How to Get Acrylic Paint Out of Carpeting FREE

Got acrylic paint in your carpeting? Want to remove art or other acrylics from your rugs, carpets, upholstery for FREE? No product can beat a little patience and elbow grease to remove acrylic paint from your carpet.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Stiff Bristle Brush
• Vacuum
• Blade (optional)

1. LET SPILLED ACRYLIC PAINT DRY!
   
   Resist the urge to wet it, wash it out, treat it, or do anything else to your acrylic paint stain. Adding liquid or scrubbing will make the paint IMPOSSIBLE to remove. Instead, protect the area from traffic until the paint has dried completely.

2. PICK DRIED PAINT OFF
   
   If the acrylic paint was a quality art paint, or a thick acrylic paint, you may be able to pick dried globs off your carpet without any tools. The better, thicker paint you spilled, the easier it is to pull up.

3. SCRUB DRIED PAINT GENTLY
   
   Use your stiff bristle brush to break and loosen dry, hardened paint. Be careful the brush has only limited contact with the carpet or you may damage carpet fibers.

4. USE A BLADE
   
   If the stiff brush fails to remove all (or any) of the paint, use a dull blade to break stubborn paint. Scrape gently to remove paint from carpeting. DO NOT USE BLADE TO CUT CARPETING. Acrylic paint dries stiff and hard and will break apart like melted plastic.

5. VACUUM
   
   Vacuum debris from your carpeting as you scrub or scrape. Monitor the progress you are making. If paint remains on the carpet, continue scrubbing, scraping, and vacuuming.

6. STUBBORN STAINS
   
   If the DRIED acrylic paint cannot be removed from your carpet, you MAY be able to use water or carpet cleaner to remove it. However, you must test the paint (not the carpet) to ensure it's reaction to liquids. The desired reaction, given by quality acrylics, is that the dried paint remains solid even when wet. Lower quality paints will rehydrate, further staining your carpet.
   
   To test your dried paint before attempting to rehydrate an acrylic paint carpet stain, apply some paint to an old rag, but DO NOT RUB INTO THE RAG. Allow the paint to settle on its own. When completely dried, add desired cleaning product and rub with cleaning utensil. If the liquid dilutes or spreads the color, do not use cleaning products on your acrylic paint carpet section.

Tips & Warnings

• Use car when working with a blade as injury may occur.

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