How to clean the floor from whitewashing?

Many of us have experienced at least once in a lifetime repairing an apartment. Therefore, faced with the problem: how to clean the floors after repair without stains? Knowledgeable people of the older generation argue that it is easier to survive a natural disaster than repair. And the most hated stage of this event, of course, is cleaning the floors after it. Without the use of special tricks, you will have to grind your teeth from whitewashing ten times with your teeth gritting with rage. We have put together the experience gained over the years, and the opinions of experts on how to clean the floor from whitewashing. Thanks to detailed recommendations, this problem will cease to exist for you.

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Repair Preparation

The most important action that should be performed before starting repair work is to protect all surfaces from dirt and dust. Remember that it is always better to prevent pollution than toil with the elimination of consequences. Therefore, before starting dirty construction work:

• To the maximum, free the repaired space from furniture and other things.
• What cannot be taken out should be wrapped in stretch film.
• It is advisable to cover the floor with plastic wrap. Fix it on the skirting boards with masking tape or ordinary tape. Instead of a film, you can use old newspapers, covering them in two layers.

Important! It is better not to use rags for these purposes, since dust will still penetrate the floor through the fabric.

• Glass on the windows can be pre-treated with a concentrated soap solution. Thus, after the repair is completed, it will be easier to wash them.

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How to wash whitewash from the floor after repair?

If you still could not protect the floor from dirt, then you need to think how to clean it without damaging it. When choosing a cleaning method, you must be guided, first of all, by the type of flooring, because what is suitable for tiles can be completely contraindicated for parquet.

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Linoleum

Today, whitewashing is gradually getting out of fashion, but still, many families whitewash the ceilings with good old lime. Lime, by and large, is chalk. From school, I remember how difficult it was to wash the board after the lesson, so that there were no white stains on it. What to do with the floor, which suffered from the whitewashing of the ceiling? If the floor is covered with linoleum, then one of the following tools will definitely help to clean the floors after repair without stains.

Laundry soap

A warm soapy solution is best suited for linoleum to clean the floor from whitewash:

1. Dissolve a small amount of laundry soap or dishwashing liquid in warm water.
2. First, remove with a damp cloth dampened in soapy water global pollution, then proceed to the removal of less noticeable ones.

Important! To avoid stains, it is often necessary to change the water.

3. After drying, carefully inspect the surface. If there are few stains, it’s enough to walk a couple of times with a rag.

Salt and Vinegar

If after washing the floors with soap and water there are still streaks on the floor, then try the method using table salt and table vinegar. Usually this method helps to eliminate white spots on linoleum:

1. In a bucket of warm water, add half a glass of table salt.
2. Stir the contents of the bucket thoroughly until the salt is completely dissolved.
3. Wash the floor with the resulting saline solution.

Important! If the area of ​​the room is large or the pollution is serious, it is necessary to change the solution several times a new one.

4. Prepare a solution of water and vinegar: a bucket of water will need 100 ml of table vinegar.
5. Wash all floors with vinegar.

Vegetable oil and vinegar

Vegetable oil in the solution will help remove dry whitewash without visible damage to smooth linoleum:

1. Dissolve vegetable oil in a bucket of warm water in a ratio of 100: 1, respectively.
2. With this solution, thoroughly wash the floor from whitewashing. If necessary, water must be replaced.
3. Mix 100 ml of vinegar in a bucket of warm water and treat the floor with this solution.

Important! Some housewives claim that vinegar can be replaced with a chlorine-containing liquid, such as “White”.

Manganese solution

Such a cleaning method will not only wash the floor from whitish spots, but also disinfect it:

1. Pour crystals of potassium permanganate into the bucket with water until the water turns a bright crimson color.
2. With this solution, wash the whitewash streaks from the floor.
3. Finally, wipe the floor clean with clean water.

We remove putty, paint and glue from linoleum

If, in addition to whitewashing, you accidentally smeared your linoleum with wallpaper glue, putty or paint, then try to remove a thick layer of dirt with a small spatula, and erase the residue with turpentine.

Important! When cleaning linoleum it is strictly forbidden to use gasoline, ammonia and its other types. It is forbidden to rub contaminated places with soda. The surface of linoleum after such a treatment will quickly fade in the sun.

The final step in cleaning linoleum from whitewashing

If the stains and stains are over, then you can try to return the coating to its former shine. To do this, rub the floor with special mastic for linoleum, which is sold in any hardware store.

