that is left over from when the wall was originally painted, if possible. If you do not have any paint left over, you can have your paint colour computer-matched for free by many common paint suppliers.
Hire a cleaner
If you do not have the time or supplies to keep on top of your cleaning, or would simply prefer to leave it to the professionals and spend your time relaxing or doing other activities, you may want to consider hiring a cleaner to take care of the cleaning for you.
Time For You specialises in providing properly screened and vetted domestic cleaners to private households to provide you, our client, with more time for you. Find a cleaner near you by simply entering your postcode, and let us take care of the cleaning, so you do not have to.
Time For You is the premier international house cleaning service company with hundreds of local business owners which clean tens of thousands of homes around the world every week.
