So, once again I’m reminded why I HATE painting:
Finishing up a room today, cutting in the ceiling. For, of course, a veryyyyy dear friend of whom I’ve said in all seriousness that if he needed a kidney, I’d be first in line to be tested. Working from a short step stool thing (last time for that) when it kicked out from under me. No clue what happened it was just suddenly gone. I landed on top of it, lucky I didn’t (I don’t think) crack a rib, have a perfect outline of the leg across my back. Andddddddddd… a quart or so of latex ceiling white on their beige plush carpet.
I ran home berserk, grabbed my carpet cleaning machine (which I’m sure is now destroyed) and went over the area many times with very hot water. I got the majority I think but you can still see traces of course, and I’m sure it will wick back out overnight. Plus, thank you Mr. Murphy, but ground zero is right up against the adjacent wall where it saturated the corner where the baseboard meets the carpet.
So, what’s my next step tomorrow? Repeat? Any special detergents? Call a pro? One way or the other, I’ve gotta make this right…
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I did this once worse yet my sisters house. Cleaned with machine, wet vac, cleaned, wet vac,
repeat, repeat repeat. I don't remember using soap till the end. but hers was different in that it was office grade glue down carpet no pad to hold the paint in. In your case you may need to pull the pad out to stop reidue from going back into the carpet fibers. then replace the pad.. If it is still damp you can probably get more paint out of the carpet may want to call in an expert at this point. Once it is dried it is there for ever.
I was just about done stepped into the corner of the tray. I now Have my favorite ladder for painting it has two very wide steps an a large platform on the third to stand on. or the top step is large enough I put the paint tray there.
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Wallyo
Paint the rest of the rug.
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you're crazy.
that'll never work.
plus, it'll waste paint.
maybe just paint a wide border around the room instead.
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
I'm liking the boarder No one should regard themselve as "God's gift to man." But rather a mere man whos gifts are from God.
I would use a 3/4" nap roller cover, since it is a rough surface.
Look at the bright side.....it wasn't an oil based paint.......
Good luck with that.
Scott.
Pull the carpet up and get out that paint that seeped in. Blot absorb it. Goof Off makes a spray gel that breakes up any hardened latex on carpet - test first, but it should work fine. DON'T scrub too much or ou will start unwinding the carpet fibers. That is permanent!
Tu stultus es
Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
Also a CRX fanatic!
Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
DON'T scrub too much or ou will start unwinding the carpet fibers
How do you know?"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
The perils of learning how to work on a house while you live in it... and let other people just as incompetent as yourself work on it too.
Tu stultus esRebuilding my home in Cypress, CAAlso a CRX fanatic!
Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
The manly thing is to fall on your sword.
AitchKay
No, then you'll just have to remove the blood.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -John Kenneth Galbraith
I forgot about that part.Aitchkay
Don't panic. Lots of water, lots of suction and it'll all come out. A quart is nothing, you want to hear about a gallon?
paul... went to a home show about two years ago... bought one of those new "floor steamers".... tile, hardwood, carpets... you name itmaybe $129 ?... anyways... i'm amazed at how clean you can get things with steam is your machine a steamer ?Mike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
we need more info Mike.
what brand .. what model.
what important spec's that U think might be important to look for.
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
it's the " Deluxe Steam Mop"...... by International Housewarescan you say "Ginsu Knives " ?must be 500 imitators on the markethey.... the demonstrator was good lookingMike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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"Shark" brand, like that?
I was picturing something that blew steam outta a nozzle.
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
WAIT WAIT WAIT>>>>>>>>>Why have none of you suggested calling VINCE!!!!
German's always make good stuff.
Get that camera guy???
"Why have none of you suggested calling VINCE!!!!German's always make good stuff."
BINGO! ShamWOW!
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
nope.... just about like your picMike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
No steam involved, just hot water but it works just fine. Steam is at a minimum temp of 212 degrees, even Stanley Steamer doesn't really use steam.
I remember when I was 12. We were selling our house and moving to a new town. My mom spilled a gallon of paint right in the middle of the bedroom all over the carpet.
Right in the middle cleaning the mess, the doorbell rang. Yep, it was the realtor.
Family.....They're always there when they need you.
How 'bout moving the biggest piece of furniture over this spot?
If it's a bedroom, put the bed there. If it's the living room, put the couch there.
