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Coronavirus-COVID-19: How to remove the virus from the walls
Dust is also deposited on the walls.
The classic concrete or brick walls plastered and painted, have a surface that is not as smooth as that of a table.
This surface cannot be cleaned well with a rag soaked in disinfectant and is able to accumulate large amounts of dust and microorganisms such as bacteria,
viruses and mites that are temporarily held back by surface irregularities.
Safety notes on toxic products such as bleach
When you transfer toxic products such as bleach, always remember to highlight the contents on the new container well so as to avoid mistakes.
Use indelible markers and adhesive tapes to highlight the danger.
Always keep them in places inaccessible to children.
How to sanitize the walls
To sanitize these surfaces the best thing is to spray pure bleach with a diffuser like the one used for window detergents.
You can reuse one of these empty containers and fill it with bleach.
Normally bleach does not alter the color of the walls.
On the contrary, it eliminates any dirt and makes any mold disappear, both the color and the microorganisms.
But test an area that is not visible first.
Beware that the bleach is toxic, its vapors are dangerous.
Do this with the windows open as quickly as possible, and then leave the room immediately.
An atmosphere saturated with bleach vapors can be a good sanitation system.
However, consider that the bleach is absorbed by the walls and therefore takes a long enough time before the smell disappears.
If you do it before you leave for a trip is ideal, you can leave the windows closed because in a few days the smell disappears and definitely kills a large amount of microorganisms in the room.
If you do it while you're at home it's good that you air the room for one or two days before staying there, especially if it's a bedroom.
So plan to avoid using the room for a couple of days. During these days you can enter briefly to pick up items or clothes, but do not stay.
During the operation of spraying bleach consider that inevitably a few drops will escape your control and could end up on clothes or sofas or curtains or other fabrics.
So take care to remove them before bleaching. Wear poor clothes that you don't care if they're stained.
Every time you sanitize the walls
It seems like a complex operation, but done the first time then you will see that it is simpler than it seems.If you do this twice a year, in spring and autumn when mold is easy to form because the rooms are wetter, your home will have a different breath and you will stay much better throughout the year.
Spring and autumn are the wettest seasons for the home.
In summer you can keep the windows open for a long time and the heat dries the walls.
In winter the house tends to become dry for heating, as the heated air is drier.
Spring and autumn are instead the seasons in which more mold is formed, even not visible.
Moisture is the ideal condition for the proliferation of microorganisms and that is why a treatment with bleach at the beginning of these seasons will protect you from many inconveniences.
During this period of Coronavirus-COVID-19 it is advisable to sanitize the walls once a week.
Once done, you will become more familiar with this product and learn how to use the right amount, without overdoing it.
This will reduce the ventilation time to a few hours, but the first few times stick to the specified times.
other tips
These are rules to follow all the time,
but now with Coronavirus-COVID-19 they are a necessity that can save your life.
Next to it are other practical tricks that we are preparing:
- Avoid bringing the virus into your home
- Delete the virus from the floors
- Remove the virus from the walls
- Eliminate the virus from beds and sofas
- Eliminate viruses and bacteria from clothing
- Eliminate dust and mites
- How to change the air
- Cleaning test of your home
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