Washing ceilings and walls

Sugar soap as per directions, and rinse off

I just use flash

I use sugar soap as well

I just dust them

Morning fresh (purple) washing up liquid or stardrops.

Sugar soap here - what a horrible job it is to wash ceilings......

I just paint them!

I had no idea that anyone had ever washed a ceiling though I once heard of someone dusting her rockery. Not even professional decorators wash before painting. Just paint over all those grubby fingerprints on your ceiling.

wash ceilings?

That's a new one

Why would you wash ceilings and walls before painting them?

No one's going to know - and the new paint won't drop off!

just get rid of any dust and cobwebs

especially the cobwebs as they do tend to clog up the brush

I do all my own painting and decorating and I've never washed the ceiling. Have I been a slattern all these years? I clean down any particularly grubby marks on the walls, around light switches and plugs for example, but the ceiling never entered my mind! should I be ashamed?

I just dust walls prior to painting ( fluffy duster type thing.) Never done anything with a ceiling.What on earth is sugar soap!

Dunno Roses! I use Flash or Cif myself!

How to wash a ceiling !
undress to underwear
ignore the doorbell
don painters overalls
search for that shower cap you nicked last time you stayed in an Hotel
don motorcycle goggles
trip over bucket of soapy water
refill bucket
climb stepladder
remember you don't like heights and retreat one step
rub bit of ceiling you can reach with wet rag #]#
ignore drips running up your arm and climb down ladder
move ladder and repeat.............

Think I'll pass, thanks Aggie! I'll stick with slapping another coat of emulsion on!

We've been emulsioning the stairs and landing today. No cleaning at all involved. In fact, we even convinced ourselves that nobody would ever notice if we didn't paint the ceiling.

Ceilings don't get dirty though -except for cobwebs which you would get rid of regularly anyway

aggie are you Aggie of Kim and Aggie fame?
(No wonder she washes her ceilings )

I just get rid of dust and cobwebs too unless I am doing the kitchen, then I will wash any greasy bits off, usually with very hot water and some washing up liquid, it isn't usually too bad.

Aggie, you missed the bit where you step back, right into the bucket!