How to Clean Smoked Walls From Gas Heat
- 1). Remove items from the walls. Keep these items -- such as framed pictures and wall decorations -- in a safe location during the cleaning process.
- 2). Pour 3 gallons of warm water into a 5-gallon bucket. Add 1 cup non-sudsing ammonia, and 1/4 cup liquid dish soap -- that does not contain bleach -- to the water. Mix the contents with a long-handled spoon. Fill a second bucket with cool water.
- 3). Saturate a sponge in the mixture. Wring out the sponge to remove excess liquid. Begin at the bottom of the walls, and scrub in a circular motion while working upward. Starting at the bottom will help eliminate drip stains.
- 4). Rinse the sponge in the bucket of clean water when it becomes soiled. Submerge it back into the cleaning mixture, wring out the excess liquid, and continue scrubbing approximately a 3-foot by 3-foot area of the wall.
- 5). Fill another bucket with clean water. Dampen a cloth in the water, and rinse the cleaning mixture from the 3-foot by 3-foot area of the wall.
- 6). Use a clean towel to dry the water from the wall. Continue cleaning in 3-foot sections until you have cleaned all the walls.
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