How to Clean Walls with Smoke Damage! You'll Need: Dawn, a Spray Bottle, Two Buckets, a Flat Mop with a few reusable heads, and some Microfibern Towels. I'll be honest, this will take some time and a bit of elbow grease. This home took me about 30+ hours to clean, with the walls being the majority of that. But, the end results were so worth it! You can do it! This is the flat mop I used - https://letscleanthatup.com/products/18-pro-microfiber-mop-system