How to Clean Oil Splatter Off Walls

Don't give cooking oil time to dry on your wall.

Cooking with oil can be a messy endeavor, especially if you have no way to prevent oil from splattering on the walls. Some people use such barriers as a splatter screens to keep oil from hitting the wall but, in some cases, oil splatter is unavoidable. Splattered oil dries onto your wall if not cleaned immediately, creating a sticky residue that is difficult to remove. If you don't have a splatter guard, simple options do exist for cleaning splattered oil off of your kitchen walls.

Things You'll Need

• Cloth
• Cornstarch

Instructions

1. Run the cloth under hot water and then wring it out until it is damp if the oil is still warm and fresh. Wipe the oil off of the wall with the wet cloth. The oil should come off easily if it hasn't dried.

2. Measure out 1 tbsp. of cornstarch and put it in a bowl. Add water to the cornstarch, mixing it until you have created a paste to use on dried oil stains.

3. Dampen a cloth with warm water and use it to spread the paste over the oil stain on your wall. Try this method on a hidden part of your wall first to ensure it doesn't discolor your wall.

4. Let the cornstarch paste dry on the wall. As it dries, it should soak into the oil from the wall.

5. Wipe away the cornstarch once it has dried with a damp cloth. The oil stain should be gone when you take away the dried paste.

References

• 1st Class Cleaning; Removing Oil and Food Splatter from Kitchen Walls; 2009
• Mrs. Clean; Stain Removal Hints; Corina Wilson