# Cleaning tire marks off painted walls

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-tire-marks-off-painted-walls/376013>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 11, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-tire-marks-off-painted-walls/376013 "2006-10-11T02:03:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Spidey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Spidey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spidey)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-tire-marks-off-painted-walls/376013/1 "2006-10-11T02:03:28Z")

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Is there a quick, easy way to clean the marks off of painted walls that are left by bicycle tires rubbing against them? I can usually do it with a scrub pad and orange cleaner or something, but this sometimes ends up taking off the actual paint. Should I be using more cleaning solution, less abrasion, or the opposite? Or is my only option touching up the spots with fresh paint every once in a while? Thanks in advance for responses.

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-tire-marks-off-painted-walls/376013/2 "2006-10-11T02:07:51Z")

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Oh yea. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

I don’t know how I ever lived without these things. They truly are magic!

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**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-tire-marks-off-painted-walls/376013/3 "2006-10-11T13:08:00Z")

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I second that one. Mr. Clean Magic Erasers are AMAZING.

They WILL remove paint if you scrub too hard for too long, but normal usage to take off a tire-tread mark will be fine.

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**Author:** ![Spidey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Spidey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spidey)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-tire-marks-off-painted-walls/376013/4 "2006-10-11T21:37:35Z")

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Ah, thanks for the tip. Now I just need the smiling wife doing all the housework for me and I’ll be set.