Do you wash your walls?

I am doing some spring cleaning. I remember that when my gram did her cleaning, she would always wash the walls. My mom never did, though. Then a few days ago I was reading a blog and the author washes her walls as well. Driven by curiosity, a few times over the years I have run a clean rag with a little cleaner spritzed on it over the surface of a wall, but I never saw it pick up any dirt or anything that made it seem like it needed washing.

Am I missing something? Do walls need to be washed or wiped down on occasion? Am I the only one who doesn't wash walls? Or is wall washing a throwback to the days when the fireplace heated the house, causing soot and ashes to drift through the air and onto the walls thereby creating the need for wall washing in the spring?

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Geez, this is just RIPE for copycatting, isn't it? I didn't even think of that when I posted it, ha ha.


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and the rest of the house whenever the mood strikes me.

I just put lysol on the sponge and wipe the walls near the stove, the windowsills and door frames, near the toilet and tub - I see shmutz on the sponge when I am done.

I use my bare floor attachment on the vaccuum for the rest of the house.

Also around light switches and doorknobs, any place that tends to get smudges. But I meant more like, do people clean the walls of a room that rarely gets used.

Thanks for the feedback though!

I probably have half an inch of paint on my trim.

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damn those suckers really work.

talking about your house, right?


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Surprising how dirty those things get, as dirty as the floor oftentimes. Then again my baseboards are wood, so the texture may have something to do with it holding on to dirt.

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eight years ago and have never washed the walls except to clean up the occasional marring I make while moving furniture around. I can't imagine it being necessary. Gravity should take care of the cleaning for you. However every spring I wash the outside siding of the house down with cold water, a sponge and Mr Clean. Now that's some dirty!!

Cleaning up the noticeable spots, but the rest of it seems fine.

I hear you re: the outside, though. I should really go after my house with a pressure washer this year. Ugh.

on the siding. We do have some brick siding but most of it is vinyl. My wife and I make it a fun saturday. Wear grubby clothes, she does low, I do high (on the ladder) and we get thoroughly soaked. And it does make a big difference in the appearance of the house.

I've never washed the outside before, but maybe pressure washing isn't the way to go. I'll have to research the project it before I start it.

I think it will be kind of fun, too. And I am looking forward to seeing what it looks like all cleaned up because the brick has always seemed a little dark to me.

will work fine on the brick. I think its just a little too much "pressure" for vinyl siding. Have a pressure washing party.

because her mom notices these things

i think its insane

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I'm doing spring cleaning too. I have messy kids and a slobbery dog so they need it. But it's not something I do very often. I'm not the best housekeeper in the world.

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Unless you have a maid service and a nanny to take care of things while you're out banging the cabana boy.

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You probably have food on the ceilings.

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dust them for cobwebs once in a while. I do wipe the kitchen and bathroom walls but that's a small job.

It started with a little pen mark on the wall. I washed the area gently and the mark came off. Once it dried, I noticed the spot was a little lighter than the rest of the wall. So I gently washed a little larger area...bad idea. I ended up with a circular light spot. So I washed the rest of the wall and was done with it. Or, so I thought. That whole wall looked lighter than the rest of my walls. So it went from a quick little wipe to this whole weekend project, with a bucket, sponge and a ladder which I had to drive to my parents house (30 miles away) to borrow.

Next time I'm gonna use a magic eraser!

Figured out that I'm better off repainting over the smudges that don't come off quickly and easily on the first try.