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How do you clean skirting board and walls that your dog makes dirty
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burdog · 07/06/2017 15:54
The title says it all, really. DDog (mud-magnet golden retriever) likes to snooze against walls and escapes into the sitting room to have a good shake after we've been on a walk has made a couple of the walls rather grubby with dirt and splatters. What sort of things do you use to clean walls that dogs have made dirty? I think we have bog standard paint on the walls (painted by previous owner) so not any of that fancy wipe clean stuff.
GlitterRollerSkate · 07/06/2017 15:55
Baby wipes!
BandeauSally · 07/06/2017 15:58
I use those magic eraser sponges for the same problem! I don't buy branded one though, I gets bulk load of cheap ones off eBay.
TheHodgeoftheHedge · 07/06/2017 15:59
Another vote for those magic sponges!
Out2pasture · 07/06/2017 16:00
Dish soap and water.
NotHotDogMum · 07/06/2017 16:03
Dish soap and water here too, with a glug of zoflora!
burdog · 07/06/2017 16:16
I had tried general purpose cleaner and water, so I'll try the magic erasers and if that doesn't work, baby wipes. For some reason I cannot stand the smell of baby wipes.
Isthatwhatdemonsdo · 07/06/2017 16:20
Dettol ani bac and a wet cloth. Comes up great.
Hoppinggreen · 07/06/2017 16:21
I feel your Golden Retriever mud related pain!!!
I use surface wipes
PeachPearPotato · 07/06/2017 19:30
Feel your pain too (times two in fact). We have washable paint.
burdog · 07/06/2017 21:03
When we redecorate we will get washable paint. Frankly, I'm tempted to tile the entire bloody house at this rate.
Dottymum2 · 07/06/2017 21:54
Huggies pure baby wipes don't really have a scent. I use baby wipes or cleaning wipes.
OCSockOrphanage · 08/06/2017 15:20
Sugar soap?
Fireinthegrate · 08/06/2017 19:28
I just use flash in a bowl of water and use an ordinary cloth.
Why do you let your dog through to the sitting room before he's dry? We hose our dogs legs and belly after a muddy walk, then towel dry and they have to stay in the kitchen til they're dry.
TheHodgeoftheHedge · 11/06/2017 11:07
I have also just bought some zoflora thanks to the obsession with it on here, so am going to try that as well!
Kayleigh69 · 06/03/2019 12:16
My dog hasn’t just shook all over my cream walls, do I wait till it dries then baby wipe off or do it when still muddy and wet? Thank you all....
OverFedStanley · 06/03/2019 17:43
Put a coat like an equafleece etc on the wet dog and you will not get dirty walls and skirting boards much easier than washing down the walls.
missbattenburg · 06/03/2019 18:06
Yep, currently halfway through repainting the house with washable paint - primarily for this reason 
Kayleigh69 · 06/03/2019 19:17
THank you for the tips everyone, should have tried the special paint but will get a coat for the dog at some point....cheers all...
Doggydoggydoggy · 07/03/2019 13:32
Wipe clean paint.
It is the only way.
BeerandBiscuits · 08/03/2019 16:55
We used washable paint sealant just for the bits of wall that get dirty. Very easy to use and it doesn't make the paint look any different.
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