I have these. had a fire some while ago (cheap-ass kettle incinerated itself and other plastic in its vicinity) and now my walls and ceiling are covered with sticky soot.
the professional removal isn’t in the cards right now, so I wanted to paint over the thing (dirt and soot and all) thus trapping this crap. I don’t care how it looks afterwards, as it’s bound to be better than the present state of things, just that all this crap isn’t airborne.
Depends on the paint already on the wall. Is there a shine and feel smooth. Or does it look dull with a grainy texture. If its shiny and smooth dishwashing soap and a rag will do wonders. If its flat paint its look terrible taking a wet rag to it, but itll be fine to paint over.
The ceiling will almost definitely be flat and possibly textured. If its textured then itll have to be scraped. But dont do that if your home was built in the 80s or prior. Asbestos could be present.
My first job was doing insurance claims like fire and water damages. Did it for over six years. If you have any other question go ahead.
Just gotta make sure it’s a vacuum cleaner designed for fine particles like ash. A shopvac would do fine but I’d exercise caution using a household vacuum to do it
Make sure you check the manual! Mine explicitly required a special filter for that, with warnings that it could be damaged if you use it for ash/drywall without that filter
I have these. had a fire some while ago (cheap-ass kettle incinerated itself and other plastic in its vicinity) and now my walls and ceiling are covered with sticky soot.
the professional removal isn’t in the cards right now, so I wanted to paint over the thing (dirt and soot and all) thus trapping this crap. I don’t care how it looks afterwards, as it’s bound to be better than the present state of things, just that all this crap isn’t airborne.
ideas, suggestions?
edit: made a post, appreciate if you can help: https://lemmy.ml/post/24996046
Depends on the paint already on the wall. Is there a shine and feel smooth. Or does it look dull with a grainy texture. If its shiny and smooth dishwashing soap and a rag will do wonders. If its flat paint its look terrible taking a wet rag to it, but itll be fine to paint over.
The ceiling will almost definitely be flat and possibly textured. If its textured then itll have to be scraped. But dont do that if your home was built in the 80s or prior. Asbestos could be present.
My first job was doing insurance claims like fire and water damages. Did it for over six years. If you have any other question go ahead.
it’s the usual lime-based paint with god knows how many layers underneath.
thanks a bunch. I’ve made a separate post, here it is: https://lemmy.ml/post/24996046
I’d suck them down with a vacuum cleaner! That’s gotta work right?
well, no, as it’s sticky and will stick to the vacuum’s pipe and innards and whatnot. same goes for wiping (sticks to the rag) etc.
You want it to stick to the rag. Theres these things called chem sponges used for this but they’re not that cheap with how many you’ll go through
Just gotta make sure it’s a vacuum cleaner designed for fine particles like ash. A shopvac would do fine but I’d exercise caution using a household vacuum to do it
Make sure you check the manual! Mine explicitly required a special filter for that, with warnings that it could be damaged if you use it for ash/drywall without that filter