H

OW TO
C
LEA
NSMOKEDAMA
GE
ONYOURWALLS

Ther
eisnot
hingwor
set
hanahouser
e.Notonl
yar
eyourhouseandbel
ongi
ngsdamagedbut
al
sot
her
eisof
tenar
iskt
oyouandyourf
ami
ly.Evenaf
tert
her
ehasbeendeal
twi
th,t
her
eis
t
heaf
ter
mat
hoft
her
etodealwi
th.Commonpr
obl
emsi
ncl
udesmoke,sootandcl
eani
ngup
t
hewat
erandt
hechemi
cal
sthatwer
eusedbyr
eght
ers.Thedamaget
oyourhouseshowson
yourbur
ntandbl
ackenedwal
lsandcei
li
ng.

SOOTAND CHARRI
NG

Sootisther esidueleftbybur ntthingsafter

are.Itcont ainsalotofcarbon- based
impuriti
esandi smainlycausedwhent he
materialdoesn tbur
ncompl etely.Thetext ure
ofsootisoilbasedbecauset herear eplastic
thi
ngsi never yhomeandbur ningt hem leads
tooil
ymol ecul esgetti
ngreleasedi ntheair .

Sootcanwr eakhavocwheni tentersa

personsrespir
atorysystem andthus,itisa
seri
ousheal thhazard.Whensootpar t
icl
es
enterthealveoli,t
heygetr el
easedintothe
However
,thewor
stpossi
ble bloodstream andt hroughthat,theimpur i
ties
reachvariouspar t
soft hebody.Ifthe
eectofsooti
sit
stendency impurit
iesgetaccumul ated,thepersons
t
ocausecancerandcause healthcouldsuer .

ser
iousdef
ect
sint
hebi
rthof
anewbor
n.Sootpr
oduces
pol
ycycl
icar
omat
ic
hydr
ocar
bonsi
nit
sgaseous Youwi
llneedt
hef
oll
owi
ngi
tems:
st
ate.Thesehydr
ocar
bonsar
e
-TSPorTr
isodi
um Phosphat
ecl
eaner(
1tbsp.
)
r
esponsi
blef
orgenemut
ati
on
-Rubbergl
ovesf
orcl
eani
ng
f
orpar
ticul
argr
oupsofgenes, -ALar gespongeorthespongeusedwhil
ewashingyour
andt
heycancausebi
rth car.Alotofcleani
ngneedstobedone,andt
he
spongeshouldbel ar
geenoughtosoakupalotof
def
ect
sint
hechi
ldandal
so waterinonego
i
ncr
easet
hechancesof -2l
argebucket
s
get
tingcancer
. -War
m wat
er
-Goggl
esandamaskt
opr
otecteyesandf
ace
-Ragst
ocl
ean

CLEANI
NG PROCESS
Useyourvacuum cleanertocleansootover
thesur f
aceofthi
ngs.Afteryouputonyour
heavy-dutygl
oves,usethespongeandsoaki t
int
ot heTSPsoluti
on.TheTSPsol uti
on
containsagall
onofwat erandat ablespoonf
ul
ofTSP.Wor ksect
ion-by-
secti
on,focusingon
onesegmentandwal latatime.

Fir
st ,wi
pet hesurfaceoft hewallorceil
ing
witht hespongeandusehar dandr m
strokes.Aft
erthat,dipther agsincleanwar m
wat erandrinsetheceili
ngandwal ls.Dothe Neverst
artyourcl
eani
ng
samewi t
htheot hersegment suntileveryt
hing pr
ocessbef
oreyouar
e
hasbeencl eanedpr operly.
pr
oper
lyat
tir
ed.Your
heavy-
dut
ygl
oves,saf
ety
goggl
esandmaskshoul
dbe
wor
noveryourf
aceand
Thef
requencyoft
heabovest
epmaybemor
ethanone.I
t shoul
dcoverasmuchast
hey
dependsont
hecondi
tionoft
hehouseaf
tert
her
eand can.Car
eful
lycoveryournose
how muchchar
ringandsootbui
lduphasoccur
red.Youmust andmakesur
ethesaf
ety
becar
efulnott
oover
-washyourcei
li
ngsandwal
lsbecause gl
asseshavenopl
acef
ordust
seepageofwat
ermi
ghtoccuri
ntot
hedr
ywal
lorbaseboar
d. orsoott
ogeti
ntoyoureyes.
Don
tsat
urat
eyourwal
lswi
thTSPandwarm wat
er.

