If you can t seem to get your hands on a heat gun here s an alternative way to remove wood floor paint stains.
How to get paint splatters off wood floor.
Wash the rest away.
How to remove latex paint from hardwood floors.
Reapply denatured alcohol to the white cloth often.
If the paint is water based you should be able to lift it from the floor using soap and water.
Get every part.
Several solvents will remove oil based paint but mineral spirits is the strongest one you.
So let s say you re not confident that you can wield a putty knife and remove the paint without scratching your wood floor.
Latex paint remover is the ideal solvent for removing latex paint but it won t work on oil based paint.
Use a different part of the white cloth for each application to avoid transferring paint residue back onto the wood.
You simply need a paper towel and some rubbing alcohol and then you scrub.
Step 1 check to see if the paint on the floor is water based.
Apply a small amount of olive oil to any overspray on your wood floors.
Repeat the process until the latex paint stain is removed.
Allow the olive oil to permeate the stain for at least 5 minutes.
If plain water on the rag doesn t do the trick progress to a gentle cleanser.
Mix 3 4 cup of rubbing alcohol and 1 4 cup of lemon juice together.
Using a butter knife or another edge i used an unwanted cd scrape off what you can of the paint.
Denatured alcohol evaporates quickly.
You can read the label on the can or look it up online.
Scrape off as much paint as you can using a bladed tool.
Scrape what you can off.
The moisture might soften the paint enough so that you can then scrape it off says estabrooke.
Then use a plastic putty knife to scrape the paint stain from the surface.
Soak a household rag in rubbing alcohol.
Use a non abrasive scouring pad to scrub the area.
Apply rag directly to stain and rub until stain is not visible.
Spilling or splatting paint seems to happen to me every time i pick up a paint brush so i m thankful that it s so easy to remove paint spills simply using rubbing alcohol.