Our mobile home has wallpaper on walls and wood framing around doors and windows. Can I use vinegar and water on the wallpaper or will it peel?
I have successfully used a damp wall mop or cleaning cloth with a diluted multi-purpose cleaning solution (Mr. Clean, Lysol all-purpose, etc,) I also have used a magic eraser for the stains that don't just wipe off. A magic eraser would also work well on the trim and/or woodwork. A magic eraser looks like a white sponge usually. Different brands have different names but these things are truly amazing. I have even gotten permanent marker off of wallpaper with them!
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How do you clean nicotine stains off walls? Both wallpaper and paneling?
By AnnaBelle64 from Dresden, TN
I saw someone use Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner on paneling and the nicotine ran off. I don't know about wallpaper.
This is a page about cleaning nicotine stains from vinyl wallpaper. Nicotine in cigarettes mixes with oxygen and creates a yellow stain that can accumulate on your walls.
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I need to clean cigarette smoke off wallpaper without tearing it up.
Can nicotine be safely removed from wallpaper? Also, how do you remove it safely from paint, etc.
How do you clean wallpaper that has nicotine stains?
I have a problem. I have just moved in with my soon-to-be mother-in-law. She is a chain smoker. She has the same wallpaper and linoleum she had 30 years ago when the house was built.
