How do I get paint overspray off hardwood floors?
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Lisa
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I was spray paintingsome railings on a wall and the lady that I was working for turned the ceiling fan on and it sprayed the over spray everywhere! Now I've got overspray on the hardwood floors, everywhere. These are newly varnished floors probably within the last 2 months.
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My first thought was to try to scrape it with a plastic scraper or credit card. Here's a link with several other ideas, Lisa:
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/easiest-way-dried-paint-off-hardwood-floors-91778.html
Goo b Gone . Can’t use thinners b/c you’ll ruin the wood. Actually it’s really not Ur fault U did not turn on the fan .
This is going to be a hard lesson learned. First, you always do floors last. Next, any area not being sprayed should have been covered with paper, a tarp, dropcloth. The minute the fan went on you should have stopped spraying. Period. Then insist fan stays off until you were done spraying. Having the fan on was like a giant version of spin art that was popular when I was a kid. Just curious, why weren't they removed and sprayed off site then replaced?
Rubbing alcohol may work, I hope it does. Here are some remedies:
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/easiest-way-dried-paint-off-hardwood-floors-91778.html
https://www.hunker.com/12350639/removing-overspray-from-hardwood-floors
Absolute worst case scenario, call the floor refinishers and have them come back to see what they suggest. This will be on your dime and will unfortunately eat into your profits for the job. So so sorry, but you live and learn.
Goof Off. The Paint should not have penetrated into the varnish but should just be sitting on top.
Get at them quick with Pinesol and Scalding Water otherwise you are in for the scrub of your lifetime.