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[-] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have these. had a fire some while ago (cheap-ass kettle incinerated itself and other plastic in its vicinity) and now my walls and ceiling are covered with sticky soot.

the professional removal isn't in the cards right now, so I wanted to paint over the thing (dirt and soot and all) thus trapping this crap. I don't care how it looks afterwards, as it's bound to be better than the present state of things, just that all this crap isn't airborne.

ideas, suggestions?

edit: made a post, appreciate if you can help: https://lemmy.ml/post/24996046

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Depends on the paint already on the wall. Is there a shine and feel smooth. Or does it look dull with a grainy texture. If its shiny and smooth dishwashing soap and a rag will do wonders. If its flat paint its look terrible taking a wet rag to it, but itll be fine to paint over.

The ceiling will almost definitely be flat and possibly textured. If its textured then itll have to be scraped. But dont do that if your home was built in the 80s or prior. Asbestos could be present.

My first job was doing insurance claims like fire and water damages. Did it for over six years. If you have any other question go ahead.

[-] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

it's the usual lime-based paint with god knows how many layers underneath.

thanks a bunch. I've made a separate post, here it is: https://lemmy.ml/post/24996046

[-] Ulfenstein@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago

I’d suck them down with a vacuum cleaner! That’s gotta work right?

[-] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

well, no, as it's sticky and will stick to the vacuum's pipe and innards and whatnot. same goes for wiping (sticks to the rag) etc.

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You want it to stick to the rag. Theres these things called chem sponges used for this but they're not that cheap with how many you'll go through

[-] vfsh 1 points 1 day ago

Just gotta make sure it's a vacuum cleaner designed for fine particles like ash. A shopvac would do fine but I'd exercise caution using a household vacuum to do it

[-] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Make sure you check the manual! Mine explicitly required a special filter for that, with warnings that it could be damaged if you use it for ash/drywall without that filter

[-] Wirlocke 61 points 2 days ago

Arguably not natural since it relies on plastic or petroleum to make.

[-] domdanial@reddthat.com 23 points 2 days ago

I mean, crude oil is a natural product. Burning a log or burning a tub of crude could both be considered burning natural substances.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I thought I was on /InsanePeopleFacebook for a minute reading this.

You're telling me these are made from concentrated smoke and soot from house fires, yet not a single object around them is covered in smoke or soot, including paper and fabric?

[-] plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

Had a partial house fire, can attest that one of the levels had these but didn't look sooty otherwise. Of course everything was still fucked by the smoke and has to be cleaned/replaced anyways. The room with the fire was super fucked though, soot everywhere even if it wasn't directly burned.

[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

Any relation to the soots in My Neighbor Totoro? Their description made me think they were just eye floaters but since they also appear in Spirited Away with less introduction, I'm curious if they're rooted in a coal/wood burning era

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 18 points 2 days ago

This was my first thought and I wouldn't be surprised considering that My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies was originally released as a double feature. Meaning they were intended to be watched one after the other.

https://kotaku.com/the-surprising-similarities-between-my-neighbor-totoro-1844747252

Both movies have direct (sometimes shot for shot) parallels which portray the dichotomy of childhood life. For example, the scene in GotF where they frantically try to evacuate the house vs in MNT where they are playfully searching the house for the staircase. This video does a good job of describing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9WJhV1W1pg

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 15 points 2 days ago

I was gonna say they reminded me of the little soot creatures from Howl's Moving Castle

[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Ah, I still haven't see that one from Studio Ghibli. Only the two I mentioned. I saw Spirited last year and Totoro last week. Honestly... I can't say I get them. I'm not sure if I'm too old to form nostalgia, too late to recognize the products of their eras, or too uninvolved with that realm of media to recognize how groundbreaking it was. I can appreciate the vibe and musical score, but it's not motivating enough to see more. So if anyone loves them and wants to give me pointers, I'm listening.

I didn't really enjoy Akira, either. I went in relatively blind in 2020 and thought it was a motorcycle story, so I wasn't ready for the supernatural stuff. That was clearly not a children's movie though, so maybe I'm expecting too much depth in Studio Ghibli in my anime adventure route

[-] RustnRuin@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

Imo you should at least give Princess Mononoke a watch, before you decide to hang up your Ghibli hat. Still a children's movie, but with quite a bit more depth than Totoro and Spirited Away.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

Eh, I gotta be in just the right mood to watch anime (otherwise it just kind of annoys me) but every once in a while their movies just kinda hit the spot, Never watched any of them when I was a kid, I mostly just like them for the vibe.

[-] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I watch Ghibli movies when I am in the mood for some wholesome movies, especially:

Only Yesterday
Marnie
Totoro and Ponyo
From up on poppy hill
Whisper of the heart

Chihiro, Naucicaa and Howls moving castle has a different vibe, but they are still amazing.

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago

Still not as bad as glitter.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I've seen this episode of ❤️🪦🤖

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

You won't fool me, bandit.. These are fucking anomalies. But not the kind of anomalies that produce any worthwhile artifacts. Quite the contrary. These are the kind that will kill Kirill in far darker ways than an explosive heart.