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Cleaning Grease Splatters Off Walls

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Date: 03/27/2009 Topics: Cleaning > Walls | Readers Request > Cleaning  
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How to get grease off of walls? The people who lived in our apartment before us didn't clean very well before they moved. There are grease splatters on the wall behind the stove, between the top of the stove and the hood. I have tried everything to get those dried up splatter spots off of the wall and nothing budges them. How can I get at least 3 year old grease splatters off of a painted wall?

By Donna from Tipp City, Ohio

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By Scooter 2 (15) Contact
Make a paste of baking soda and water and rub in on the spot with a cloth.

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By Carol in PA (67) Contact
A woman recently told me she uses Greased Lightening for everything. Its her favorite cleaner and you can buy it at Dollar Tree. She said they buy the big bottle and refill the sprayer.

After I cleaned it good with a grease removing product and maybe using TSP to clean the wall, I"d paint it with a good primer and repaint it. I think the kind of stain you're talking about needs to be repainted.

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By ILuvDobes (326) Profile Contact
Regarding Mr. Clean Eraser: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mr_clean_magic_erasers.htm
She also asked how to remove grease which prior tenants left. Jennifer Northern Virginia

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By Jilson (323) Contact
Just a note that the rumor about the magic erasers being carcinogenic is an urban legend and is false. Please check out your facts before posting frightening falsehoods about products!

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By Anonymous (6) Profile Contact
Cora-Sue and Andrea: There was a Marketplace documentary on Magic Eraser recently. Did you know that Magic Eraser contains cancer-causing chemicals? The best way to clean grease is to clean it off as it happens; don't let it cake dry.

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By patom (53) Profile Contact
Greased Lightening works great on just about any surface I've used it on, including getting axle grease out of my truck driver husband's clothes, the BBQ grill, our brushed chrome stovetop, and our wood walls. You can find it at any grocery store or home improvement store, but it's cheapest at WalMart.

Pat T

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By leopardstripes (38) Profile Contact
Ok, I'm not usually one for store-bought, premade cleaners. However, I ran into the same issue in our house, which has a gas stovetop, with a Formica back-wall, and a full range vent hood- ALL completely greased, with the yellowy-solid crud that sticks! (Who knows how old that stuff was?) The only EASY thing that I found that worked was, surprisingly, Lysol Antibacterial Kitchen Cleaner. It literally dissolved the old deposits, and didn't schmear it all over, like some of the other cleaners that I tried, and it didn't take much elbow grease to get the crud up and off of the surfaces. I've since used it on paint, and it didn't damage it, either, although I'd test a small patch, before using, just in case. There are also professional degreasers that work well, but most of them will eat the skin right off of your hands- and the paint off of your walls! So, try the Lysol stuff- I only use it for this application, and a bottle will last you a very long time. Good luck! :o)

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By PICO (468) Contact
TSP is great on grease, it will clean it up nicely

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By Cora-Sue (4) Contact
Mr clean eraser will do it. Only thing that worked for me.

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Request: Cleaning Grease Splatters Off Walls

Archived on 03/27/2009

I need advice about how to clean grease splatters on glossy paint around stove?

Kay from Kalamazoo, MI

Answers:

RE: Cleaning Grease Splatters Off Walls

Use a sponge and a little bit of baking soda (12/04/2006)

RE: Cleaning Grease Splatters Off Walls

Try the Mr. Clean magic eraser. It's fabulous. Dollar Tree also has a similar product. (12/04/2006)

By Andrea

RE: Cleaning Grease Splatters Off Walls

There is a product you can buy at any local hardware store called TSP, it is fantastic. It comes ready to use or heavy duty mix it yourself, I prefer to mix it myself. (09/05/2007)

RE: Cleaning Grease Splatters Off Walls

Using white vinegar, washing soda, or Borax cleaner are all good grease removers. I mixed washing soda with Borax and boiled it on stove top to thoroughly dissolve it. I made a small portion for a small job, ie.: 1/8 cup washing soda, and 1 /4 cup Borax. Added about 2 quarts water. You can adjust portions as that was more than I needed. A little goes a long way. Vinegar and water are excellent.

Then there is the recipe for overnight cleaning a grungy oven. Sprinkle generously with baking soda (Cooking kind) and wetting to make it wet/damp. Leave on overnight and simply use soap and water to wash out the oven the next morning. I had to try it to believe it. (called the lazy way to clean oven.) It really does work. The point is this: all above ways will remove kitchen grease. (06/28/2008)

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