The process of painting your ceiling in any given room, one that should be undertaken once every few years depending on the quality of the paint job and how long it has been, starts with properly cleaning your ceiling.
Alternatively, you should also think about cleaning your ceiling if it has been a while since you have cleaned it — particularly if the first time you considered cleaning your ceiling was after reading an article with tips for how to best do it.
Here are seven tips for properly cleaning your ceiling in Prairieville, LA
1. Cover Your Floor
Though it may seem unusual that you would want to cover the floor when you are cleaning your ceiling, it is a good thing to do.
The reason that this is the case is that when you are cleaning your ceiling, it is almost inevitable that anything you get off of your ceiling will end up on the floor — or at least some of it will.
It’s a good idea to have something on the floor to catch what you are cleaning so that you then don’t have to spend the time to clean it off the floor.
2. Use A Microfiber Duster For Larger Dust
If you see larger bits of dust, you should take care not to try to remove it using moist techniques as that could just lead to you having muddy bits on the ceiling.
Instead, you can take a good microfiber duster and remove these larger dust bits off of your ceiling.
3. Long Vacuum Attachments To Reach The Ceiling
Of course, there are many ways for you to reach the ceiling, but one of the easier ones is to use a longer hose attachment to get to the dust on the ceiling.
In addition to the longer hose attachment, you can add other attachments to the end of the nozzle so that you pick up more dust.
4. Vents And Fans
When you are cleaning your ceiling, you’re going to want to exercise great care when it comes to the vents and fans.
Specifically, this is the case because the vents can easily get caked up with dust over time and if you don’t take the time to clean them, it’s your health you are putting at risk.
Similarly, thanks to the fact that fans spin and circulate air around your home, it is important that you keep the fans as clean as possible.
There are specially made dusters that clean the dust off of the fans quite easily — and in almost every case, a well-made fan duster will have an extension handle so that you won’t struggle to reach the ceiling.
5. Ladders Are Best
There are plenty of ways to get up to the ceiling, but by far the ladder is one of the best ones in terms of ease of use as well as portability.
For example, when you are trying to get from one area of the ceiling to another, the use of a ladder is substantially better than trying to make use of a scaffolding system, which is hardly portable.
6. Homemade Cleaner Is Great
There are many ways that you can clean your ceiling, and you might want to go for a store-bought cleaner to clean the ceiling thoroughly.
This does not have to be the case, however — cleaners that you make at home using ingredients that you already have will also do a good job in cleaning your home and not make it have funky noxious smells afterward.
A simple mixture of vinegar, water, and dish soap can make a fairly superb ceiling cleaner
7. Don’t Press Too Hard
Lastly, a word of advice when you are cleaning the ceiling with a moist cloth — you don’t want to press too hard when you are wiping.
Though you might think that you are doing yourself a favor by pushing hard, you may be only pushing the dirt into the ceiling instead of removing it.
Better to take an easier approach and not go overly aggressive with your cleaning technique.
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Nathan Rust is the Managing Partner at Prestigious Painting. He is passionate about service and gives back through his business with “Paint it Forward” and the “Young Entrepreneur Scholarship”. Nathan is married to his wife, Amanda and they have two children, Elijah and Grace.
Nathan founded the Rotary Club of Southeast Baton Rouge with 24 other local leaders in February 2020, and served as Club President from 2020-2022. He also serves as the Charter Organization Representative to Pack 15, where his son is a member as a Cub Scout.
Nathan was elected as the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Representative for District 6 on November 8th, 2022. In this new opportunity, Nathan aims to strengthen our school system by ensuring every child in EBR has access to high-quality schools, regardless of where they live or their economic status.
