How to remove hairspray (she: Anna)

I am married to a wonderful man and have a beautiful 2 year old daughter.  Our lives, just like everyone’s, are crazy busy, but in the midst of that I love to clean, I love to organize, I love to decorate.  I also love to help others do the same.  For years people have asked me questions about cleaning, meal planning and other household things. I decided to start compiling these questions and blogging about them to help out as many people as possible.  You can find me at Ask Anna Moseley.

I love the feeling that a clean, organized and beautiful home brings. My desire is that everyone can experience this feeling. Cleaning, organizing and decorating don’t have to be hard and they don’t have to be “chores”. My wish is to teach you the tools to make these things easier so that you can spend more time enjoying your family and be proud of the space you live in.

Getting Rid of Hairspray Residue

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Question:

“I am wondering if you have any ideas/suggestions/solutions for getting hair spray off walls, floors etc? I would love to know because it has marked my bathroom walls as my daughter thinks it should be sprayed everywhere!!!”

Even if you don’t have a daughter that has taken a fancy to spraying hairspray everywhere I think we can all relate to this problem. When spraying my hair it tends to get everywhere, doors, walls, floors, counter top, sink, curling iron, etc. So what’s the easiest solution?

Shampoo

Think about it. We use shampoo in the shower to get the hairspray out of our hair so why not use it to get it off of everything else too?!

Here’s what you will need:

Empty spray bottle

Shampoo

Water

Sponge (these are my favorite)

Here’s what to do:

1. Fill the spray bottle with a mixture of 1/3 shampoo to 2/3 water. Swirl to mix {if you shake it will get too bubbly}.

2. Spray the shampoo mixture on the walls, doors, floors, counter top, curling irons, etc.

3. Let it set for at least a minute or two.

4. Using a sponge scrub the shampoo mixture off. Be careful when scrubbing the walls, don’t use too much pressure because you don’t want to take the paint off the walls!

5. Using a clean cloth dry the walls.

6. After drying the walls, door, etc. run your hand along them, this is what I call the “touch test”. If they still feel a little sticky then repeat the process, they’re might be layers and layers of hair spray that need to be removed. If the walls, doors, etc. feel smooth then you are finished!

Note: I want to mention this because I don’t want you to lose the paint on your walls. DO NOT use a Magic Eraser. Magic Erasers are great but not for this task. You would have to scrub too hard to get the hairspray off the walls and it will end up taking paint off your walls, I learned this the hard way trying to get it off my baseboards. :/

Happy scrubbing!