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Getting paint of ceramic tiles.

Pauliedragon · 2025-07-03 14:22:18

I got roped into helping out a pal doing some wall painting at the local soccer club (never held a paintbrush in my life). I helped out yesterday and noticed this morning I must have spilt some and it's dried in overnight on the tiles. Any ideas how to get it off? I've read white spirits or boiling water to soften it and…

03-07-2025 03:22PM

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Pauliedragon

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I got roped into helping out a pal doing some wall painting at the local soccer club (never held a paintbrush in my life). I helped out yesterday and noticed this morning I must have spilt some and it's dried in overnight on the tiles. Any ideas how to get it off? I've read white spirits or boiling water to soften it and then scrub would that work?

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#2 03-07-2025 03:32PM

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scrape it off and try white spirits.

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#3 03-07-2025 07:15PM

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That's it.
Get a Stanley scraper and some spare blades.

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#4 03-07-2025 07:39PM

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It's probably acrylic paint if it was wall paint so some warm water with a bit of detergent and elbow grease should do the job. White spirits for oil based paint.

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