Important! Also, linseed oil or linseed oil are suitable for this purpose.

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Parquet

Parquet is a very moody kind of flooring. He really does not like water, so it is necessary to approach the issue of cleaning parquet very carefully.

Vegetable oil and vinegar:

1. Make a soft rag and cool, clean water.
2. To remove the bulk of the dirt, squeeze out a rag and walk along the floor.

Important! It is necessary to move from the far wall to the exit, so as not to stomp on an already washed place.

3. Use vegetable oil by dissolving it in cool water in a ratio of 1: 100. Treat the parquet with a similar solution and it will be easy for you to clean the floor from whitewashing.
4. At the final stage of cleaning, wipe the floor with a weak solution of table vinegar.

Important! The rag must often be rinsed and wringed strongly each time.

5. If putty or whitewash sticks to the floor, put a squeezed wet rag on them for a while, and then wipe them off.

Kerosene

In the case of strong and dried up contaminants, a method using kerosene is suitable:

1. Dissolve 100-150 g of kerosene in 5 l of water.
2. Thoroughly wash the floor with this solution. Divorces should go away easily.

Important! To get rid of the unpleasant smell of kerosene, it is necessary to ventilate the room well.

3. Wash the floor with water and vinegar. Such an acidic solution will also greatly help to get rid of the smell of kerosene.

Remove paint from the floor

Traces of paint can be wiped with white spirit, turpentine or cologne.

Important! Such funds must first be tried on an inconspicuous area of ​​coverage. If no reaction has occurred, then you can begin to remove contaminants.

The final stage in cleaning the floor

If possible, wipe your floor with the special Parquet wash & shine. It can be found in hardware stores. After applying this solution, the parquet will be covered with a protective film and will shine. For proper use:

1. Dissolve 100 ml of the product in 10 l of water.
2. Wash the floor with a well-wrung rag and let it dry completely.

Important! Coarse brushes, scrapers, abrasives and strong solvents are not recommended for cleaning parquet.

Drastic measures

Perhaps your flooring was old, cracked and worn. And that is why you did not bother to close it with newspapers. Then, for sure, the whitewash and other building mixtures got into all the cracks. In this case, it will have to be processed again with a grinder and varnished. Costly and time-consuming, of course, but you have a reason to turn the old flooring into a new one.

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Laminate

Laminate is a fairly strong floor covering. It is often found in modern apartments and is quite resistant to shock, abrasion, and the effects of temperature extremes. Such advantages are explained by the presence of a special upper layer, which is impregnated with special resins.

But, despite this, the laminate must be treated carefully. When cleaning after repair, it is very important not to damage the upper protective layer so that your coating lasts for many more years.

Laminate, of course, is not as afraid of moisture as parquet, but it is also not worth overdoing it with wet cleaning. Suitable methods for removing building dust and whitewash are the following options.

Vinegar solution

Since whitewashing is, in fact, alkali, it is necessary to get rid of it with acid, which is vinegar:

1. Mix 1 tablespoon of vinegar in 5 liters of warm water.
2. Wipe the floor with the prepared liquid. Try to squeeze the rag well and rinse often in the solution. Water should be changed as it becomes contaminated.

Important! Your best assistant in a difficult battle with dirty stains will be a microfiber rag.

3. After washing with vinegar, wash the floor again with clean water.

Sunflower oil and vinegar:

1. Stir the vegetable oil in a ratio of 100: 1 in warm water (bucket).
2. Wash the laminate by squeezing the cloth well.
3. Make a new solution: in warm water, add a little vinegar (a couple of tablespoons per bucket) and wash it with the floor.
4. At the final stage of cleaning, refresh the coating with clean, cool water.

Brine

Salt will effectively save you from streaks of whitewash and dust on the laminate.

Important! When cleaning in this way, the main thing is not to overdo it with the concentration of salt. Otherwise - then you have to fight with salt stains.

For proper use:

1. Dissolve half a glass of table salt in a bucket of warm water.
2. Wipe the floor with brine using a soft cloth.
3. Wash the floor with a mild vinegar solution, often rinsing the rag.

Important! You can use it when preparing an acid solution with citric acid instead of vinegar.

