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Latex Paint. Tips to remove Latex Paint stains on carpets

Paint is a type of coating for many types of surfaces. If you have spilled some paint in your carpet try using these tips to get it out and without leaving a sticky mess.

Using something hard like a plastic spoon or knife, spatula or even a dust pan you aren�t going to use again or similar type item and scrape up the excess paint. Scrape towards the center of the stain so you don�t spread it out. Repeat this until you have brought up all the excess liquid you can sp so you can work on just the color of the stain without the rest of the liquid.

Using a clean cloth or towel, put some rubbing alcohol on your cloth and dab at the area where the paint was spilled. If your paint spill is large, this can take quite a bit of time. This will break down the liquid and it will come up on your cloth. Keep using clean portions of your towel and dabbing until you don�t have any more paint coming up or when the stain is gone.

Make a mixture of a cup of warm water and a tablespoon of liquid soap without bleach. Spray and dab this on the paint stained area. This will work out more of the paint and your stain will lighten as you repeat the process. Continue until the stain doesn�t lighten any longer or when the stain is gone.

If you find that your stain is still not coming out, try rinsing the carpet with a spritz of water and then by dabbing the moisture up. Continue this until you don�t find you are bringing up any more soap from the carpeting this brings out additional coloring from paint.

Stains that are deep in the carpeting can be brought up using a spray of peroxide. Work the peroxide into your carpeting with your fingers and then blot up. Spay the stain with peroxide again and leave this dry for at least an hour and then spray and blot again. Continue until your paint stain is gone.