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04-12-2008, 12:06 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I think the title says it all. Welcome to Dave's shop paint disaster #2   I was cleaning up my shop a bit in anticipation of a visitor tomorrow, and while carrying out a load of scrap wood to go to the burn pile I noticed something. 
This is under a section of work counter where I stored our household paint. My wife likes to save money by buying the mis-tinted paint at the BORG and creating her own custom colors. That usually results in a 5 gallon bucket of the final color. I have to save that paint because there is no way ever duplicate the color again. So I had about a 1/2 dozen 5 gal buckets and many 1 gal cans stored under there, stacked up nicely. The bucket on the bottom containing a pink paint that we used somewhere  decided to give up it's ghost. I don't know what happen, but the paint was no longer contained in the bucket.
Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions as to how to clean up this mess???????  
It's mighty thick and goopy. Any attempt to wipe it up will result in just smearing it into the concrete. I don't really care about the shop floor, it has already developed a nice patina of various finishing products, glue, blood and of course the famous peach paint stain. I am thinking of letting it dry and trying to peal it up, but that might take a while, and now I have all these paint cans strewn about my shop, taking up valuable real-estate. :cuss ing:
Dave 
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself" 
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
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04-12-2008, 12:12 PM
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Name: Mike City: Westfield State: NC County: Stokes Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 51 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I would scrape up as much as possible with a flat wall scraper/putty knife. Then let it dry and forget about it.
After you scrape up most of it then you can pour water on it and dilute it enough to wipe up most of the remainder.
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04-12-2008, 12:22 PM
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Name: Jonathan City: Greenville State: NC County: Pitt Join Date: Mar 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I had the same problem on my Garage floor I got up as much as I could went to the borg & picked up some gel paint remover 1 hr later the concrete where the paint spilled was cleaner than the rest of the floor! Only set me back a 10 spot!
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04-12-2008, 12:26 PM
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Name: Clay Lowman City: Willow Spring State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 36 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Don't know if this will work, but they sell a pellet type of product at the borg that dries up paint. Maybe you could sprinkle some of that on it, and then scrape it up.
It had to be peach... didn't it Dave?
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04-12-2008, 12:27 PM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Dave,
I agree with Mike. At my work, we use this big scraper for taking up linoleum floors. I'm not a hundred percent sure where to buy them, but it will probably work well for getting paint off of concrete. It has probably a 10" blade (replaceable) and a long handle that allows you to use it standing up. Sorry about the mess. 
HTH 
Trent
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04-12-2008, 12:28 PM
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Name: Randy City: Macon State: NC County: Warren Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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FIRST, put on your PEACH-COLORED boots so you don't mess up another pair! 
Second, If it's water-based, do what Mike said. Dilute with water repeatedly and wipe up until you're satisfied. If it's oil-based, use a thinner to dilute repeatedly and wipe up until you're satisfied.
THIRD and MOST IMPORTANT....STAY AWAY FROM PAINT!!!!!  
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04-12-2008, 12:36 PM
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#7 | | Webmaster
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by clowman 
It had to be peach... didn't it Dave? This time it's PINK, a slight variation of PEACH, and that's gonna mess up my whole floor color scheme. Everybody knows that you don't mix your pinks
Dave 
__________________ Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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04-12-2008, 12:37 PM
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#8 | | Webmaster
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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QFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave
__________________ Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
Last edited by DaveO; 04-12-2008 at 01:25 PM.
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04-12-2008, 12:38 PM
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#9 | | Webmaster
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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OK, I am gonna try the scrape it up method. This is gonna be messy
Dave
__________________ Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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04-12-2008, 12:47 PM
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Name: Randy City: Macon State: NC County: Warren Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by DaveO QTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave
I know QFT = quoted for truth....
What does QTF mean???
Good luck on the clean up.
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04-12-2008, 12:55 PM
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Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Sorry Dave ! Anything that I can do ? I'm around the corner and available.
Jimmy
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04-12-2008, 01:24 PM
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#12 | | Webmaster
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thanks to everyone for the advice. Scraping it up with a 6" plastic drywall knife did the trick. And I found out that saw-dust makes a great paint absorber. It helped me to get up most of the last of it. 
There is a silver lining to this cloud. I cleaned out that corner, tossed out a lot of old paint, and finally found the bucket of paint that I used in our kitchen. I needed it for some touch up work before I install some new trim today
Dave
__________________ Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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04-12-2008, 01:26 PM
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#13 | | Webmaster
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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__________________ Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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04-12-2008, 01:48 PM
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#14 | | Asst. Webmaster
Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Dave, I feel your pain! I'm also laughing my behind off reading this thread, sorry.... The moral of the story? NEVER clean up your shop in anticipation of visitors.
I wonder if paint tossing would make for a good picnic game. Or something for a Klingspor demo? Nobody does paint like you do Dave At least you found the color you needed for the kitchen!
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04-12-2008, 02:38 PM
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Name: Rick City: Mooresville State: NC County: Iredell Join Date: Apr 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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You could paint the rest of the floor the same color.
I hear that pink calms the nerves. | |
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