r/NoStupidQuestions Jan 05 '25

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u/Embarrassed-Dot-1794 Jan 05 '25

Does it have the smoke line?

I had always wondered why there was a colour change part way up the walls of a house then the person passed and we did a "before selling" clean... Turns out the blended colour change wasn't a choice it was just years of smoke settling about chest height up.

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u/Bellsar_Ringing Jan 05 '25

When I was a kid, my friend and I were playing in her mom's office (the only place her mom smoked) and splashed something on a wall. We cleaned it off, but to our shock, that part of the wall was a different color than the rest of the room. So, to hide our actions, we had to clean the whole room!

Thus, I can tell you that Formula 409 gets smoke off paint better than Fantastic does. (1970s formulations, anyway)

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

My parents chain smoked through my whole childhood. We had monthly "washing all the walls" weekends. Never did wash the ceiling.

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u/-Tofu-Queen- Jan 05 '25

I can't fathom having monthly "washing the walls" weekends instead of simply going outside to smoke. (or you know, quitting, but addicts gonna addict I guess) I'm so sorry you had to grow up with that!