How To Get Paint Off Old Hardwood Floors

Then scrub off the paint with the rag.

How to get paint off old hardwood floors.

Mix 3 4 cup of rubbing alcohol and 1 4 cup of lemon juice together. Several solvents will remove oil based paint but mineral spirits is the strongest one you. Gently rub the paint stain until the it is lifted from the wood. Saturate the latex paint stain with the mixture.

Use a brush toothbrush size or larger if the rag isn t getting the job done. Mix 1 4 cup lemon juice with 3 4 cup rubbing alcohol in a container. Cover the paint with the solution and let it sit for 5 minutes. Using a butter knife or another edge i used an unwanted cd scrape off what you can of the paint.

Dry with a paper towel and dispose of the rag. Visit one of the home improvement stores and buy a paint remover. Apply the mixture to a white cloth. Apply a small dab of denatured alcohol which can be bought at most building supply stores on a rag.

Carefully scrape off as much of the paint as you can with a putty knife grab a rag dip it into a mix of 3 parts rubbing alcohol 1 part lemon juice. Apply pressure to the brush and scrub in a back and forth motion bringing the bristles of the brush over the entire surface of the stain. I found out that rubbing alcohol will remove dried latex paint on hard wood floors. Scrape what you can off.

Use a brush and scrub the stain. 4 rub off the remaining paint using the rag with denatured alcohol on it. Directly apply the paint remover on the dried paint using a cotton ball or swabs and leave the product to soak for about 15 minutes to break down the paint. Use of commercial paint removers this is a quicker way to remove dried paint off the hardwood floors.

We had multiple colors splatters dried some for 20 years on one of our bedroom floors and it was all covered up with carpet. Use a scrub brush to scrub the paint off the hardwood floor.