How to Clean Your Painted Walls

Start by thoroughly dusting your walls, moving from the top and working your way down to the baseboards. Toward the top of the wall use the extendable duster to get cobwebs and dust. Once you get to the bottom of the walls vacuum up any fallen dust and pet hair that accumulates around the baseboards.

Start by mixing a solution of warm water with a few squirts of dish soap. Take a microfiber cloth and dip it into the soapy solution, then wring out the excess water. Using gentle circular motions and not scrubbing, wipe down a small area being careful not to over wet the wall. Avoid letting water drip down the walls—this means there’s too much water still in the cloth. Using a separate microfiber cloth with just water, rinse the area you cleaned. Then using a dry microfiber cloth, remove any excess water from the wall. 

Microfiber cloths provide a gentle, yet effective cleaning material that helps pull dirt and grime without damaging the wall paint. You don’t need to wipe down every square foot of interior walls, just focus on high-touch areas that look dirty. Pay special attention to switch plates and doorways.

Sometimes stubborn stains require a tougher approach. A damp melamine foam sponge can be used to wash stubborn dirt or even kid’s messes like colored pencil off a wall. Be sure to test your paint’s durability in a small, unseen spot before using. After you wipe an area with the sponge, wipe it down again with a damp microfiber cloth and dry with another clean cloth.