How to wash soot and burnt after a fire?

Fire is the most terrible event in the life of every person. It leaves on the walls resin, carbon and soot, which are eaten in the smallest cracks, and it is very difficult to wash soot. Ways to extinguish the fire are quite effective, and tanning the premises is most often eliminated quite quickly. In any case, to some extent, housing is still very much suffering, and the owners of the affected apartments have to be seriously cleaned after a fire. No matter how you try not to wash everything up on your own, it will not always be possible to do this. If you had a small fire at home, then you can do the cleaning yourself, but you will have to face some problems.

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Problems when cleaning the apartment

The first thing you will have to face is emotions. After all, an apartment is your property and the look after it is very ugly. What you see will shock you, because stinky soot on the surface of expensive things to you and everywhere you will feel a pungent smell. Do not panic and do not despair!

After having coped with your emotions, it's time to think about how to wash off soot and soot. It is necessary to quickly remove from the apartment or house all things that absorb the smell and soot. Therefore, cleaning begins with cleaning the room.

Important! You have to throw away the damaged things, and the first thing the books do, because they absorb very well the smell of burning that can not be washed from them.

But with furniture, of course, you do not need to leave. It is better to give it to special firms, in order to restore them, they have methods for cleaning and restoring any kind of furniture. If this is not possible, you will have to manage on your own.

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How to remove the smell of burning?

The sooner the cleaning of premises begins, the fewer things this pungent smell will have. Hence - cleaning will be more effective. How to make it and wash the soot as quickly as possible? Proceed in this way:

1. Immediately take out all the things so that only the bare walls remain.
2. Clean all surfaces with a very powerful vacuum cleaner, preferably using a washing machine. If it is not available, and buy does not allow the current budget - rent it.
3. You can flush soot from surfaces with an alkaline solution. Apply a solution of bleach powder or a special remedy. Wait until everything dries well, then apply a deep penetration primer.

Important! With the usual cleaning, the remains of burning can be absorbed into the middle, and then it becomes very difficult to remove it.

Soot Remedies

If the vacuum cleaner does not work out, there are other means to clean the fumes from different surfaces. Act better like this:

1. Remove the maximum amount of plaque from all surfaces with a broom.
2. Take liquid soap or concentrated dishwashing detergent. Dissolve it in the proportion of 1 tbsp.l.for 5-7 liters of warm water.
3. With this solution, wipe off the remaining soot with a soft rag. Periodically change the soap solution to a new one, so as not to smear grease on the walls and floors.
4. From porous surfaces, first remove the black coating with alcohol or acetone.
5. To wash the whitewashed or water-repellent surfaces, use medical or technical alcohol.

Important! If your problem is smaller and you just lost it by mistake or forgetfulness, pour it in with soda, salt or mustard. Add some water and leave it overnight. In the morning, wash the pan as usual - with a detergent. For a better effect, you can first "boil" this mixture. This is the easiest way to clean the fumes.

Remedy for the smell of burning

Apply chemical methods to remove the remaining odor. For this you will need the following ingredients:

• Glassware;
• Soda: it needs to take 40 grams;
• 10% - 40 ml of ammonia;
• Hydrochloric acid - 40 ml;
• Protective equipment.

Instructions for use of this tool:

1. Take the glass container.
2. Add soda.
3. Add ammonia.
4. Very carefully stir everything.
5. After all add hydrochloric acid.

Important! Ammonium chloride can be emitted in the form of dense white smoke. This remedy removes the unpleasant smell of burning.

1. Leave this for a few days.
2. Open all windows well to let the room ventilate.

Important! If there is such a possibility, rent an air ozonizer, it will also help to get rid of the smell.

Safety precautions

Cleaning is done by observing some safety rules:

1. During the cleaning process, wear only rubberized shoes with a dense sole.
2. Wear thick and chemically resistant rubberized mittens.
3. Wear respiratory protection and eye protection with glasses and a mask or respirator.

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Cleaning of the premises by specialists

If you are afraid of self-cleaning and removal of burning, contact a special cleaning company. The positive side of this solution:

1. Experts will clean up and improve the quality much faster.
2. They have extensive experience and quickly determine the extent of the loss and the possibility of recovering the damaged property.
3. Specialist tools are available for specialized masters. They are used only by trained specialists, and for general use without appropriate skills, it is highly discouraged to take them. These tools and tools speed up cleaning several times at a much higher quality.
4. Specialists themselves take out unnecessary things, make cleaning of soot and burnt everything that is in the apartment: furniture, carpets and even small items. And their job is to prepare for repair work.

Protect your house or apartment from fires in order to avoid such unhappiness, from now on, check whether everything is off when you leave the house.