How to Get Solvent Based Paint Off Carpet?

suzieemm

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Not as far as I can see. Paint on carpet which has dried effectively means that the carpet is a write off. So this advice will save OP future carpet write offs.

Hi DVardysShadow, No, saved the carpet by using a bit of elbow grease and white spirit so like I said, watch this space. Nothing is ever a write off!

suzieemm

grizzly1911 wrote: »

Lots of white spirit and lift it off with clean cloths or kitchen paper.

Best done whilst still soft.

If not wait till it is really hard and then scrape gently but vigorously at it with a sharp knife and "worry" it off/out.

Thanks so much Grizzly1911. I managed to do most of what you said. Although the tin said not to use paint remover etc., once it had dried in perhaps that was the time it could be used. I did this with quite a bit of white spirit and rubbing it with the scouring top of a small kitchen sponge, a little use of a blade here and there and walla, the carpet is back to it's old form.

plumface

suzieemm wrote: »

Hi, I think yours was one of them actually. Rather condescending wouldn't you say? By the way, who needs dustsheets anyway.Pretty obvious really,you have answered your own question. I have managed to get all the paint off and it is back to normal again!

Condescending, possibly (in your eyes).
Rude,absolutely not.
MSE:- Saving money. Spend pence on a dust sheet,or nothing with an old sheet or towel V's spending extra money on a solution to a problem that did not need to happen.

anotherbaldrick

When painting, especially indoors over carpets , do not just go mad slapping it on. Protect the carpets with newspaper, or better dustsheets. Work neatly, use an appropriate size good brush , do not overload the brush and after dipping in the paint work off some of the excess on the rim of the tin. If you are getting drips you are doing it wrong and need someone to show you the right method.