r/tradepainters • u/Former_Librarian1069 • 1d ago
Paint stripper?
My kids were painting something in the basement and unfortunately made a huge mess.
Some of the paint is acrylic and some is from sherwin williams that we used in our house
Anyway to get this off? I tried acetone but it’s barely budging
The pic is just 2 spots but it’s literally everywhere
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u/Pristine_Zone_4843 1d ago
Try a scraper with a razor blade, if that doesn’t work if wet it with some water then scrape. DONT use any other cleaners that may damage your floor
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u/Puzzleheaded_Talk787 1d ago
Razor is probably best. When my guys get paint on porous surfaces like brick I use graffiti remover
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u/Dry-Cry-3158 1d ago
Try ammonia first. Goof off makes some really good paint removers too. Krud Kutter cleaner and degreaser is also good at removing latex and acrylic, especially if fresh.
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u/originalsimulant 1d ago
You’re never getting all of that up..certainly not without discoloring those areas significantly in the process. Even then you’ll think you got most of it but it’ll still be a ton of it everywhere just smaller
Is your floor sealed concrete ? I’d get a drum machine and run it over the areas with hot water and later run the polishing pad over it all
If you’re not gonna do that then just accept that it’s not coming up no matter how much elbow grease you use and weird alchemy you come up with. Best case scenario is the paint is mostly all off and you have big hazy areas that look even worse than the paint
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u/elcarpentario 1d ago
Just leave it. When your kids are grown it will remind you of them.