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Removing soot stains from fireplace mantle
Posted on 11/26/23 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 11/26/23 at 4:31 pm
We burned some wood last night in our fireplace that was not fully dry and it produced an enormous amount of smoke that stained our exterior fireplace tile and the wood on the bottom portion of our painted mantle. I was able to get a decent amount out of the tile with dish soap and will try and use some degreaser to complete the tile cleaning but the painted mantle does not budge with the dish soap.
Any recommendations for best method to effectively remove the soot stains from the mantle without destroying the finish?
See picture below:
Any recommendations for best method to effectively remove the soot stains from the mantle without destroying the finish?
See picture below:
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Posted on 11/26/23 at 6:12 pm to ChewyDante
Search Amazon for a Smoke Soot Eraser. Its a dry sponge made for fire damage clean up
Posted on 11/27/23 at 11:12 am to ChewyDante
I'd give TSP mixed in hot water a try.
Home Depot or Lowes have it in the paint section and it goes by the name Tri Sodium Phosphate in case you didn't know that already.
If you have tender skin on your hands, buy some rubber gloves.
Edited to add this: I've used TSP to wipe down ceilings in kitchens back in the day when most were painted with oil base high gloss paint.
I used it in one of my aunt's kitchens and both she and my uncle were heavy smokers and did so in their house. There was a HUGE difference in the color of the ceiling where it was wiped down with TSP and damn near white again as opposed to the yellow everywhere else.
Home Depot or Lowes have it in the paint section and it goes by the name Tri Sodium Phosphate in case you didn't know that already.
If you have tender skin on your hands, buy some rubber gloves.
Edited to add this: I've used TSP to wipe down ceilings in kitchens back in the day when most were painted with oil base high gloss paint.
I used it in one of my aunt's kitchens and both she and my uncle were heavy smokers and did so in their house. There was a HUGE difference in the color of the ceiling where it was wiped down with TSP and damn near white again as opposed to the yellow everywhere else.
This post was edited on 11/27/23 at 11:47 am
Posted on 11/28/23 at 9:23 am to ChewyDante
Have had similar issues. Oddly our mantle and fireplace look similar. I made a solution using warm water, LAs totally awesome and dawn. Scrubbed with a sponge until clean. It got almost everything off the marble tiles and grout, but eventually we just went ahead and repainted the mantle. Ours gets dingy with months of use instead of just one.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:12 am to ChewyDante
My go to is Mr clean magic erasers
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:14 am to ChewyDante
if all else fails, repaint?
Posted on 11/29/23 at 3:07 pm to ChewyDante
Magic erasers work for all kinds of crap
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