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April 3, 2008

Little drips of paint

The last handyman who we hired to finish up all the little things the contractor didnt do before bailing out seemed to think he didnt need to use a dropcloth because he was only doing little bits of spot work. Now, of course, we have little drips of paint on our pine floors. I've tried both mineral spirits and paint/varnish remover on a rag, with little success (athough this method worked fine for the roof tar footprints). I dont want to scrape or sand for fear of damaging the floors. Anyone have a tried and true method for getting these little drips off the floor without scraping or scratching the floor or damaging the finish?

Posted by slopefarm at 11:50 AM | Comments (9)

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brillo or steel wool. Need something with a bit of grit in it.

Posted by: Putnamdenizen at April 3, 2008 12:10 PM

A plastic knife should lst you scrape the paint spots off without damaging the finish.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at April 3, 2008 12:48 PM

goof off

Posted by: guest at April 3, 2008 12:53 PM

latex or oil paint? latex should be easy with water and brillo sponge. oil should lift off with a plastic putty knife, but you may need to use metal and then retouch the varnish on the floors.

Posted by: guest at April 3, 2008 1:15 PM

Thanks, everyone

Posted by: slopefarm at April 3, 2008 1:20 PM

I prefer these:

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=2&p=53612&cat=2,42194,40727

Posted by: southslope at April 3, 2008 1:25 PM

A little rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball worked for us in lieu of Goofoff

Posted by: guest at April 3, 2008 2:44 PM

Thanks again everyone; I mde some headway with brillo. Will move on to the putty knife and perhaps rubbing alcohol (on the floor, I'm not that desperate yet). Worried goof off will mess with the poly and I hate to have to do touch up poly in visible plces because ti doesn't adhere to itself well. But i will try carefull goof off appplication if it gets to that point.

Posted by: slopefarm at April 4, 2008 10:00 AM

Goof off.

Posted by: guest at April 4, 2008 11:40 AM

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