My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Find cleaning advice from other Mumsnetters on our Housekeeping forum.

Housekeeping

removing paint from bath

4 replies

AuldAlliance · 09/08/2009 18:00

I've just moved house, and the bath has a huge splodge of paint running all the way along inside it. A painter clearly tipped the remains of his pot of water-based paint in it, thinking he'd wash it down the drain later...and forgot. It is dried on, very thickly.

Any ideas how to get rid of it?

TIA

OP posts:
Report
greenfanta · 09/08/2009 22:50

we had emulsion on ours so i soaked it and just kept pushing at it with the back of a wooden spatula. i'd be worried it's also in the pipe.

Report
AuldAlliance · 10/08/2009 08:54

good idea, will try that.
pipe issue worrying...
(one-handed typing here!)

OP posts:
Report
ABetaDad · 10/08/2009 09:00

If it is gloss paint you could try sprying it with WD40 and leaving to soak overnight before scraping off. That is how I get gloss paint of glass when I have been painting widows.

Not sure I would do it on a plastic bath though - however, if desperate and was going to have to throw the bath out I would.

Report
CaramelisedOnions · 10/08/2009 09:38

can I hijack this thread and ask if anyone knows how to get emulsion splashes off my carpet??

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.