best cleaning agent and process for removing smoke stains and cooking oil residue from painted walls?

Question

Restoring kitchen area badly neglected by tenants. Smoke damage has occurred from wood fire.

Answer 1

You could be talking about a lot of work and/or repainting. The smoke stains should come off with a solution of TSP (tri-sodium-phosphate). Try it with rubber gloves and a scrubby sponge and add it to warm water. The oil residue may be a worse problem, requiring more elbow grease or possibly a grease remover. Re- wash with the TSP and let dry. Your wall should now be clean and may need painting if the smoke has penetrated the paint. Now is the time to consider a better quality paint with at least a satin finish if not a gloss finish. Flat paint does not clean well but is often the favorite of landlords as it is cheap, until it is time to clean and re-paint.

Answer 2

Go to hardware store and ask for
TSP cleaning powder
make sure to use rubber gloves
Trisodium phosphate

Trisodium phosphate (TSP), available at most hardware stores in white powder form, is a cleaning agent and degreaser, commonly used to prepare household surfaces for painting. It can also be called trisodium orthophosphate and has the chemical formula Na3PO4. It is a highly water-soluble ionic salt. Solutions of it dissolved in water have an alkaline pH.

Answer 3

Mr Clean majic eraser there like 2 dollars and work like majic taking all of it off. Works wonders.

Answer 4

I found a really good product called greased lightning it is really strong smelling but it works.I wear a mask like a doctor when I use it.Good luck.

Answer 5

try mr. clean magic eraser. It removes almost everything.