Learn how I got dried paint out of the carpet in our nursery! It took a couple different methods depending on the amount of paint in each spot. Read on to see what worked for me.
We’ve made so much progress on our baby nursery, and I’m thrilled with how it’s all coming together.
I recently painted our picture frame accent wall in the most beautiful beige paint – Sherwin Williams accessible beige.
Here’s the after:
I shared the tutorial to make this accent wall as well as a mood board for how I want the nursery to look.
As you can see under the outlet, I got some paint on the carpet. There was also some old stains and other paint spots on our nursery carpet from awhile back.
Before I could get decorating this space, I knew I needed to get the carpet looking better.
HOW I GOT DRIED PAINT OUT OF CARPET: METHOD 1
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Here’s how the carpet looked directly under the outlet area. These spots were smeared paint that was completely dry.
I gathered my supplies to work on these dried paint spots. I gathered Dawn dish soap, how water in a bowl, a sponge, and a screwdriver.
I began by getting the dried paint spots wet with the hot water. By the way, my water was REALLY hot. I thought it might help break up the paint better.
Then, I dabbed some Dawn dish soap on the spot.
Next, I scrubbed, scrubbed, scrubbed. I used the tough side of the sponge.
Then, I got the screwdriver and scraped the paint upward to the top of the carpet. After I did this, I realized I didn’t really need to do this step. I could get all the dried paint out of the carpet simply by scrubbing the dish soap on it.
Here’s the after:
I couldn’t believe how easy it was and how well the dish soap paired with hot water worked! It didn’t take long at all either.
Here is the same area from a different angle:
HOW I GOT DRIED PAINT OUT OF CARPET – METHOD 2
Next up, I worked on getting a thicker paint blotch out of the carpet. See the white patch of paint there? That’s what I tried to get out.
At first, I used method #1 and tried to get the dried paint out of the carpet.
This method did not work for this paint blotch. I think it was just too much thick paint to get out of the carpet.
So, I decided to try a different method. I grabbed a pair of scissors and cut it out! The paint was sitting on top the carpet, so I just cut the very top of the carpet. Once I was done, you’d never know I cut any of the carpet.
This method may not be for everyone, but it worked for me!
After I was done scrubbing and cutting out the paint dried paint blotches, I went over the entire carpet with my carpet cleaner.
Once I was done, my carpet looked so good! I couldn’t believe how well these methods worked along with my carpet cleaner!
Here’s another view of our completed accent wall. I may have spilled some paint, but I think the carpet cleaning was worth it! I love how it turned out.
