Posted on 05/08/2013 3:47:03 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
As some of you may remember (but probably don't), I had to move two years ago. This is the first new house I've ever lived in, and it has those fancy super-vulnerable indoor walls (the kind you can't drive a nail into).
Yesterday I was attempting to hang a picture. Unfortunately the picture was too heavy for the hook and it pulled it off the wall and dropped to the floor. I instinctively flung out my arms and found later that I had inadventently brushed against the wall with an arm that was coated with salve (for a psoriasis). The wall was smudged very badly.
I wore out two Mr. Clean Dry Erases and accomplished very little other than to spread the greasy salve around. I am afraid to try just anything for fear of taking the paint off the wall. So the stain is still there, and my guilt is tremendous.
Does anyone here know of any product that will safely remove such an agent from a very soft, painted indoor wall? Rubbing alcohol perhaps? Formula 409? Clorox Wipes?
These walls are unbelievably "touchous." They are easily punctured and it's almost impossible to touch them without damaging or dirtying them in some way. It would seem that someone would have created a product to deal with this type of thing, but I have no idea what it is.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Please keep in mind that I don't want to do anything that might make the problem worse, such as removing the paint.
So your suggestion would be blow torch? :)
Johnny, Johnny, Johhny!
You really should get married. Again. You keep saying No. But I can tell. You really need a little woman to domesticate things around your place.
Now, am I right or what?
Dawn dishwashing liquid is great for grease
Yeah! About 2 cups of that with a quart of water.
No more stain. Guaranteed!
Hang a poster over it with thumb tacks.
I'm not sure. All I know is it's not wood.
Nope. Nothing works. Soon it will cover my whole body and I'll look like one of the aliens in the old "Outer Limits" episode, "A Feasibility Study."
I can already tell you that won't work.
Johnny’s lawyer says Johnny has all the ex-wives he can afford.
Finish coating the rest of the walls with that salve.
That way it all matches. Problem solved.
Try bleach. It worked to get the blood out of the interior of my car.
Have you tried the new biologics, like Enbrel or Remicade?
Get your wife to do it. After all - that’s a woman’s job.
I remember the great Walter Williams kidding that he’d gotten his wife golf shoes with cleats so she wouldn’t slip on the ice while he watched her shovel snow and ice off the driveway. It was funny!
Johnny’s lawyer said no such thing. Johnny’s lawyer still has one more kid to send through college.
The article says "before painting." These walls are painted already.
I’ve known people to use wood pulp (bleached cellulose) and get it damp enough to make it paste-like. Then put it on a wall or masonry.
When the stuff dries, you brush it off. It has wicked up all the grunge and grim from the surface.
What does it do to the paint?
Do not know the answer to this but I do have a hint for kids who paint the wall and furniture with lipstick. When my late daughter was about. 18 months, she decided to be the family artist and chose to use my lipstick. I had no idea how to get it off when I saw a bottle of baby oil. Took every bit of it off. Did not leave a stain either. I was amazed that it worked.
Hang a really large picture over the stain.
Is it a wall covering, which could be anything from velvet to leather? It really depends on what the material is, otherwise you could make the problem worse. Can you put another picture over that spot? Not trying to make light of it, just saying if you can’t remove the stain, maybe it’s a nice place to put something else.
Are there homes in the neighborhood made with the same material? Maybe a neighbor would know.
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