To not want to clean my walls

[SaraJS216]

I'm planning on a deep clean of my home and making a list of things to clean on top of the usual dusting etc. Just been googling and have read about cleaning walls.. I've never cleaned walls in my life (other than spot cleaning if DD has thrown food at the kitchen wall). I feel like if I follow the advice of everything that needs cleaning it'll literally take me days and it's stressing me out!

Anyone who's recently done a thorough clean, what did it involve and did you clean your walls?!

@Carrieonmywaywardsun that is cleaning!! (Removing dust and dirt)🤣🤣🤣

I clean my walls all the time. The cat seems to be some kind of ninja cat who likes to run sideways along the stairs wall after jumping over the stair gate. I use a microfiber window cleaner thing and a spray like flash, takes minutes.

Absolutely!

I never set out one morning and decide "Today is the day I clean the walls". Hell no! What generally happens is that the grimy smudges reach tip-over point and I finally notice them enough to care. Then I grab a cloth and start cleaning. I doubt I've ever done everything I listed in my previous post in one cleaning session 🤣🤣🤣

You take all of the pictures off, get a bucket of hot soapy water (purple morning fresh washing up liquid is fantastic), a cloth and a towel. wash a meter sq at a time, wash and wipe dry, easy. You will be amazed at how much dirt comes off and how great the walls will look afterwards.

it's something we do before painting them so the paint goes on properly not part of any general cleaning unless something dirty goes on them then I just wipe it off. A deep clean to me means moving some furniture and vacuuming underneath and wiping skirting boards.

I use a dry vileda mop. You'd be amazed how much dust and how many cobwebs it catches.
I don't do them often, and then only when the room is in full sun (but on a cool day) so I can see where I've been.

@TheCanyon i feel this may be my future as I’ve just bought two huge cat trees and have 5 monsters vying to see who can reach the ceiling…

I meant clean as in wash! Words aren't working today 😳

There was a whole thread about exactly this a few weeks ago. The overwhelming consensus was that cleaning one's wall is bonkers.*

*spot cleaning fine

@Carrieonmywaywardsun - doesn’t matter, You’ve still removed the dirt ! It still counts towards a congratulatory cake.

(I am 90% cake)

Yes to dusting them when I see some dust bunnies hanging off.
No to anything involving a wet cloth.

I'm not nearly as cakey as you, I'll remove the dirt on my banisters to catch up!

@Carrieonmywaywardsun 🤣🤣🤣 I’ll be waiting halfway up the stairs with the eclairs..

I wash mine quite a lot but have big dogs who like to rub against them, you can't just do half the wall as you can notice the difference

I have two large bull breed dogs so spot cleaning walls is part of my weekly clean.

BUT, I did a deep clean after 18 months here and did wash down the walls and oh dear the difference! Eventually spot cleaning doesn't work and it needs a proper wipe down. It didn't take long with soapy water and a tea towel to dry.

I'll occasionally damp dust the walls if they're looking vaguely tired/ grubby. It doesn't need doing often, but does freshen rooms up again.

It's over 10 years since our lounge was decorated when there was only a baby#1, but it still looks fresh and in good nick.

I recently did the kitchen wall because I wasn't sure if there were shaddowy marks from the light angle or rising from the radiator.

That's the sweetest thing I've ever read 😍

The only time we scrubbed all the walls down was prior to painting them.

Now we just dust.

👀

I've cleaned walls during a deep clean. I used a floor squeegee with a microfiber cloth draped over it. I used washing soda/ sugar soap and water.