Apart from warm water, a sugar soap helps in removing all that grease and dirt so the new coat of paint looks fresh. Cleaning with sugar soaps helps the new paint to stick to the walls without hampering the adhesion.

Do you have to rinse off sugar soap?

No need to rinse. Using a soft clean cloth like Selleys Super Cloth, soak in the sugar soap solution, ring off excess and clean walls. Always start washing from the highest point to the lowest to avoid 'running'.

When should I use sugar soap?

Sugar soap is a type of chemical cleaner usually used to wash walls before painting them, but also to refresh dingy-looking paint. You can sugar soap and reveal your beautiful walls by applying the product and then thoroughly rinsing it off.