Today is Day 5 of Spring cleaning and we are going to be
showing you the best way to clean walls, baseboards, and doors.
& we are touch up painting.
& we are touch up painting.
It’s important to not forget about these areas of our homes. I recommend starting with wiping down the doors, walls, trim, etc. because as you wipe them down you will notice areas that need to be touched up with paint. To make remembering those spots easier carry around a roll of painters tape, and when you notice a spot that needs touch up, mark it with a piece of tape.
I have to admit I hate wiping down my doors but the result of the work is always SO worth it. You can start with whatever you’d like but I started with the doors so that I could get it over with. :)
I carried around a pack of disinfectant wipes and wiped down all of my doors, trim, hinges, etc. You can use whatever you’d like to wipe them down: damp cloth, disinfectant wipes, damp sponge, whatever works best for you!
Look at my door, GROSS!
After wiping it down, so much better!
Fingerprints (that have been driving me crazy) left by our contractors, grrr.
I’m not sure how this always happens but it’s pretty gross.
Why didn’t I do this months ago? It only took me about 30 seconds to get it cleaned!
Now that we are done with our doors lets move onto our walls and baseboards. If you have kids I highly recommend getting down to their level when you are wiping down your walls. When I’m crawling around with my daughter I notice so many more smudges then I normally do at my regular height. So wipe HIGH and LOW.
After your walls have been wiped down, and you’ve marked all the places that need touching up with your painter’s tape, it’s time to paint!
You can use whatever paint brush you are most comfortable with but the sponge brushes are my favorite for touch up painting. I was actually just introduced to them about a year ago, by the woman we bought our house from, took me long enough, I know! It makes a big difference using a sponge brush instead of a regular paint brush because you can’t see the brush strokes.
So get our your brushes and all your paint colors and get to painting! Walk slowly through each room looking at each wall, high and low, and touch up as necessary. This is a much more daunting task then it actually is. I was talking to a friend a few weeks ago and she said that she’d been needing to touch up paint for months but she was dreading it. She finally got her supplies out, painted and was finished in about 5 minutes. It will probably take you longer, since we are touching up every room in the house, but I promise it won’t take long and all of those little nicks that have been bugging you will be covered up and you’ll be SO thankful!
Once you are finished with this task you have successfully finished Week 1 of Spring Cleaning!!! This was a hard week, I know, but I wanted to get all of the really hard stuff out of the way first so that we can finish with the more fun tasks next week!
Enjoy your weekend!
About Anna
But what do you use to clean the walls?? Water doesn’t seem to get off the finger prints and the light multi-purpose cleaner left enormous streaks that you can see from different angles.
Nowhere on the internet can I find out what to use for the best wall-washing detergent and that bums me out.
Advice?
I use sanitizing wipes. They do a good job at cutting through grease/grime and they’ve always worked great for me!
Anna
I have a lot of touch-up painting that needs to be done and thought I would just re-paint entire walls. I like the idea of just touching up, but don’t you end up seeing where the touchups were. How do you ensure the fresh paint blends in nicely with the rest of the wall?
Make sure the walls are clean first and then it should blend perfectly, as long as you’re using the same paint as the original. :)