Walls account for a huge amount of surface area in homes, so that’s a lot of space for dust, germs, and, of course, stains to gather and hang out on. Think about how often your hands accidentally graze your walls, which leads to any grease or grime on your hands getting printed on them.
The good news is that cleaning your walls, as new as it might be to you, is really straightforward. Without damaging the paint, lifestyle influencer Torera George took to her Instagram to share a cleaning video on her go-to method of removing stains of any kind from walls. Instead of using bleach, Torera recommends using another product you may have in your bathroom, and many of her followers have found success with this hack.
After testing out seven different ways to remove stains from walls without damaging the paint, Torera found that acetone gave the best results.
Torera captioned the video: “Acetone is the absolute best way to remove stains from walls.”
Acetone, which makes up the majority of nail polish removers, is a clear solvent that can dissolve oils, grease and many other stains.
In the video, the influencer said, “I wanted to share this handy trick that works wonders for me. To remove stains fromyour walls without damaging your paint. You need acetone or a magic eraser. Personally, I prefer aceone.”
For this method, Torera instructed: “You just pour some acetone onto a cotton pad, and you gently rub it over the stain. Let me tell you it’s the best.”
Within five seconds and a couple of wipes, the stain was completely gone.
Torera then demonstrated on two stains side by side using acetone and a magic eraser. The acetone removed the stain instantly without removing the paint; however, the magic eraser took a little longer and started to remove the paint underneath.
Taking to the comments section of the post, cleaning fans shared their thoughts on this tip. @sisiscarlett wrote: “Just tried this. It works.”
@oluwatayo_ said: “Tried this today and it worked for me. Thank you.” @dipyourtoesin replied: “Such a great tip! Magic erasers definitely remove paint.”
@mariemado commented: “Thanks so much for this video, my toddler drew everywhere on the wall and I tried your trick with acetone and it worked perfectly.”
