The best part is that you probably already have everything you need to get your dirty walls clean again. Bottom Line — any of these mops can do the job, but the best mops are the ones that you can use wet or dry to conquer every surface and can reach everywhere without wearing you out. If you have REALLY tough spots to remove (like scuff marks, pen or marker) on your walls, try using a wet magic eraser. How To Clean Baseboards And Ceilings The microfiber mop is gentle on painted walls and takes the work out of regular hand scrubbing. At the same time, the squeegee removes nasty dirt and dirty water that you can’t see sitting on the wall . Finally, mopping the walls will give you a more even clean and make it less likely that you will miss spots while cleaning.

Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop: If you’re looking for the convenience of a spray mop, this is the best one for walls and ceilings because you can use your own cleaning solution, and it doesn’t leak.Using the wall cleaning solution recipe I gave you for the walls, dip a microfiber cloth into the solution, squeeze excess solution out, and start lightly scrubbing along your baseboards. I recommend a squeegee microfiber mop over a regular floor mop for your walls and ceilings – and I’ll tell why you by showing you in a photo further down in this post…trust me, you’ll want to buy a squeegee microfiber mop! The best part about testing Bona Hardwood Floor Spray Mop was the fact that it’s perfectly designed for hardwood floors, tiles, and laminate floors, but it still works perfectly on walls, as we tested it on multiple floor and wall types, and not a single scratch was spotted during the testing. This solution works so well that you shouldn’t need to scrub hard unless you have a longstanding, difficult mess to clean (like dried-up food).

Bona Microfiber Mop: This is the best overall mop for ceilings and walls because you can use it dry or wet, it’s lightweight, and it features a pivoting mop head and extendable handle. What we liked the most while testing the E-Cloth Flexi-Edge Mop is its bendy duster head, as it can close the gaps between the floor and close corners and thoroughly clean it without a problem.For ceilings, use the same method you would for the walls. Take special care to wring out excess water before applying the microfiber mop to the ceiling (to avoid solution and water dripping all over you). Rinsing Walls After Cleaning Them I have a nifty before and after photo below that shows you just how good this solution works without stripping paint or leaving streaks…

We also tested it on dust, cobwebs, and pet hair of different sizes, and mopping those types of debris wasn’t hard by any means, a single mop will get the job done.The Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop is the heaviest in this guide. It weighs over four pounds and will be challenging to clean walls for extended periods and even more difficult to clean ceilings. If you’re not comfortable holding up that amount of weight for a few minutes at a time, avoid this mop.

It looked fairly clean to me – I couldn’t see any visible marks and was fairly happy with the results. While it’s not specifically designed for wall or ceiling use, it’s suitable for those tasks for several reasons. You don’t need to clean walls with TSP to get them clean – use just 3 ingredients to make your own wall cleaning solution!

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Mr. Siga Floor Microfiber Mop’s handle is stainless steel, and its aluminum frame made it less-pressuring on us while testing the mop on different floor and debris types. Even though the mop head is a bit on the larger side (16.5”), it’s not so big that you can’t fit it in corners and small spaces (like between the window trim and ceiling). But when I swiped the squeegee across the ‘ clean’ walls, a layer of dirt and water was removed, and my true clean walls were revealed! In this post, I’ll show you the few tools you need, how to make your own wall cleaning solution, how to clean walls (even those super dirty kitchen walls), and how to rinse your walls when done cleaning! After seeing a noticeable difference between using a squeegee and not using it– I highly recommend the squeegee.