Thursday, April 30, 2009

Cleaning Tip: Getting Boogers off the Walls

In a nutshell - to get dried boogers off the wall:
1) get a handfull of toilet paper and get it wet
2) tear off a little piece of wet tp and cover the booger
3) wait 10 - 20 minutes depending on thickness of the booger
4) easily wipe it off
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Please leave me a comment if you try it and let me know how it goes.
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As Sid the Sloth says on Ice Age... "Humans are disgusting." That's what I've been thinking tonight as I helped Ethan with one of his chores - we're on a Booger hunt. Why do kids have to wipe their noses on the wall? I mean honestly, it is really that difficult to go get a tissue? It's really annoying when you find the boogers on the wall right by the toilet paper dispenser. I'm not sure the psychology behind their thinking.
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But I have found a way to minimize the stress of cleaning them all off - and with 6 kids with active fingers, we almost have full time booger art going on here. Here's the tip which was Ethan's chore tonight - put wet toilet paper on all the boogers on the walls. Corey later asked me about the tp on the walls. I explained that Ethan and I were trying to soften up the snot so we could get it off without chipping off the paint or spending 10 minutes rubbing a hard booger with no sign of it budging. Corey was amazed at my creativity. "Brilliant! How do you think of these things?" I'm just a natural! It just came to me one day as I was washing walls - instead of trying to let it soak with a washcloth which I would have to hold there, I went and got a little bit of tissue wet in water, and it stuck right on the wall like a spit wad, where it softens up the kid booger until you're ready to wipe it clean. I still have a few wads on the wall that I need to go find, but since they've been soaking for an hour, it's a quick and easy job. Ta-Da!
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46 comments:

  1. thnx this helps ALOT i'm a 14 year old that had this poblem when i was younger but my mom wouldn't touch them and i want to repaint my room so i need themm of and tried this and it works amazingly WELL!!!

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    1. Agreed it totally works. I am so excited

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    2. Such an awesome life hack! Thanks for sharing.

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    3. Tell me this works with cat boogers! My babies have a persistent case of FHV and sneeze on everything!

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  2. I hate to have to say this, but thanks for the solution. My son has befouled the walls in our house and I wasn't sure how to tackle the clean up issue. Next issue: wall booger prevention.

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  3. I was embarrassed to have to google this... my 4 yr old has a nice collection I just found by her bed UG! I am going to go try this now. Thanks!

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    1. How funny, me too. Now we know we're not the only ones.

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  4. if this works, your fking amazing.

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  5. I agree with Alicia but knew I wouldn't be alone in this situation. I have a 7 yr old daughter and a 23 yr old son so have been there and done that..Am going to try it and if it works she will be cleaning the wall :) Gotta learn somehow!! :)

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  6. *sigh* my husband laughed (to my amaze, I didn't think I would find anything) as I googled on how to rid boogers off the wall in my son, also Ethan's room (now eight but started since he was seven). Have new sheets/pillows/blankets, but all the "abstract art" on his beautiful light blue wall just so distracting....ok, completely disgusting! I tried scraping which scraped the paint off. I tried wiping with baby wipes, but that did nothing. This was my last resort! If this works, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, and a million thanks to YOU! Ethan's mommy.

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  7. it works!!!! Ethan's mommy.

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  8. Yay Ethan's Mommy! Glad to help :)

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  9. I have tried everything to get the boogers off my daughter's wall, except google it until today. I found this post...guess what it really works and after several hours of hunting them all down, her walls are now booger free and I hope they stay that way...Thank you so much for taking the time to post this, you saved me from pulling my hair out trying to remove the dried up boogers. Thanks again you are a life (wall) saver...

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  10. I wish I'd seen this before I used a steamer on flat paint. I have chunks out of the walls now.

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  11. You are my life saver. now im gonna go die(: BYE(:

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  12. 2 girls and some boogersAugust 18, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    We're college students and we moved into our dorm, soon to find out about all of the "decorations" that were coming along with our new room. We've tried everything with no luck, except for finding out that our walls are actually a few shades lighter. We're trying out your tips now!

