How To Get Paint Off Old Hardwood Floors

Scrape what you can off.

How to get paint off old hardwood floors.

Use a brush and scrub the stain. Mix 3 4 cup of rubbing alcohol and 1 4 cup of lemon juice together. Dry with a paper towel and dispose of the rag. Using a butter knife or another edge i used an unwanted cd scrape off what you can of the paint.

Several solvents will remove oil based paint but mineral spirits is the strongest one you. 4 rub off the remaining paint using the rag with denatured alcohol on it. 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. Use a brush toothbrush size or larger if the rag isn t getting the job done.

Saturate the latex paint stain with the mixture. Cover the paint with the solution and let it sit for 5 minutes. I found out that rubbing alcohol will remove dried latex paint on hard wood floors. Gently rub the paint stain until the it is lifted from the wood.

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. Latex paint remover is the ideal solvent for removing latex paint but it won t work on oil based paint. Mix 1 4 cup lemon juice with 3 4 cup rubbing alcohol in a container. Use a scrub brush to scrub the paint off the hardwood floor.

When we ripped the carpet out we found this mess. Apply a small dab of denatured alcohol which can be bought at most building supply stores on a rag. We had multiple colors splatters dried some for 20 years on one of our bedroom floors and it was all covered up with carpet. Apply the mixture to a white cloth.

Visit one of the home improvement stores and buy a paint remover. Then scrub off the paint with the rag.