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[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

Ive been painting houses the past couple of months I really like it but im just wondering if there are any tips, tricks or cleaners that can get paint of the concrete. I cover the ground pretty good when i pain but obvisouly its not going to be perfect..

And i can not get the **** paint off! Ive tried a steel wool brush i even busted out the grinder it still doesnt come out.. im //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

thanks

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[yne721 10+ year member]

what kind of paint? i'm assuming since you're doing houses it's latex or some other water based?

mineral spirits for water based paints. or laquer thinner if it's really small, but if you put laquer thinner on a bigger water based paint spill, it will just coagulate and get really gummy and gel-like. best thing is to get some warm water or mineral spirits as soon as you can.

in my job during the autoshow season, we use a lot of latex and zolatone paint(really textured water based) and i've had to clean guns and pressure pots that have had paint on them in excess of a few days, and it's a bitch, but mineral spirits will usualy cover it. as I don't paint houses, i wouldn't really have experience with these kinds of paints getting on coarse concrete, just the smoothed out concrete that's usually in big industrial buildings.

summary: mineral spirits with the metal bristled toothbrushes

 

[bigwheel15 10+ year member]

Paint over it? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

what kind of paint? i'm assuming since you're doing houses it's latex or some other water based?

To be honest im not ever sure. Im brand new to painting, When i first get the paint its thick like pudding then i mix water into it to thin it out so it will be thin enough to go through the filter

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

To be honest im not ever sure. Im brand new to painting, When i first get the paint its thick like pudding then i mix water into it to thin it out so it will be thin enough to go through the filter

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[yne721 10+ year member]

Paint over it? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

lol, carry around a gallon of concrete colored zolatone to give it that concrete texture.

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

thanks

 

[bigwheel15 10+ year member]

thanks

No problem, glad to help.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

thanks

if it doesn't work, bump this thread tomorrow and i'll ask a few guys at work who have a lot more experience with house painting. i have more experience with basecoat/clearcoat than all that waterbased shit.

No problem, glad to help.

lol

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

No problem, glad to help.

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[lrgnation 10+ year member]

get the wire wheel that you can put into a drill. That shit just grinds a little bit of the concrete away but seems to work pretty good. strain all your paint before you spray it. Always clean the filter in the sprayers and clean the gun everytime you use it. Dont let paint sit in the sun too long uncovered otherwise it is a pain in the *** to spray. Do not use blue tape it does not stick for crap and it is too expensive, use the cheap brown masking tape. Take the time to tape it off right, and only spray two colors. When you start doing two colors it is a pain in the ***.

 

[BigOso 10+ year member]

If its latex paint a hotwater power washer will peel that shit right off. It will most likely work on water based paint also. but it has to be a hot water unit not just a regular pressure washer.