http://www.democraticunderground.com/11583120Oh my.
By the way, the cbayer primitive got plastered last night (Friday night), drunk out of her gourd, drunker than a skunk.
Paper Roses (5,024 posts) Wed May 21, 2014, 04:53 PM
Suggestions needed: Best cleaner for painted plaster walls and painted woodwork.
I am in the process of preparing my house for sale. I cannot afford a professional to paint either the inside or outside of my house. Current circumstances require that I do the work myself. I used to do everything but 'old age' has slowed me down.
I have tried Simple Green, Mr. Clean, Greased Lightning and a couple of other cleaners before but I have never thought the job looked good. The painted plaster and the woodwork are in good order, just need a cleaning. Do you have any suggestions about a more effective all-purpose cleaner? I'll never have the energy to do it twice and will do one or 2 walls at a time.
I would like the house to look fresh and clean for any prospective buyers. The outside will have to remain in need of paint, no funds available for that job.
Any suggestions would be a great help.
On edit: The cleaner I need to use would be the type to be mixed with water in a bucket, not something to be sprayed directly on the walls.
X_Digger (15,401 posts) Wed May 21, 2014, 05:32 PM
1. Wow, greased lightning didn't do the job?
That stuff should come with rubber gloves, it's so powerful.
I would have recommended simple green as a good balance between power and safety.
JimDandy (3,779 posts) Wed May 21, 2014, 06:10 PM
2. I'm dealing with that right now too
at my parent's home. If the plaster is smooth, use a mop with a brand new sponge head (the dense yellow kind) and dawn dish detergent. Make sure to vacuum any cobwebs first, then start at the top of the wall and mop down in even rows with a little overlap (like using a paint roller). The mop should be rinsed and wrung out fairly well after each 1/2 to full row.
If the paint is flat, wring the mop out fairly dry and use a lighter pressure, short strokes, a smaller angle and an appropriate amount of elbow grease. Change the rinse water very frequently. Mopping works also on the wood work. For scuff marks of any color use a rag with a little comet and scrub a couple times directly on the marks and they will come up almost immediately.
If the plaster is textured you will need to go the tedious route with a tough, non-colored rag that won't leave filaments behind. (Had to do this in a textured hallway and it was a chore!)
Good luck and take lots of breaks.
ret5hd (10,399 posts) Fri May 23, 2014, 08:21 AM
3. TSP?
If you use it, be sure to wear gloves and safety glasses.
You know, the chronically-helpless primitive is
always whining about "poverty," yet at the same time seems to have enough money laying around to buy yet more of what Judy grasswire calls her "treasures."
Her house is packed to the rafters with used goods she hopes to.....eventually.....sell on eBay.
One time, she hired a professional eBay seller to sell the stuff, and it was sold. For the first time in years, decades, the chronically-helpless primitive was able to use her dining-room table.
And then she turned right around and filled it all up again.
