Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Re: Cleaning fresh walls 5Jun 04, 2012 10:47 am Deansta Any one?? FWIW you did post this at 6:30pm on a Saturday night and then bumped at 6:30am on Sunday morning. As far as cleaning goes define recent please? If the paint is more than 1 month old there shouldn't be any problems using warm water with a small amount sugar soap in it. I've used sugar soap to clean wall before re painting and they come up good. First off though I'd be trying to remove as much dust as you can with a duster first. If there is too much dust it will just clump up with the water and make it harder to clean. You could also try a microfibre cloth between the duster and washing. No, I even have sections of narrowness where the tiles won't slide up any further. When I manage some spare time, I might play around with the first DIY part of my… 7 5112 Yep, efflorescence as mentioned above. You could look to clean it with a "acid" based cleaner and then seal with a penetrating sealer. This may not stop it entirely but… 3 6416 The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 11378 |