Title: The Best Way to Get Smoke Stains Off Painted Sheetrock Walls | Home Guides | SF Gate
Headings: The Best Way to Get Smoke Stains Off Painted Sheetrock Walls
The Best Way to Get Smoke Stains Off Painted Sheetrock Walls
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Content: The Los Angeles County Health Department recommends wiping off the soot with a dry chemical sponge, which you can buy at a hardware store. Be sure to ventilate the area and wear a dust mask to ensure you don't inhale the soot as you're cleaning it. Clean With a Strong Detergent
The next step in the cleaning process is to wash the walls with a strongly alkaline detergent, and trisodium phosphate is one of the strongest detergents available. Make a solution consisting of a gallon of warm water and a tablespoon of TSP; then put on some rubber gloves and goggles: The solution is highly irritating to skin and eyes. Wash with a sponge, applying the cleaning solution generously; you'll probably want to cover the floor with plastic to protect it from runoff. Besides cleaning soot, TSP also removes the tarry deposits from cigarette smoke stains. Get the Best Mortgage Rate for You | SmartAsset.com
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