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CLEANING experts have reacted in horror to a viral mop ‘hack’ which could cause serious damage costing thousands to repair.
The craze of so-called wall mopping has taken off on the social media site TikTok with posts using the hashtag #wallmopping racking up more than a million views.
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Videos show people using either a mop or paint roller as a hack to supposedly clean dirt and dust from their walls.
However, the experts at The Paint Shed have warned against doing this “despite its potential to save time, particularly when cleaning hard-to-reach areas”.
They say that certain paint types should never be scrubbed, as you are likely to damage the finish.
It could cost thousands to repaint and re-plaster water-damaged walls.
The experts told Ideal Home: “If you have a flat or matt finish and you have not used a washable paint, then you should not be using water or a mop to clean your walls.
“Flat-finished walls do not mix well with water.”
People are advised not to drench your walls in water as this could lead to a number of problems.
The same goes for using a paint roller dipped in water or disinfectant.
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Lisa Cooper, head of product at Thomas Sanderson said: “Not only will the damp walls create mildew which will slowly ruin your plasterboard, a paint roller is used to apply products meaning you are just rolling chemicals on to the wall rather than removing any existing dirt.”
Previously, professional cleaner Danielle had taken to Tiktok to show her 2.4million followers how she gets hard-to-reach areas like the ceiling tidied by simply using a mop.
In a video uploaded to the site she said: "You might want to look at using your mop to clean your walls, ceilings, baseboards, trim, etcetera.”
The two mops that she finds work best for this purpose are the O-Cedar EasyWring Spin Mop and the Easy Squeeze Mop.
In an earlier video on the site, a mum said she mops her walls and doors to get her home super-clean, claiming it’s the best thing to banish germs.
But she clarified she doesn’t use her wall mop all over the house, explaining: “This mop is just for my walls. I have other mops for my floors, do not recommend sharing a mop with bathrooms by the way because of germs.”
And she added she does it “every month” to “kill germs,” as she claimed it also deep cleans the house which her kids are constantly messing up.
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