Removing paint from laminated flooring

sasenach

Hi,

I have dried on gloss paint on the laminated flooring in my son's bedroom. It looks like it's been there for some time. Can anyone suggest the best way to remove this, please.

Thanks

imho

Have you tried a Steam cleaner ? Or just get a rag and put hot water on rag and put it on paint and see if you can remove when its softened

misgrace

You could try brush cleaner, its for to clean brushes lol, specially gloss, but I found that it will remove oilbased undercoat and gloss of anything, even carpets.
You will find it in any of the DIY stores, next to the white spirit.

Rosebery_2

Window scraper.

Cheers

underlay_guru

misgrace wrote: »

You could try brush cleaner, its for to clean brushes lol, specially gloss, but I found that it will remove oilbased undercoat and gloss of anything, even carpets.
You will find it in any of the DIY stores, next to the white spirit.

I would advise you NOT to use any type of paint stripper, brush cleaner etc, as this damages the top wear layer of the laminate, and will also get into the photographic layer underneath.

Ebe_Scrooge

Try scraping it off with a chisel. Make sure your chisel is VERY sharp, be very gentle and don't use too much force. If you take your time you should be able to scrape it off without scratching the surface underneath. Be especially careful to keep the chisel almost parallel with the floor - i.e. don't try and dig it downwards. If necessary do it in several passes, scraping off a very thin layer of paint each time.