WHATYOU NEED TO KI
LLTHEODOR

Asi
mpl
edeodor
antorr
oom f
reshenerdoesn
t
haveasmel
lst
rongenought
ocount
eractt
he
badodorf
rom smoke.Todealwi
thsmoke,
somet
hingst
rongerhast
obeusedt
odi
sabl
e
odorcausi
ngsmokemol
ecul
esi
ntheai
r.
Bel
ow ar
esomei
temst
hatcanhel
pyouki
ll
t
heodorf
rom smokedamage:

Afteryourhouse
getscl eaned,you
needt omake
decisionsandcome Whi
teVi
negarWhi
tevi
negarhasast
rongsmel
landcanbe

upwi thabudget usedt

owi
peal
laect
edsur
faces.Fur
nit
ure,wal
ls,oor
s,
andcei
li
ngscanal
ldowi
thaqui
ckcl
eani
ngbyar
agdi
pped
aboutwhatt o i
nwhi
tevi
negar
.
replaceandwhatt o
Baki
ngSodaI
tabsor
bsodor
snat
ural
lyandcanbel
efti
na
repair. bowli
never
yroom.Al
so,youcanspr
inkl
esomeovert
he
pi
ecesoff
urni
tur
eandot
hersur
facest
ocount
eractt
he
odor
.

OdorReduci
ngPr
oduct
sAnodor
-reduci
ngpr
oduct
sli
kei
ncense,Febr
ezeoroi
ldi
user
scanbeused
al
ongwi
tht
heot
herst
epst
oreducet
heodor
.

Act
ivat
edChar
coalThi
sisanot
hernat
uralodorabsor
bert
hatcanbel
eftar
oundt
her
oom i
n
powder
edf
ormt
odealwi
thsmokeodor
.

OzoneGener
ator
sThesear
eusedt
odealwi
tht
hebadodorcausedbysmokebutar
epr
ett
yexpensi
ve.

OdorReduci
ngFogsManypr
ofessi
onalcompani
esdealwi
thsmokeodorusi
ngspeci
alf
ogst
hatki
llt
he
smel
lcompl
etel
y.

BUBBLI
NG AND BLI
STERI
NG

Bubbl
ingandbl
ist
eri
ngoft
hepai
ntonyour

wal
lsandcei
li
ngmayoccurf
rom excessi
ve

heat
.Abubbl
eorbl
ist
ercannotbe
undone,

butcanber
epai
red.

WhatYouWi
llNeed:
Put
tykni
fe
Spackl
e
Fi
nesandpaper
TheRepai
ringPr
ocess: Pr
imer
Pai
ntmatchedt othecol
or
-Gent
lyscr
apeawaythet
opoft
hebubbl
eorbl
ist
er
ofyourwal
l/cei
li
ng
wi
ththeputt
ykni
fe.

-Sandt
hebubbl
eorbl
ist
erunt
ili
tisat
.

-Spackl
ethear
eat
ocoveranyi
ndent
sori
mper
fect
ions.

-Whenthespackl
eiscompl
etel
ydr
y,sandt
hespackled
ar
eaunti
liti
ssmoothandushwitht
hewall
/cei
li
ng.

-Pri
meandpaintthearea.I
fthepai
ntdoesn
tmatch,
beprepar
edt
or e-pai
nttheenti
rewal
l/r
oom/cei
li
ng.

