How To Get Paint Primer Off Wood Floors

Scrape off as much paint as you can using a bladed tool.

How to get paint primer off wood floors.

Although it requires a lot of elbow grease the best way to remove primer from wood is by sanding. When in doubt goof off. To avoid leaving streaks rub in the direction of the wood grain. If you can t seem to get your hands on a heat gun here s an alternative way to remove wood floor paint stains.

I found out that rubbing alcohol will remove dried latex paint on hard wood floors. Place a few drops of dish soap into a bucket and fill with warm water. Apply rag directly to stain and rub until stain is not visible. Several solvents will remove oil based paint but mineral spirits is the strongest one you.

Now if this method still doesn t remove the paint stain you can try using goof off a popular household stain remover. When we ripped the carpet out we found this mess. Latex paint remover is the ideal solvent for removing latex paint but it won t work on oil based paint. We had multiple colors splatters dried some for 20 years on one of our bedroom floors and it was all covered up with carpet.

Vacuum dirt from around the area from which you need to remove the primer to make sure you don t grind any of it into the finish when you rub the spot.