Cleaning Painted Walls

Painting a room typically only takes about an hour or so to dry these days. After a couple hours you can move your items back into their proper places and even hang pictures on the walls. We do have one word of caution about wall paints: They might be dry but not cured. Depending on the type of paint you selected, the paint cure process could be anywhere from 2 weeks to 28 days. For example, a very high end paint product such as Duration Home has a curing date of 28 days. It is safe to clean the walls in as little as 14 days but not deep clean. Hopefully you don't have to deep clean walls the first two weeks. The only reason you might have to clean your walls is if you your kids or pet damaged the walls or if you had construction dust! When you clean freshly painted walls that are not fully cured it could leave little "halo" marks on the walls, so be extra careful. I'd recommend trying warm water and a rag first. If you have to use a cleaner, make sure it is mild and not Heavy Duty 409 or full strength Simple Green. 

If you have a paint questions, let us know. Hallco Enterprises is located in Clarksburg Maryland and services mid-Maryland, Columbia, D.C. and Northern Virginia.