How To Get Paint Off Old Hardwood Floors

Gently rub the paint stain until the it is lifted from the wood.

How to get paint off old hardwood floors. Saturate the latex paint stain with the mixture. Use a brush toothbrush size or larger if the rag isn t getting the job done. This will remove dried oil based paint without causing damage. Mix 1 4 cup lemon juice with 3 4 cup rubbing alcohol in a container.

Several solvents will remove oil based paint but mineral spirits is the strongest one you. 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. 4 rub off the remaining paint using the rag with denatured alcohol on it. Visit one of the home improvement stores and buy a paint remover.

Use a scrub brush to scrub the paint off the hardwood floor. Mix 3 4 cup of rubbing alcohol and 1 4 cup of lemon juice together. Cover the paint with the solution and let it sit for 5 minutes. Apply the mixture to a white cloth.

Scrape what you can off. 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. Latex paint remover is the ideal solvent for removing latex paint but it won t work on oil based paint.

Dry with a paper towel and dispose of the rag. 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. I found out that rubbing alcohol will remove dried latex paint on hard wood floors.

When we ripped the carpet out we found this mess. Use of commercial paint removers this is a quicker way to remove dried paint off the hardwood floors.