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Mr Clean magic erasers
Sorry if this is a repeat, but I used the search feature and seem to only be coming up with raves for these things.
So we're moving out of our rental and I'm just going over the walls with the magic erasers (most of the marks the movers/our pets put on the walls). Couple things make me wonder if I'm doing this wrong:
- the eraser is basically just crumbs within minutes after using hardly any pressure
- they seem to leave a dirty residue over the wall which almost looks worse than when I started.
Am I missing a step, or doing it completely wrong? I don't really want to 'wash' the walls, as such, because I don't know what paint was used. If its not waterproof, I don't want to ruin it by using too much water...
Any insight would be helpful. Thanks!
Re: Mr Clean magic erasers
Aye I've been wetting it a little. The marks are coming off... I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that. But I agree with you about it leaving wet spots or sometimes it looks like when you're trying to wash a spot of mud off the floor and you just end up smearing the mud around.
Thanks for your input though... helps to know the process is right, just might be on the wrong surface!
I also bought some of the extra power ones. Have to say I like those better... wall seems cleaner after and it didn't fall apart so quickly.
I'm curious about the paint you're using it on. I love the Magic Erasers and use them all over my house, but I probably wouldn't use it on a flat paint. If the paint is semi-gloss or glossy, it would probably be fine, but the downside to flat paint is that you can't really "clean" any spots on the walls - you have to paint over it.