We remove paint, putty and traces of soles from the laminate:

• If paint stains remain, try removing them with white spirit and a soft cloth.
• Black traces of the soles can be removed with a regular school eraser.
• It is better to soak the thick, dried-up spots of the putty first by putting a damp cloth on them, and then gently pry off with a spatula, being careful not to scratch the coating.

Important! It is strictly forbidden to process the laminate with abrasive substances, metal scrapers, hard brushes and strong solvents.

The final stage of cleaning the laminate

When you have managed to deal with stains and dirt, you can walk on the laminate with the special Laminate wash & shine (it is sold in construction stores). Such processing will give your floor shine and give a delicate aroma:

1. Dilute 100 ml of the product in 10 liters of water.
2. Wash the floor with the prepared solution.
3. Rinse off with water.

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Floor tiles

Ceramic tile is a material that has been used in construction for several millennia. In modern apartments, it lies on the floor not only in the bathrooms, but also in other rooms. Its advantages are: excellent wear resistance, heat resistance, not afraid of the effects of all kinds of household chemicals.Therefore, almost all the methods and tools described above for other coatings are also suitable for processing floor tiles.

So, how to clean the whitewash from the floor after repair:

• Sweep construction debris.
• Wash off global contaminants with warm water.
• Let the floor dry and inspect the floor for dirt.
• Remove large clods of wallpaper glue and putty with a spatula.
• Clean stains with acetone, mineral spirits or other suitable solvents.
• With water-based paint, you can cope without special tools. You just need to wipe with a damp sponge.
• With whitewash divorces will help our basic methods recommended by specialists and experienced housewives.

Salt and vinegar:

1. Prepare a saline solution, observing the following proportions: 5 tablespoons of rock salt per bucket of water.
2. Mop the floor, often rinsing the rag and changing the water.
3. Prepare a vinegar solution: add 100-150 ml of table vinegar to a bucket of water.
4. Wash your tile with the prepared vinegar solution.
5. If there is no whitewash stain left after drying, just refresh the floor of the room with clean water.

Vegetable oil and vinegar:

1. Add 100: 1 ordinary vegetable oil to a bucket of water.
2. Wipe the floor with an oily solution.
3. In a bucket of clean water, add 100 ml of table vinegar.
4. Rinse the tiles well, often rinsing the rag.
5. Take a rag soaked in clean, cool water on the floor.

Manganese solution

This method also copes with whitewash stains:

1. In a bucket of water, gradually add crystals of potassium permanganate, stirring vigorously until the water turns a bright pink color.
2. Wipe the floor thoroughly, often rinsing the rag.
3. Rinse the room with clean water.

Important! If you have wooden plinths, opened with varnish, then potassium permanganate can harm them. Therefore, before washing, seal them with masking tape or use a different cleaning method.

Kerosene

If the whitewash managed to dry, then the good old kerosene will cope with this problem:

1. Add 5 grams of kerosene to 5 liters of water.
2. Thoroughly wash the floor with this solution.
3. Rub difficult places with a sponge dampened in a solution.

Important! During cleaning, open the windows so that an unpleasant odor disappears faster.

4. Remove kerosene residues from the tile with clean water and vinegar (1 cup per bucket of water).

Dishwashing Detergents

If at the end of the repair the floor is not too dirty, then you can first wash it with a soap solution:

1. Add 1-2 tablespoons of any dishwashing liquid to a bucket of warm water.
2. Wash the floor with soap and water.
3. Wipe the tile with plain clean water.

Use of special means for washing tiles

In construction stores there is a special tool for tiles HG “Polish, wax and dirt remover”. Cleanliness and brilliance with a similar industrial product are guaranteed if you act like this:

1. For 10 l of water, add 100 ml of the product.
2. Wash the resulting floor with the tiles.

You can also come across Deterdek-liquid, which removes all building impurities. According to the instructions, you need:

1. Dilute the product in water 1: 5 or 1:10.

Important! The proportions depend on the degree of contamination of the floor covering.

2. Apply the solution to the tile and leave for a few minutes.
3. Rinse thoroughly with clean water.

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Have patience during the repair. If you use the cleaning recommendations in this article, the floor cleaning process will not drag on for a whole day and will not turn into “Sisyphus labor”. In the end, you can always contact a cleaning company that will do this unpleasant job for you. Everyone decides for himself - to incur some financial costs and entrust cleaning to professionals or to work hard and do it yourself and for free.