Paint on floors - AHHHHHHHHH

toexpress

Right am having the house repainted (I tried to do it myself and made a right mess of the walls but got none on the floor)

Anyway got two Polish guys, as slow as molasses in January but at least the walls are right! There are little spots of white paint all over the floors, I suspect it's off the wood work because the paint from the walls washed off but I can't get this off ... any suggestions?

MagicMarker

Blast it with paint remover.

toexpress

MagicMarker wrote: »

Blast it with paint remover.

I don't have one? Where do I get this device?

Shryke

Paint over them.

KeithM89_old

Move house.

frag420

Paint the rest of the floor white to match the spots.

It really is that simple!!

racso1975

get hot water and some jif/cif and a green scrubber brush and for the love of god put your ass into it when scrubbing!

aaronjumper

Buy carpets?

JohnMarston

I suspect its gloss paint. If so,white spirits or Turpentine on a rag and rub over spots.

Failing that, move house as Keith said, its the only way

toexpress

aaronjumper wrote: »

Buy carpets?

Having paid the painters and bought the paint? Unless the Vincent de Paul are going to fork out for some nice Axminster for me I may get scrubbing

Shane-KornSpace

Use Crayola. Much safer for people like you.

4zn76tysfajdxp

You... you didn't cover the floors when you were painting the walls?

toexpress

Odin Prickly Battery wrote: »

You... you didn't cover the floors when you were painting the walls?

I dunno what they did I wasn't looking

Look this is an OCD situation I wont sleep again tonight if I don't get this sorted

Shane-KornSpace

Spit on it and then use your left bum cheek to wipe it. Trust me.

The King of Moo

Join them up using a pencil. They might make a picture of a turtle or He-Man or something.

WIZE

Odin Prickly Battery wrote: »

You... you didn't cover the floors when you were painting the walls?

Real men dont bother with doing crap like that









* and always fcuk it up

4zn76tysfajdxp

toexpress wrote: »

I dunno what they did I wasn't looking

Whyever not?

ejmaztec

Join the dots and tell us what it looks like.

If it looks like Jesus you'll make a mint.

looksee

Post in Rec - Home and Garden - DIY and get a reasonable answer. You should say what kind of floors they are.

akura

White Spirits might work

CarrickMcJoe

Call the "painters" back to clean it up.

Pay peanuts, get monkeys!

Nothingbetter2d

hire irish next time :P

toexpress

looksee wrote: »

Post in Rec - Home and Garden - DIY and get a reasonable answer. You should say what kind of floors they are.

Ah thank you ... should have looked around a bit more I suspect

Mack22

Use one of those dish washing pads (sponge with the green scrubber) not a new one though as that might remove the varnish,all you need to do is dampen it with water and scrub.I wouldn't use spirits or turps as this might also stain the floor.

This works on both emulsion and oil based paints( although dry the oil based paint will not have bonded well with a varnished floor so is easily removed)

mikemac1

Fairy washing up liquid and sandpaper, on your hand and knees OP and get scrubbing
Don't go too hard now, don't mess up the wood. But give a good scrub, the washing up liquid will make this a lot easier

And don't hire cowboys next time

Not sure about paint thinner on the wood, might bleach it

RoboRat

If its a oil based paint then use white spirits. If its emulsion then scrub. I use a plastic scraper on emulsion and then scrub it off.

oppenheimer1

The King of Moo wrote: »

Join them up using a pencil. They might make a picture of a turtle or He-Man or something.

Or a man wearing a bishops hat.

electrobanana

Beat the sh*t outta floor vigorously with your right earlobe that usually does the trick.

General Relativity

Burn your house down. That'll get rid of those pesky stains.

biko

More paint will cancel the first paint out.

southcentralts

Get different paint and put spots on the walls, be all original like.

brummytom

Pour red paint on it

Jester252

Burn down your house and claim the insurance. With the money buy a new house and take a course in painting. Try again and don't worry if you fail again you can just repeat

Standard Toaster

Drill each spot out. That'll move 'em.

dejopadu

toexpress wrote: »

Right am having the house repainted (I tried to do it myself and made a right mess of the walls but got none on the floor)

Anyway got two Polish guys, as slow as molasses in January but at least the walls are right! There are little spots of white paint all over the floors, I suspect it's off the wood work because the paint from the walls washed off but I can't get this off ... any suggestions?

hi, its a recession, loads of good qualified painters out there looking for work, & you choose to try the cheap option (lets not even mention the fact it was probably cash it hand).

now who u gonna get to clean the floors?????????????

u got what u deserved.

come on people, help each other out!!!

Dancor

Some Nitromores will lift it off.

phasers

strategically place plant pots over the offending spots

You can give your house a cool jungle feel.