Paint on carpet

jrizo1

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I have to clean an office that it was painted about 2 weeks ago, the painter left a lot of white paint spots.
The paint is a water base paint. I should I do to remove it?
Thanks is Advance
 

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How many are "a lot"?

When dealing with paint spots, be sure to never underestimate how many there are.

They have a tendency to multiply in numbers by the next visit.

It could be very tedious.
 

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The paint is a water base paint.

water base paint isn't water soluble once cured (fully dry)
There's no fast 'n easy way to remove it without risk of delaminating carpet

if cut pile carpet, small drips on top can easily be snipped off top with napping shears .
since you said it's in an "office", I'll presume it's loop pile ..can't be cutting on that

you'll be "safest" with one of the strong DE-limonene gels like CTI's ProSolve (if they're still around)
apply it, long dwell time, gentle scrapping, flush-rinse, re-apply, repeat as needed

have you looked at it yet?
if not, you better
and you need to explain the difficulty/time involved and potential hazards of removing cured latex paint.
'cause people are ignorant in general, and think because it's "water based" it will clean up with water ...it won't when fully dry (cured)

it's a time consuming PITA...charge accordingly or walk

..L.T.A.
 

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Last paint issue I had was worth $1000. Took about 6 hours. Banes safety solve and a razor knife on my hands and knees. For hours.

Save the strong prespray for the grease pits, it will only help a little. Clean it as normal then go back and scrape the spots and blot with solvent.
 

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Latex paint is removed by rubbing alcohol. No need for delimo or other heavy duty spotters that can bond with fiber and or may delaminate carpet's glue layer.
Naturally do not use too heavily to avoid saturation & delamination as a result.

The alcohol gels (hand sanitizers) work very well too. Stain solve will leave a heavy solvent smell that will stay for a long time.

And yes, do charge extra as you'll need to deal with each stain individually.
 
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It is not out of line to suggest that the painter be made to remove his own damage, or to pay for your work.

Painters are a special breed. Most work between sixpacks, careless of any splatters. That sounds like money, but the extra labor and damage risk is rarely worth it to me.
 
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Painters are a special breed. .

in the non-union building trades, drywall installers are the most dysfunctional of the lot
(right there with carpet installers)

followed by the siding guys and roofers

Painters are pretty "normal" in comparison to the above

Finish carpenters are "aloof"
Plumbers are dirty
electricians are primadonnas

L.T.A.
 

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in the non-union building trades, drywall installers are the most dysfunctional of the lot
(right there with carpet installers)

followed by the siding guys and roofers

Painters are pretty "normal" in comparison to the above

Finish carpenters are "aloof"
Plumbers are dirty
electricians are primadonnas

L.T.A.

As a landlord who hires all of these types, I could not agree more. Painters make me want to commit acts of violence because of the "the carpet is going to get cleaned anyway" attitude, but I have to say they are otherwise the easiest to tolerate.

If you ever want to punish an electrician or finish carpenter, find a way to make them "help" a plumber....they need serious psychotherapy afterward for PTSD.
 

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Electricians always leave a pile of clippings, like rodents. Uncultured slobs.

But every trade bumps their lazy ways off to the next, so the cleaner winds up paying for their sins.

Had a lady call back because "your elves didn't even TOUCH the dusty hardwood floors!"

Turned out that the 'dust' was actually fine overspray on fresh finish, thanks to the painter not properly masking the floor.

Nope, I did not offer to fix it.
 

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I walked from a paint Spill yesterday. Was dried as hard as a rock. I offered to replace the carpet but there was none to pull from. I sure wasn't going to spend hours getting that out.

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in the non-union building trades, drywall installers are the most dysfunctional of the lot
(right there with carpet installers)

followed by the siding guys and roofers

Painters are pretty "normal" in comparison to the above

Finish carpenters are "aloof"
Plumbers are dirty
electricians are primadonnas

L.T.A.
LOL!
 

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What a timely thread. I had a 3 hour job take 6 hours today. DRYWALL powder /gunk everywhere, paint splats, and fast food trash piled on the carpet ! I was like what band of bums is squatting. The house is going on the market for 2 million and these clowns ruined wool carpets with tons of paint drippings. Literally hundreds of them. The basement which was probably 1,000 square feet had to be cleaned up before cleaning and it took an HOUR. Then I filled the receptacles on the TM-4 nearly 6 times just using it to pile lift and vacuum. Then I went over it again with the royal vacuum. Who hires people like this in a 2 million dollar home. It's nuts.
 

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