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.
lady, take a deep breath, yes, you are right about Benghazi, but we can handle daily life too
We can do more than one thing at a time. Or at least some of us can. Just leave this thread and follow a Benghazi thread. There are lots to choose from.
/johnny
Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
I would try a tiny bit of Bartender’s Friend (an abrasive in a medium similar to Comet)—I have good luck with it. use a damp cloth to pick up a crumb, and work gingerly. This stuff is what I use to clean my glass-top cooktop.
Tell the wife to do it
TSP works great for washing walls, painters use it all the time.
Greased Lightning is awesome product, I get it at Menards
WD 40 also removes the reside(sic) left behind from gray tape and other adhesives.
I'm not happy about it, especially since I caused it, but this is what happened and I'll just have to be satisfied with it.
I'm becoming afraid to even touch a wall.
So doon’t keep wasting your time on this thread and our time with your posts. FReepers HELP EACH OTHER.
GEEEZ
It’s an insult to the purpose of this site!
I am ashamed. Kill me!
I did not see either of these ideas posted yet: One to try is white vinegar. The other would be some barely dampened baking soda, just enough to make it stick to the surface. Let it dry and brush off. It might soak up some of the greasy stuff with it.
The only solution I've found for my psoriasis is sunshine. Soon as spring has sprung and I can get a day in the boat with no shirt fishing for Crappie, mine goes away. I've also had success with tanning beds, but I'd almost rather have psoriasis than lay in one of those things where others junk has dangled.
Get a brass brush and rub the dry wall hard, taking off the outer paper and some of the inner gypsum. When satisfied that you’ve scraped off enough (area-wise) to get the oil/grease, apply joint compound from a typical hardware jar, smooth it out. Sand it the next day, then paint over it and do the entire wall. You will forget you ever had a problem.
Sunshine doesn't make mine go away. It started as a relatively small patch a few years ago. Now I'm in the process of becoming a mineral.
Agree. Dawn original is the most powerful degreaser than any other surfactant made. It was used to degrease birds and animals in the Exxon Valdez cleanup.
Here is the key— use a dilute solution of Dawn and water, for example one and one/half tablespoons Dawn, per quart of water for heavily greasy surfaces. The key is to provide enough water to emulsify (dissolve) grease into the water solution.
Proper diluted Dawn and water will degrease a car engine, even better with hot water, than most petrochemical solvents. And does it safer.
Ditto on that. Dawn is also good if your toddler get half a big jar of diaper rash ointment in their hair........yeah it happened.
I feel for ya. psoriasis is a pain, literally and figuratively.
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