Step By Step Procedure & Items Required To Remove Paint From Stone
The plastering and the painting walls usually makes the mess even if the users can easily lay the drop cloths. The cleanup process is very simple but it requires extra care when the users are cleaning the stone flooring. The paint acidity and the chemicals of the plaster creates a negative effect on the stones like the marble and left behind the discoloration and other stains as well. The users need to follow the natural cleaning processes to safely detach the plaster and the paint from the surface of the stone. The users can easily detach the paint from stone by gathering the below-mentioned materials and then following the below-defined step by step procedure:
Materials Required
- Vacuum, Rubber Gloves & Paint Brush
- Dishwashing Liquid, Goggles & Shop Towels
- Mop, Razor & Lacquer Thinner
- Bucket
Procedure
- Use The Vacuum: Start by running the vacuum over the entire surface of the stone that is covered with the paint or the plaster spills so as to raise up all the dust and the debris particles. The users are advised to use the brush affixed to the vacuum so as to avoid scratching the stone surface. The users need to hold up the nozzle above the stone surface rather than drifting it within the stone surface.
- Scrape Off The Paint: Then the users need to scape off the paint and the plaster by using the putty knife. They need to hold up the knife at near about ten-degree angle with its blade corner against the paint or plaster spill. The users need to apply the slight pressure while scraping down the plaster and the paint. The users need to keep on working till they detach the large pieces of the paint or plaster spills.
- Use The Blade: Then the users need to detach the leftover plaster and the paint pieces within the surface of the tiles by using the razor blade. They need to hold up the blade so that its edge will be in the flat position within the stone surface. The users need to angle down it gently while scratching away within the plaster or paint spill. The users are advised to forbid scratching or gouging away the surface of the stone.
- Apply The Paint Thinner: Then the users need to apply the lacquer thinner layer to the entire affected surface by using the paintbrush that should be having the bristles made up of the nylon. Then allow the paint thinner to sit over the stone surface for almost 2 minutes. Then clean off the unneeded thinner by using the towels and once the users wiped down the surface they need to discard those towels.
- Use The Liquid Dish Soap: Finally the users need to pour one spoon of the liquid dish soap into the bucket and then fill up the bucket with the warm water. Then they need to mop down the area where there is the occurrence of the spill to raise up the leftover the lacquer and the dust. Then they need to rinse down the area by using the hot water so as to get rid of the soap residue and then the stone will look like clean as well as the shiny.