Homemade Cleaning Recipes for Painted Walls

Borax and Vinegar Cleaning Solution

• 1

  Fill a bucket with 1 quart of warm water.

• 2

  Add 1 teaspoon of bleach-free dish soap, 1 teaspoon of Borax powder and ¼ cup of white vinegar.

• 3

  Mix the ingredients well so that the Borax powder dissolves completely.

Trisodium Phosphate Cleaning Solution

• 4

  Put 2 gallons of hot water into a bucket.

• 5

  Add ½ cup of trisodium phosphate to the water.

• 6

  Stir the mixture well until the TSP is completely dissolved.

Ammonia Cleaning Solution

• 7

  Fill a bucket with 1 gallon of cool water.

• 8

  Add 2 cups of household ammonia.

• 9

  Stir the ammonia and water solution to thoroughly mix the ingredients.

Cleaning the Walls

• 10

  Wipe the painted walls and the baseboards with a feather duster or use a vacuum cleaner brush attachment to remove the loose dust.

• 11

  Fill a bucket with plain warm water for rinsing. Submerge a clean sponge in the homemade cleaning solution of your choice. Wring out the sponge so that it is not soaking wet.

• 12

  Start at the top of the wall and work your way toward the baseboards. Wipe a large section of the wall -- about one-quarter of the entire wall -- with the damp sponge. Rinse the sponge in the cleaning solution frequently to avoid applying dirt back onto the walls.

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  Rinse that section of the wall promptly with a clean sponge and the clean water. Dry that section with a clean towel as soon as it has been rinsed.

• 14

  Repeat this process until all the walls have been cleaned. Wipe down the baseboards with the sponge and cleaning mixture to clean away any dirty drips from the walls.