How to get rid of wallpaper stains - solutions that have been tried many times

The traditional and probably the most common way to decorate walls in a living room is to wallpaper them. Wallpaper can be smooth and patterned, with an ornament and with a landscape, flat and corrugated. But they all have one thing in common, which is rather unpleasant. Over time, they slowly lose their original appearance, spots appear on them. Stains need to be removed. But how to get rid of stains on the wallpaper - there are various solutions to the problem.

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  • 1 What is wallpaper
  • 2 Where do wallpaper stains come from?
  • 3 Methods and methods of cleaning
  • 4 Conclusion

What is wallpaper

Wallpaper is a sheet material that has long been used to decorate the interior walls of a room in order to make them look more beautiful. Wallpaper at different times was made from different materials - beautiful fabric, leather, paper, plastic. Now the most popular and relatively cheap wallpapers are paper and non-woven. Non-woven fabric is a non-woven material based on cellulose fibers coated with a special polymer film for joining into a single whole. Non-woven material is similar to paper, but has higher strength characteristics. Non-woven wallpapers differ from paper ones also in that they can be repainted many times.

Modern wallpapers come in other types as well. The most durable are fiberglass wallpapers. Photo wallpaper allows you to create any paintings and landscapes on the walls. There are wallpaper with a convex pattern.

How to get rid of wallpaper stains
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Wallpaper

Where do wallpaper stains come from?

The room, covered with beautiful wallpaper, looks elegant. But life goes on, and the wallpaper can lose its attractiveness over time. Someone pressed their shoulder against the wall in a not very clean jacket, someone, passing, hooked the wall with a dusty bag, accidentally splashed something on the wall. And if small children live in the room, then the works of small artists will surely appear on the walls covered with wallpaper. And the wallpaper will need updating. Gluing new ones is troublesome and expensive, sometimes stains and patterns can be removed right on the wall.

Methods and methods of cleaning

Stains of different origins are cleaned in different ways. Inventive people know many ways to remove a wide variety of stains.

On paper wallpaper, light stains - traces of touching sweaty hands - can be sprinkled with talcum powder, wait, then brush off.

Children's pencil drawings can be erased from the wall with a regular school eraser. Only in this case you need not to overdo it, do not wipe the drawing to the hole. Traces of markers, watercolor paint and ink are removed with a melanin sponge. In this case, two points must be taken into account. The melanin sponge is a fairly abrasive tool and should be used without being overly fanatic. And as a general rule, each method of wallpaper cleaning must first be tested on a small piece somewhere in an inconspicuous place.

Talcum powder, baby powder, starch will help to clean oily stains.

At the same time, the cleaning technology is as follows:

  1. Put some powder on a thick, damp cloth - talcum powder, baking soda, starch, or regular toothbrush. A mixture of water and starch or soda, in the proportion - a spoonful of powder plus one spoonful of water.
  2. Moisten the top slightly and apply this rag to the problem area on the wallpaper.
  3. In order not to stain the floor, place a film or oilcloth in a dangerous place.
  4. Press and hold for 15-20 minutes.
  5. Then remove the cleaning tool and wipe the treated area with a dry clean cloth or sponge.

Not very greasy stains are removed in this way.

If the wallpaper is stained with something unknown, you should wipe the suspicious place with a sponge dipped in soapy water to check. If the wallpaper is not paper, then you can use detergents. But before that, you should wipe the stain with a dry napkin, then wash it, then wipe it again with a dry napkin.

Preparing a soap solution and a sponge
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Preparing a soap solution and a sponge

Since ancient times, the original folk way of removing not the most terrible stains has been known. Bread crumb is used as a cleaner. You need to roll a ball out of the bread and wipe the dirty place thoroughly. The gluten in bread absorbs dirt.

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Gluten absorbs dirt

Heavy soiling requires stronger cleaning agents. On the basis of gasoline or alcohol, a thick mixture with tooth powder is created. Then this gruel must be applied to a thick cloth, moistened with gasoline or alcohol and applied to a dirty place. Spread on the stain, hold for 15 minutes, then allow to dry and brush off. If necessary, the procedure must be repeated again. Thus, traces of ballpoint pens, tea, coffee are removed.

Removing stains with gasoline porridgePHOTO: YouTube.com
Removing stains with gasoline porridge

Some dirt is removed with a hot iron - a paper towel is applied to the stain, then it is ironed. The napkins have to be changed several times.

Iron to remove wallpaper stainsPHOTO: YouTube.com
Iron to remove wallpaper stains

Washable wallpaper is washed with a sponge with conventional detergents.

Conclusion

It is pleasant to live in a clean beautiful room. But purity and beauty must be maintained. This is not only work, but also skill. People have come up with many ways to update the wallpaper neatly. It is much easier than tearing off old ones and glueing new ones.

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