How To Get Paint Off Old Hardwood Floors

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.

How to get paint off old hardwood floors.

Apply a small dab of denatured alcohol which can be bought at most building supply stores on a rag. Gently rub the paint stain until the it is lifted from the wood. When we ripped the carpet out we found this mess. Saturate the latex paint stain with the mixture.

Cover the paint with the solution and let it sit for 5 minutes. Use a brush and scrub the stain. I found out that rubbing alcohol will remove dried latex paint on hard wood floors. Mix 1 4 cup lemon juice with 3 4 cup rubbing alcohol in a container.

Scrape what you can off. Dry with a paper towel and dispose of the rag. Mix 3 4 cup of rubbing alcohol and 1 4 cup of lemon juice together. Use a scrub brush to scrub the paint off the hardwood floor.

Visit one of the home improvement stores and buy a paint remover. Several solvents will remove oil based paint but mineral spirits is the strongest one you. Use a brush toothbrush size or larger if the rag isn t getting the job done. Using a butter knife or another edge i used an unwanted cd scrape off what you can of the paint.

Then scrub off the paint with the rag. This will remove dried oil based paint without causing damage. 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.

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. 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.