I had carpet installed on a condo I was redoing about 2 months ago. Carpet went in the day before we set the countertops (scheduling). There was a small bow in the island's countertop so I wanted to put something heavy on it to suck it into the PL. Lifted a full 5 gallon bucket of ceiling white up and as I got to the countertop I still had the handle in my hands but not the paint. Hit the floor, exploded 10 feet in each direction and a 3 gallon puddle right in the middle. After looking at it for about 10 seconds and thinking, there is no way this just happenend and I would be waking up soon. Sent buddy to HD to get a carpet cleaner. Spent about 5 hours sucking up paint. I got it to the point where you couldn't tell unless I told you what I did and you started looking. Nothing like replacing new carpet on the 7th floor of a high-rise and costing me $800.The hardest part though is the part against the wall. I think if you can keep it wet then you have a shot. Once it dries there's nothing more you can do. Goof-off will take it off along with the color in the carpet fibers.
I know this isn't much help, just wanted you to know someone else has been in your shoes. My friend and I joked, it's sort of like a crime scene. You can get most of it, but not all of it.
Ok, so please be sure to let us all know what you did and how it worked, because we all feel the pain, and we all know how easily it could be our turn next.....
*cringe
Here's hoping it worked!
Scott.
I have used a product called Krud Kutter it is sold at Sherwin-Williams and others.
It does not seem to damage the carpet in any way. The key is to blot not scrub.
Maybe you can set a very heavy object on top of a towel for a couple of hours.
simple green
Every car, truck and tractor in America should run on natural gas- it's the future.
The simple green is a very good suggestion I have used it to get wet latex off of concrete and areas of wood I slopped up. As with any cleaner test an area first.Wally
It's the best I have found for latex.
use full strength
doubt it would hurt that carpet but testing is always advised
Every car, truck and tractor in America should run on natural gas- it's the future.
Thought I owed a report... there IS a God...
I shouldn't jinx myself as the carpet hasn't totally dried but so far it appears that there is no sign of the paint other than a tiny trace right along the baseboard that's barely noticeable. My carpet cleaner looks like it's pretty much trashed (full of paint residue) but a small price to pay for stupidity...PaulB
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Paul it is not stupidity if you learn from it, and we have all done it or spmething like it.Wallyo
The moral of this story: Don't do nice things for people you like.
:)
Tu stultus esRebuilding my home in Cypress, CAAlso a CRX fanatic!
Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
Had a painter claim when he was doing a high end job for a client he spilt about the same amount of paint, accidentilly tipping over a the remains of a gallon bucket. The client had an annoying BeJon' dog,(misspelled so what). This dog would get loose from the room they kept him in and run in and bark his tail off at him.
When he tipped the bucket it so happened the dog came in the room barking. He grabbed the dog dipped him in the paint while yelling,"No!" loudly and setting the dog free to track through the house.
The clients were appoligetic and he avoided spending money out of his pocket for the carpet.
True or not I will remember this and if ever I get in the same pickle I'm looking for their pet even if it's a gold fish.
Funny but that is also on the low side.Wallyo
Me: Dang goldfish - it jumped right at me!
Them: That still doesn't explain why you are not wearing pants.
Tu stultus esRebuilding my home in Cypress, CAAlso a CRX fanatic!
Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
8)
that's fantastic!
plus ... I hate those dogs ... so all the better.
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
I'm glad it was you and not me. Oh, wait, it was me. I did the same thing-------shop vac....water........shop vac.........water
You might try downy softer. It helps clean brushes easier too, so might help pull the paint better.
In the end, all evidence of my "competence" vanished.
Paul, I feel your pain. Fifteen years ago, my wife was about ten months pregnant, and we had just redone our living room. New carpet, new paint, which was a financial stretch for us at the time. For some reason, I left a sealed, half full can of paint on a piece of furniture. We went out to her sister's for dinner, and came home about midnight.
The cat had knocked over the paint onto the new carpet. For some reason I still can't fathom, I didn't kill the cat. Could be because I terrorized it so much trying to catch that I couldn't catch it. In any event, cat stomped into the carpet would have been far harder to clean, so I eventually endorsed Plan B.
The IGA in Bangor, Pennsylvania was open 24 hours. A fuming man and a hugely pregnant woman rented their carpet cleaner at about 12:30 AM one day in October, 1993. We cleaned that carpet for hours. It came out okay, but it was beige paint on a beige carpet. When we sold that house three years later, the buyers didn't notice.
Andy
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