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  13. Hopefully this will make it a little less painful - I can tolerate cleaning my kid's boogers, but I'd be totally grossed out finding them in my new college room - ugh!

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  14. Yipee! The paper's on the wall. Just glad all of our snot was sneezed! Strangely, I must admit to being curious about the velocity of that flying snot, as it went pretty high. Looking forward to painting! I feel sure this cleaning technique is a winner! Thanks!

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  15. BRILLIANT! !!!! This WORKS!! Thx 2 the mom of 7!

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  16. Oh my gosh!!! You are a GENIOUS!! Thank you so much! I can't believe this actually worked. I was still hesitant even after reading through all the comments, but decided I had no other better option, so I tried it. You should be famous for this little solution to a big problem! I can't thank you enough!

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  17. Thx I just had to google this because i got into the "habit" when i was younger and now i'm older so i want to have friends over but i was embarrassed by my old habit plus now i will get to paint my wall!

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  18. Oh my gosh, I am laughing out loud about this one, you are awesome!!! I have three boys, so I've seen a booger or two on the walls myself, so gross, but you are hilarious to blog about it!

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  19. Hola Hma. Hibbert. ¿Te recuerdas de mi? Hace mucho tiempo que saliamos juntos en Mesa. Estaba buscando como sacar "boogers" de mi sobrino y encontré tu página de web. ¡Qué manera de encontrarnos de nuevo! Estoy leyendo ahora tu blog para saber que ha pasado con tu vida. Te quiero mucho. Escríbame porfa.

    Martín rodriguez_martin44@yahoo.com

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  20. This helped me alot. I'm having a friend sleep over tonight in a few hours and my 4 year old sister put her boogers all over my wall. THANKX.

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  21. Thanks so much! I had this habit when I was younger and I'm super embarrassed about all the snot covering my walls! I'm so relieved they will all be gone!!

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  22. Thanks!! This worked like a charm to clean up my daughter's mess. :)

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  23. Just googled this. Ha! Thanks! My 4yr old has a new job.

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  24. Thanks so much! I'm a tween and I still do this :( and this really helps?

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    1. Me too, im 13 n i still have this problem idk i cant stop but im really trying :/
      hope this tp trick works

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  25. dont worry Esther Rose me too! my mom is coming in today to help clean my room and if she shes it she will freak!

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  26. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
    This post seriously saved my life. Thanks for taking the time to post this. I have a seeeerious boggie problem and i put them all over my wall. I decided to move my decorations to the left side of the wall because i wanted to repaint the right, and this worked too well!!! So excited to start again on the other side of my wall and im relieved to know that i can easily relocate them if i need to! THANK YOU

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  27. This worked so fantastically lolololol

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  28. Trying this now. My 9 year old has a booger wall 😒 NINE! My goodness, that is old enough for the boy to know to get a tissue! We're about to buy our first home, closing date next Friday. I'm hoping putting this chore on him will make him think twice about doing it at the new house.

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  29. Omg this worked thank you soo much ive tried everything and finally boogers are gone!!!

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  30. Thank you! My cat blows all over the walls and windows.

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    1. A snotty kitty is what brought me here too! What a great tip!

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    2. Omg mine too! That's why I looked this up Haha

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  31. Genius! Absolute genius! Thank you!

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  32. This is great! I'm with all the rest of you comment-ers. LOL. Seems like boog-er-adication is common. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

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  33. Thank you, my little brother won't quit coming in my room and blowing snot rockets on my walls

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  34. Awesome, now I can wipe on the wall all I want and my wife wont get too mad at me.

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  35. Yes, this helped a lot seeing that my 3 year old little brother loves putting boogers on the wall, even though there is tissue dispensers in every room... also, it worked!

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  36. Thank you!! Having guests sleep in my 4 yr old's bed tonight. Now they won't have to be grossed out, and I won't have to be mortified.

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  37. Omg! Ty! I was making ds bed the other day and found his booger collection....I asked him why he doesnt know....then I sent him up with lysol wipes and baby wipes....nothings worked yet so now he is trying this.....he is thoroughly grossed out at having to clean his own boogs off the wall but hopefully this deters him from starting a new collection.....

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