An alkaline preparation containing washing soda and soap, used for cleaning surfaces or removing paint.
〈英〉糖皂（用于清洁或去漆）
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Now I'm going to wash it down with sugar soap, allow it to dry over lunch and then paint the walls and ceiling this afternoon.
With two helpers - one to guard the anchorage and ropes and another to man a boat in the river below - they began their first task, to take off all the old paint with sugar soap and a wire brush.
If you are papering over paint, first clean the walls with sugar soap to make sure the paper sticks.
You can get rid of it fairly easily by washing down the affected parts of the walls with bleach and water or by using a sugar soap solution which can be bought in most hardware shops.
This leaves the kitchen and bathroom paint to be applied in the kitchen and bathroom, which is to be preceded by a session with sugar soap.