Advice for getting paint out of carpeting?

So, I bought a little townhouse about a month ago, and decided that I wanted to paint my little third bedroom/office before I moved in. The previous owners agreed to prime the walls, but their crew did kind of a half-assed job and I decided I'd slap on a second coat. How hard could it be, really? I've done a fair amount of painting in my lifetime.

Yeah, cut to this evening - I have not spilled primer on two separate spots on the carpet, despite having laid down multiple dropcloths, I'm also out of primer and the walls aren't quite finished. My problem is that I couldn't get all of the primer out of the spots - I blotted as best I could and soaked those suckers with water, but it's not all coming up. Anyone have suggestions?

:-\

 

Get new carpet

 

Hairspray

 

D'oh!

http://www.ehow.com/how_2047045_remove-paint-from-carpet.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art

Google "removing paint from carpet" and you will get more advice.

 

Asking us about home repair is like asking ... well, it's pretty bad.

 

Latex? Warm water and soap.

Oil-based? You're screwed. Unless it's wool. It seems to stand up to turpentine or thinner, which is what you will need.

Next time, use real drop clothes. yes, they are more expensive. Now you know why painters use the real thing.

 

Nail polish remover. Buy a big bottle and pour it on the paint stain. Liberally. Blot until dry. If that doesn't get it all, pour remover a second time. Sopping wet.

It's how I got bright blue paint out of my mother's white carpet. And the most anal woman in the world couldn't tell the difference.

 

With acetone, or without? This was a common suggestion when I googled, too, but no one mentioned which type of polish remover to use. Thankfully, the carpet is brown, so the spots just look a little bit lighter brown at the moment. It's latex, so it was coming up with water, but one of the spots is just too big to keep doing that for days on end.

 

Place the furniture in the room over the paint stains.

 

Anyone else see this thread and thought it read "advice for getting out of carpeting?"

 

how about some browner paint? cheaper than new carpet!

 

Goo Gone



". How can I remove lipstick, tar, grease from my carpeting?

Use Goo Gone, but use it properly. Goo Gone is an adhesive remover and, if used improperly, it can remove the adhesive that affixes the carpet fibers to the backing. Therefore, don't pour Goo Gone into the carpet. Put some on a clean, white rag and work the grease out, changing the rag surface periodically. When you're done, wash the carpet area with soap and water and rinse well with clean water. "