visitors holding on to the wall for support (furniture, living room, glass)

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

I would just paint that wall with a paint finish that's easily wiped off and be done with it.

Yes. A semi-gloss paint like you might put on an interior door would clean best. It may not look right, depending.

[mkarch]

A couple of other ideas come to mind:

- Break away wall that sends visitors tumbing if they lean on it
- Wire it up to scream/fart/vibrate if touched

[KathrynAragon]

When my visiting grandchildren leave their little fingerprints on mirrors and doors, I hate to wipe them off...

[harry chickpea]

The easy solution is to move. If you move to the hinterlands and leave no forwarding address, you might resolve the problem.

Alternately:
Smear the area with peanut butter and buy a couple of rat terriers that like it. They'll smell the peanut butter on the guests' hands and chew them off.

Glue trap. Not sure what to do with the stuck and dying guests though, especially if a number of them build up.

Remove the wall and replace it with a horse. The horse will whinny and kick.

Grab your guests prior to entry and outfit them with hazmat suits.

Remove the door and replace it with a wall.

Place a nude female model in front of the wall.

Trip wire.

[Jukesgrrl]

Originally Posted by pitt chick

so they use the wall for support while taking off shoes...

Let them keep their shoes on.
Problem solved.

^^^ that!

[ACWhite]

Some of these responses are hilarious!

Seriously, OP, have you considered why your visitors do this? Many of your visitors may have arthritic knees, and it is harder to sit to remove shoes and stand up again, than it is to sit on a "settee" (which may also be uncomfortable or uninviting) than to stand with some support as they are choosing to do.

[CSD610]

Don't deman your visitors take off their shoes (which to me is ridiculous and I would not do it) or get some sort of artwork to hang on the wall there or go with the ugly out of place coat rack which would probably look better than fingerprints on the wall.

[Nodpete]

Make them take their shoes off outside. Or buy a taser, they wouldn't touch you walls a second time I'll bet.

[gouligann]

Thanks for all the chuckles and replies. I guess I'll just keep wiping my walls off if I can't change their ways, because up where I live, everyone takes off their shoes at the door (except Europeans or some visitors from the US where it isn't a custom)

[Csiko]

My grandfather was always really particular about this.

He took the direct route. As in, he'd yell at his guests not to touch the ****ing wall when they did. They either: stopped touching the ****ing walls or stopped coming over. In both cases: problem solved!