We are redoing a room in our house and there
is old paint that was left in spot's on the
hardwood floor. Please help me get them off
without having to redo the floor's. I need a
simple remedy as I'm not able to do alot of
work. Thank You.
Happylady
COMMUNITY FORUM
Hi there-
If it's oil based paint you will need to wipe the paint off (or rather gently scrub it off)with paint thinner on a piece of 0000 steel wool. VIP--KEEP YOUR WINDOWS OPEN AND AIR FLOW GOING! Be careful that you don't soften up the poly layer on the floor.
Hopefully it's latex, then all you have to do is dampen a terry towel with denatured alchohol and take it off. You needn't worry about taking off any of the floor finish with denatured alchohol either-it only effects water based products. You could also try using liberal amounts of Windex! Yes, really.
If it's oil based paint you will need to wipe the paint off (or rather gently scrub it off)with paint thinner on a piece of 0000 steel wool. VIP--KEEP YOUR WINDOWS OPEN AND AIR FLOW GOING! Be careful that you don't soften up the poly layer on the floor.
Hopefully it's latex, then all you have to do is dampen a terry towel with denatured alchohol and take it off. You needn't worry about taking off any of the floor finish with denatured alchohol either-it only effects water based products. You could also try using liberal amounts of Windex! Yes, really.
