Tuesday 11 February 2014

It worked.

I take a lot of advice from the WWW with caution especially because you just don't know who is to be trusted and who is not.

With this in mind I was looking for a solution to remove the few paint splotches that ended up on our carpet.  Having used a water based paint I thought that it would be an easy fix but the paint had already dried and was being very stubborn.

A quick search of the web and I found numerous solutions and cautiously picked the one that would not impact on my carpet in any undesirable way.  So I was pleasantly surprised when my painted started lifting with relative ease.

So here is the recipe.

Recipe for Removing Dry Water Based Paint.(as found here)

Mix together

some very hot water, not too much as it goes cold quickly
a small squish of dish washing liquid.

A soft cloth

That's all there is to it.  Put a small amount of the mixture onto the paint.  Give it a few moments to warm the paint up and then you will find it will lift very easily.



You have to trust me the paint on the carpet was just right of the container. 


Monday Menu 10 February

The kitchen is out of order at the moment because we are trying to finish painting it.  So the bbq is going to be used instead.  It will be just like camping again.

Monday  Sausage and potato in a tinfoil wrap with salad

Tuesday  fried rice with chicken.

Wednesday  corn, ham and cheese pasta bake

Thursday  chicken and vege stirfry on noodles using a soy and honey stir fry sauce.

Friday  pizza  home made

Saturday  Cubin marinade steak with potato, bbq corn and salad.

Sunday  leftovers

I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie