Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Jun 02, 2012 6:47 pm I have recently painted our house with dulux wash and wear ( antique white usa) . After we painted we had our timber floors sanded back and restained. now my question is what is the best way to clean the dust off the walls ? It looks to me it wont just brush off. What do people suggest or have done in pass? Please help as my wife is on my back . Sent from iPhone using Tapatalk Re: Cleaning fresh walls 3Jun 03, 2012 10:24 am If its only fine air-born dust, a feather duster should suffice. Should it be necessary and if your paint has cured a month or more a light wash with cold water Arfur 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 5091 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 6388 The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 11344 |