Removing Candle Soot from Ceiling?

My mom had a fire and I had a fire. I also helped my daughter buy a house from an older lady who smoked for 35 years, 24 hours a day. Her house was gross as I am allergic to smoke and throw up. So for my daughter the first thing I did was hire a professional to clean the duct work and the vents. It is worth it. Then not having a lot of money or help I knew a retired, nice, man who helped people all the time and had helped me with an older camp. He had used my alum boat a few times. So I offered him my boat and he thought about it overnight and told me yes the next day. He was an oil man and I bought tools as we needed them. I am kind of creative and I can scrub, hold things up , measure and paint. For the smoke, yucky soot stuff Run to the store and buy Krudcleaner. It is a spray at the lumber yards and the stuff melts and runs on the walls. She had paneling and sheetrock. They do not make sheetrock or paneling the way they use to... Never use water on your walls unless you put all kinds of fans in the room. I used rags and threw them away. Do not save your rags after cleaning soot as it will hurt your washing machine. You could also have reactions with your cleaning supplies. I also used a yellow liquid that was great called Awesome in a spray. The stuff is great. You will use elbow grease. I used many cheap sponge mops and just sprayed the stuff on the sponge and used my painters ladder. All I use was a quality paint from Better Homes and Gardens. I think Wal-Mart use to sell it.

I bought the primer and paint in one. On the sheetrock in the bedrooms and one bathroom it just took one coat. I have to tell you that I pray often, ask many questions and read. Now for the paneling I bought the same brand paint but had the primer tinted to the paint color. I used one coat of the primer and then the paint. On the ceilings after cleaning some of the rooms I was not happy so I used a tinted, whited ceiling paint. It took one coat and I bought the least expensive brand. This house had been empty for 3 years and no ac was on. Then they let me turn it on before we closed. Everynight when I left fans of all sizes were running of every size along wit h the ac. You can be so creative if you just stop and listen to yourself. Save pics and write notes about everything. Now comes the sad part after a fire. Everything can not be saved. You have to experiment with things as far as cleaning and always wear gloves. The firemen told me to use All liq detergent and vinegar as soon as possible so I had 3 friends washing for me. My aluminum windows pitted as it got so hot. So many things have reactions to soot. They had to change all my windows. If you have a very shiny finish on ceramics and things like that it will wash easily. But do it as soon as possible. Plastics and woods are another thing. You just have to try different things. The air outside for airing out things after you wash them is a must. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. God bless