How To Remove Paint Spills From Roof Shingles

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How to remove paint spills from roof shingles.

Alos time to attack this wouldhave been in first few hours after painting when it could have been easily taken off. Apply the hot solution don t burn yourself to a clean cloth and lay it over the spot on the tile to soften the paint. Dish soap and a safety razor blade can remove even old dried on paint. 3 04 03 06 09 18 am.

It was good as new. Then i just wiped it all around with a paper towel. Oops rubbing alcohol plastic wrap tape soft cloths water. First step hold the pull scraper on the edge of the dried paint that you cannot remove with a solvent and draw it towards you.

If the paint has dried mix equal parts of water and vinegar and boil the solution. How to remove dried paint i poured a little bloop of rubbing alcohol onto the main marks and left it to sit for 30 seconds or so. Wet a rag with paint stripper or paint remover and blot the surface of the paint with the rag. Ok got a fix first need to know what color the shingles are then what color the paint is after that then i can look up some color codes and see what paint color would cover it to make it look like the shingles again.

What we did when someone got overspray on a roof was to get 1 gal of latex paint close to the roof color thin it with 5 7 gal of water and spray a light mist coat on the shingles. Place several drops of rubbing alcohol onto the surface of the paint. Hold the razor blade at a 45. Mix dish soap with warm water until sudsy and thoroughly wet the window with a sponge or rag.

You only want to apply enough thinned down paint to color the roof and hide the overspray. Use a little pressure to remove a thin paint layer. You may be able to rub the paint out of the spot with your wet rag depending on the type of paint it is. Use enough to completely wet the surface.

So the solution is fix paint with paint.