Remove Dried Acrylic Paint From Carpet

You may also use a putty knife or a citrus cleaner like goo gone to scrap the stain.

Remove dried acrylic paint from carpet.

Blot the stain with dry paper towels to clean up any excess wet paint sitting on top of the carpet. It took most of a day to do one room but a lot of that involved waiting for products to do their job or waiting for the carpet to dry. Anon956895 june 17 2014. Blot the affected area using a clean cloth to pick up all the dried paint lifted through scrapping.

Scrap the spot to remove any tangible dry paint. It works on everything from latex to acrylic paints. Does this work for gloss paint. Start by scraping away as much of the dried paint as possible with a razor blade or paint scraper.

Even on old dried paint that has been on carpet for long periods of time. Anon345455 august 19 2013. Admittedly it was a lot of work getting all the old stains including the dried paint out of my carpet. Although dried on acrylic paint is harder to remove than a fresh spill you still want to work on it sooner rather than later.

Still it would take several months if not a year to save up the money to buy new carpeting. Using a soft brush scrub the place to remove as much paint as you can. Using a plastic spray bottle mix 1 teaspoon of mild liquid soap for every cup of warm water.