What is the Best way to get Oil Based Paint out of Carpet?
As with many cleaning tasks, selecting a best way to get oil based paint out of carpet is dependent upon a number of important factors, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: Material of the carpet (i.e., nylon, wool, polyester, acrylic, etc.); whether the paint is still liquid or dried; how long the paint has been on the carpet; whether or not anyone had stepped on (thus “ground in”) the paint spot; actual chemical composition of the oil based paint and which solvents are recommended for cleaning and thinning; and more. Generally speaking, and assuming we are attempting to clean up a just-spilled amount of typical oil based paint from a typical wall-to-wall (nylon) carpet, the best way to remove that spill is to immediately daub it with a paper towel or rag moistened with the recommended thinner agent for the paint which was spilled. Most oil based paints thin out with fairly mild solvents like mineral spirits or turpentine, but read the paint can label and have on
