When painting a wall, it is common for a little paint to fall to the floor, regardless of the care taken. I figured out how to remove it.
To save costs, people often Paint the walls of your house on your own, even without having experience. By doing this work, you can reach stain the floor with paint, but luckily there is a solution.
No matter the type of paint or the passage of time, there is always a way to clean it so that the floor is spotless again. Discover these cleaning tricks and apply them when you need them most.
CLEANING
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How to clean paint residue from the floor
To clean the different paints it is ideal to use materials such as:
- Rubber gloves
- Paint thinners
- Absorbent paper or cloth cloths
- Flat metal spatula
- Brush
- Cloth
Latex, oil and plastic based paint
- With care of do not scratch the floorRemove excess paint with the flat spatula before it starts to dry.
- Quickly wipe the floor with a cloth with solvent to remove the rest of the paint. Do not use too much solvent because there is a risk of affecting the design of the floor.
- Scrape the dried paint stains with the spatula until all possible paint residue is removed.
- Add a little solvent to the rest of the stain
- Scrape with a brush until removed from the floor.
- With cloths, absorb the solvent with paint residue
- Repeat as many times as necessary.
old paint
- Scrape the stain with the help of the metal spatula, always in the same direction and not in circles.
- Remove the paint as much as possible.
- With the help of a brush, scrape off paint residue that were stuck to the floor
- Clean the remaining dust with a broom
water based paint
- Clean the paint from the floor as fast as possible. It can be done by placing a paper over the stain to quickly absorb excess paint from the floor.
- Make a soap and water based solution to clean the paint on the floor until remove it completely
- Dry with clean cloths
Source: Ambito
I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
