If you aren’t washing your walls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you do this without messing up the paint? Every time I try to wipe a smudge off of mine, I end up with a bigger smudge that doesn't match.

Don’t use a magic eraser. Just use a soft white towel, t shirt or pillowcase. I tried using a sock and it was too rough. It started to leave fibers.

[Anonymous]

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Wall Washing 101
1. Cloth
2. Bucket
3. Hot Water (roughly a gallon)
4. 1 teaspoon of POWDERED @tidelaundry
5. Elbow grease

FAQ:
1. Yes you can add bleach to this, 1/3 a cup to a gallon of water if you are looking to disinfect.
2. It will not take your paint off. If for some weird reason, your paint comes off when wipe your walls with ANYTHING, your paint is cheap AF and that’s why your walls always looks dirty. The solution is to repaint with a higher quality. Sorry folks. Also, I don’t know who needs to hear this but you cannot wet drywall patches, primed walls or primed baseboards.
3. The cloth you use does matter. Choose something with scrubbing power. Example: Microfibre or an old ripped up towel. The extra nubs (excuse me while I make up my own terminology) on the cloth help it have some very gentle abrasive action on the walls and scrubs into the texture in your paint.
4. Hot water only. You can’t clean with cold water.
5. Don’t overdo the @tidelaundry a little goes a long way or you get a film.
Bleach, Pray, Love ❤️
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@a2ndtime x @gocleanco (link in bio to purchase)
Cloth @grabarag
#cleaning

[Anonymous]

^^ That's for the person who wanted the details of the IG link.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ That's for the person who wanted the details of the IG link.

Thanks so much!

[Anonymous]

Here’s how to get clean, shiny floors:
We use one teaspoon of Powdered Tide in the bucket with hot, hot water; pump the foot pedal on the bucket seven to 10 times to wring out the mop until it’s almost dry. Scrub the floors twice, minimum. Keep an eye on your water and change it often. You cannot mop with dirty water. You will be floored (see what I did there?) with the results, no streaks, your water will be alarmingly filthy and you will feel like you can eat off your floor for the first time in years, I promise.

You’re an evangelist for powdered Tide laundry detergent — and not just for laundry. Why?
Clean your floors and walls with it once and you are sold for life. My grandma and my mom always used it when I was growing up, so I was taught to clean with it. I thought everyone knew the secret to the Tide magic, but boy, was I wrong. Powdered Tide Laundry has surfactants in it, which break up grease and stains (no matter what surface) that otherwise would not dissolve in water. Powdered Tide also has enzymes to break down dirt and stains into smaller pieces which make them easier to remove. Enzymes also break down smells.

When I first opened Go Clean Co, I was trying every cleaning product on the market and kept coming back to good old powdered Tide. Everything was taking longer to clean with other products, especially floors. My staff was mind boggled when I would show them how well it worked, so I started showing the Instagram world too… and the rest is history!

Using a spin mop- like this

https://www.amazon.com/Cedar-EasyWring-Microfiber-Bucket-Cleaning/dp/B00WSWGVZQ

[Anonymous]

Op here. I also forgot to mention that my walls smell amazing! I feel like I just hit the lottery. This will be my new go to. I left a few weeks ago and came back home to a house that didn’t smell fresh. It wasn’t the first time.
I will be leaving in a few days and can’t wait to see if I come back to that same stinky smell or if perhaps taking the time to clean the walls have helped!

[Anonymous]

I generally find people use way too much cleaner and too powerful chemicals. But I really am sold on the powdered tide. It’s easy to control the amount and it has surfactants and enzymes.

But for walls it still seems like overkill to me and I’d start with a squirt of a more gentle all purpose cleaner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I also forgot to mention that my walls smell amazing! I feel like I just hit the lottery. This will be my new go to. I left a few weeks ago and came back home to a house that didn’t smell fresh. It wasn’t the first time.
I will be leaving in a few days and can’t wait to see if I come back to that same stinky smell or if perhaps taking the time to clean the walls have helped!

I don’t know but I fully believed my house smelled bad all the time and I could only smell it when I’d been away, but then we went away and had a house sitter and when we came back the house smelled normal/clean. So I think when a house is shut up and empty it can just smell stale. The house sitter didn’t do any out of the ordinary cleaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long did it take you? I have so many dirty walls…

I am still working, lol. I will need a ladder for my rooms with high ceilings. So far it’s been about an hour. I saw someone mention a mop. Lol, that would’ve been helpful.

You don’t need a ladder. This is a bad reason to get on a ladder. You need a mop and maybe an extendable pole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long did it take you? I have so many dirty walls…

I am still working, lol. I will need a ladder for my rooms with high ceilings. So far it’s been about an hour. I saw someone mention a mop. Lol, that would’ve been helpful.

You don’t need a ladder. This is a bad reason to get on a ladder. You need a mop and maybe an extendable pole.

Op here! Correct. I realized I could use a mop after a pp posted the info above. Definitely going that route.

[Anonymous]

This would destroy our paint. We have a flat paint on all of our walls - can't do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This would destroy our paint. We have a flat paint on all of our walls - can't do it.

Yeah you can, I have flat paint and it is fine. Just use hot water and a teeny bit of cleaner. If it messes up your paint, something is wrong with the paint.

[Anonymous]

Too much work

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would destroy our paint. We have a flat paint on all of our walls - can't do it.

Yeah you can, I have flat paint and it is fine. Just use hot water and a teeny bit of cleaner. If it messes up your paint, something is wrong with the paint.

Good to know. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I also forgot to mention that my walls smell amazing! I feel like I just hit the lottery. This will be my new go to. I left a few weeks ago and came back home to a house that didn’t smell fresh. It wasn’t the first time.
I will be leaving in a few days and can’t wait to see if I come back to that same stinky smell or if perhaps taking the time to clean the walls have helped!

I don’t know but I fully believed my house smelled bad all the time and I could only smell it when I’d been away, but then we went away and had a house sitter and when we came back the house smelled normal/clean. So I think when a house is shut up and empty it can just smell stale. The house sitter didn’t do any out of the ordinary cleaning.

I have heard this before, that the odor is from the house being shut up. However, I do believe that the smells
in your house are in the soft furnishings, carpets, walls…washer ….even your drains and sinks. If you take care to keep these items clean and fresh, at least the smell of your home will be one of freshness and not grease, spices etc.

I think for people who have pets, especially dogs….it’s important to keep walls, and baseboard and cabinets wiped down because they love to lick these places and the smell build up is just gross.