removing paint stains from wood floor
 

Hi

We have got a few paint stains (whitle emulsion) on a oiled hardwood real
oak floor. The paint is several days old now.

We've tried white spirt, hot water, wickes decorators wipes but they all
tend to spread the stain, rather than get rid of it. The floor is only a
couple fo weeks old and, frankly, I'm pulling my hair out over this.
Anyone able to suggest anything?

"richard" wrote in message
hanks...
Hi

We have got a few paint stains (whitle emulsion) on a oiled hardwood real
oak floor. The paint is several days old now.

We've tried white spirt, hot water, wickes decorators wipes but they all
tend to spread the stain, rather than get rid of it. The floor is only a
couple fo weeks old and, frankly, I'm pulling my hair out over this.
Anyone able to suggest anything?


You don't need me to tell you it's better to avoid the paint getting on in
the first place.

Light sanding with fine paper. May need to re-oil the affected patch(es)
afterwards.

It was somewhere outside Barstow when richard
wrote:

Anyone able to suggest anything?

Hard wood floor - best way is to ignore it for a week until the paint
is _really_ hard, then take it off with a cabinet scraper. Refinish
the oil patch, as necessary. Sanding or solvents will just spread it
and dump it into the pores.

This would have been better _before_ you went at it with white spirit.
You'll still get it up, but you'll have to go a bit deeper now.

Google recently for advice (oak table thread) on steel cabinet
scrapers, or how to make a glass one for this sort of task.

In article s,
"richard" ks says...
Hi

We have got a few paint stains (whitle emulsion) on a oiled hardwood real
oak floor. The paint is several days old now.

We've tried white spirt, hot water, wickes decorators wipes but they all
tend to spread the stain, rather than get rid of it. The floor is only a
couple fo weeks old and, frankly, I'm pulling my hair out over this.
Anyone able to suggest anything?

I'd try steel wool soaked in the oil you used to finish the floor,
then wipe with a lint-free cloth.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:08:57 -0000, Rob Morley
wrote:


We've tried white spirt, hot water, wickes decorators wipes but they all
tend to spread the stain, rather than get rid of it. The floor is only a
couple fo weeks old and, frankly, I'm pulling my hair out over this.
Anyone able to suggest anything?

I'd try steel wool soaked in the oil you used to finish the floor,
then wipe with a lint-free cloth.

Hi,

Brass wool is better for oak as any fragments of steel that get stuck
in the wood could/will react with the tannins and blacken the wood.

cheers,
Pete.

richard wrote:
We have got a few paint stains (whitle emulsion) on a oiled hardwood real
oak floor. The paint is several days old now.

We've tried white spirt, hot water, wickes decorators wipes but they all
tend to spread the stain, rather than get rid of it. The floor is only a
couple fo weeks old and, frankly, I'm pulling my hair out over this.
Anyone able to suggest anything?

Meths., and copious amounts of plain white kitchen
towel. Meths. actually dissolves emulsion paint. As
it's oiled, hopefully the paint won't have penetrated
the grain. Treat plenty of area, don't just scrub the
spots. Rub in some more oil after.

It was somewhere outside Barstow when Rob Morley
wrote:

I'd try steel wool soaked in the oil you used to finish the floor,
then wipe with a lint-free cloth.

Don't use steel wool anywhere near oak. You'll get iron stain and the
floor will look like you've spilled ink on it.

In article , "Pete C"
says...
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:08:57 -0000, Rob Morley
wrote:


We've tried white spirt, hot water, wickes decorators wipes but they all
tend to spread the stain, rather than get rid of it. The floor is only a
couple fo weeks old and, frankly, I'm pulling my hair out over this.
Anyone able to suggest anything?

I'd try steel wool soaked in the oil you used to finish the floor,
then wipe with a lint-free cloth.

Brass wool is better for oak as any fragments of steel that get stuck
in the wood could/will react with the tannins and blacken the wood.

Whoops - I should have thought of that. Shows how often I get to
work with quality materials, doesn't it? :-)

Chris Bacon wrote in message ...
richard wrote:
We have got a few paint stains (whitle emulsion) on a oiled hardwood real
oak floor. The paint is several days old now.

We've tried white spirt, hot water, wickes decorators wipes but they all
tend to spread the stain, rather than get rid of it. The floor is only a
couple fo weeks old and, frankly, I'm pulling my hair out over this.
Anyone able to suggest anything?

Meths., and copious amounts of plain white kitchen
towel. Meths. actually dissolves emulsion paint. As
it's oiled, hopefully the paint won't have penetrated
the grain. Treat plenty of area, don't just scrub the
spots. Rub in some more oil after.

You should either have wiped it off immediately before it dries, with
a damp cloth , or wait until very dry and then lift off with hot air
gun.

cheers

Jacob