SMOKEODOR

Asi
def
rom unsi
ght
lychar
ringandsoot
bui
ld-
up,smokecanl
eaveanunpl
easantodor
t
hatseemst
ocl
ingt
othewal
ls.Smokeodor
s
canbequi
test
ubbor
n.Dependi
nguponhow
st
rongt
hesmokeodor
sar
e,oneormor
eof
t
hesemet
hodsmaypr
ovehel
pful
.Keepi
n
mi
nd,t
hough,t
hati
fthesmokeodorhas
per
meat
edi
ntoyourcar
pet
s,dr
aper
ies,
f
urni
shi
ngs,et
c.,t
her
eisl
itt
let
hatcanbe
donet
oel
imi
nat
ethesmokeodorunl
ess
Vi
negar
:Whi
tevi
negarcut
s
t
hesei
temsar
eremovedorr
epl
aced.
t
hroughodor
snat
ural
ly.Tr
y
wi
pingdownf
urni
tur
e,
washabl
ewal
ls,oor
s,et
c.
wi
thwhi
tevi
negar
.Al
so,t
ry
pl
aci
ngsever
albowl
sof
Baki
ngSoda:Baki
ngsodai
sanot
hernat
uralodor
-absor
ber
.
vi
negarar
oundt
her
oom wi
th
Tr
yspr
inkl
ingl
iber
alamount
sofbaki
ngsodaoverf
urni
tur
e,
t
hesmokedamage,l
eavi
ng oor
s,et
c.Leaveaf
ew bowl
sofbaki
ngsodaar
oundt
he
t
hem t
her
eforsever
aldays.I
f r
oom f
orsever
aldayst
ohel
pabsor
btheodor
s.
youcan
tst
andt
hesmel
lof
vi
negarei
ther
,tr
ymi
xingabi
t Febr
eeze:Febr
eeze,apopul
arodor
-reduci
ngpr
oductsol
din
ofl
avenderoi
lint
othebowl
s manyst
ores,usesachemi
calcompoundcal
ledcycl
odext
rin,
t
ohel
pcutt
heodoroft
he asugar
-li
kesubst
ancet
hatabsor
bsodor
s.Spr
ayi
ngt
hear
ea
vi
negar
. downwi
thFebr
ezemayhel
ptor
educet
hesmokeodor
.

Act
ivat
edChar
coal
:Thi
spr
oduct
,of
tenusedasadet
oxi
fyi
ngagent
,isal
soanat
uralodorabsor
bent
.
Pl
aci
ngbowl
sofact
ivat
edchar
coal(
powder
edf
orm)ar
oundyourr
oom mayhel
ptoabsor
bthesmoke
odor
s.

Fr
eshAi
r:I
nthewar
merweat
her
,leaveyourwi
ndowsanddoor
sopenasmuchaspossi
ble.Fr
eshai
rwi
ll
event
ual
lydi
ssi
pat
ethesmel
lofsmoke.

OzoneGener
ator
s:Ther
ear
epr
oduct
sont
hemar
ketknownasOzoneGener
ator
swhi
chmayhel
pin
r
educi
ngorevenel
imi
nat
ingsmokeodorf
rom yourhouse.Remember
,though,t
hatt
heseexpensi
ve
pr
oduct
s,whi
leeect
ivei
nreduci
ngt
heodor
,wi
llnotel
imi
nat
eitcompl
etel
yift
heodorhasper
meat
ed
t
hecar
pet
s,dr
aper
ies,f
urni
shi
ngs,et
c.

ADDI
TIONALTI
PSAND ADVI
CE

Tr
isodi
um Phosphat
edoeswor
kver
ywel
lfor

cl
eani
ngsmokedamage,buti
tissuchahar
sh

chemi
calt
hati
tmaynotbeavai
labl
einal
l

ar
eas.Checkwi
thyourl
ocalhome

i
mpr
ovementst
ore(
suchasLowesorHome

Depot
)forpossi
bleal
ter
nat
ecl
eani
ng

sol
uti
ons.

I
fyouhavesever
e
smokedamagei nyour
home,itmaybebestto
cont
actasmoke
Manypeopl
ehesi
tat
etocal
linasmokedamagespeci
ali
st
becauset
hepr
ocesscanbecost
ly,somet
imesdanger
ous damageprof
essi
onal.
andenvi
ronment
all
yunf
riendl
y(i
.e.t
heuseofozone
neut
ral
izer
s).However
,ther
ear
ecompani
esavai
labl
ewhi
ch
empl
oyenvi
ronment
all
yfr
iendl
ysmoker
emovalpr
ocedur
es.

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