Title: How to Clean Smoke From Walls and Floors After Grease Fires | Home Guides | SF Gate
Headings: How to Clean Smoke From Walls and Floors After Grease Fires
How to Clean Smoke From Walls and Floors After Grease Fires
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Content: Dip a sponge or cloth into a bowl of vinegar, wringing out most of the liquid; then wipe down the entire surface of each wall and ceiling in the room. Open the windows or turn on a ceiling fan to hasten the drying process, if desired. If the odor persists, give the room a second vinegar wipe-down treatment. Heavy-Duty Cleaner
Smoke residue clings to walls and ceilings after a grease fire, meaning every inch of those surfaces requires cleaning. If the walls or ceiling feel greasy or sooty, a treatment with TSP (tri-sodium phosphate) gets them clean once again. Mix a tablespoon of TSP into a gallon of warm water in a bucket and drop a large sponge into the water. Another bucket full of clean water with its own sponge is necessary as well, as the TSP has to be wiped back off the surfaces quickly to prevent paint discoloration. While wearing rubber gloves and eye protection, wring most of the liquid out of the sponge and scrub the surfaces, cleaning small areas at a time; then wipe down the same areas using the water-dampened sponge as a rinse.