what will happen if you use paint thinner to take paint off of water based polyurethane coated wood floors.?

Question

the paint is laytex....and oil based paints

Answer 1

hiya ko...

if i understand your question correctly, you've finished your wood floors with a water-based polyurethane and sometime after that you've spilled or splattered some latex paint on them and now want to remove the latex paint splatters?

if that's the case, paint thinner will not harm your polyurethane floors - but it won't remove the latex splatters either. there are a couple of products on the market designed just for the purpose of removing dried latex paint - "goof-off" is one and krud-kutter makes a water base version that works very well, and wiping the floors with a rag soaked with denatured alcohol will also work...none of these products will harm a polyurethane finish... and any or all of these products are available at your local independently owned paint store...

if thats not the case...stop by your local independent paint dealer and he/she will be able to walk you through the resolve of your particular situation...good luck

ric

Answer 2

If you have water based polyurethane on the floors now, you can use paint thinner, but be careful that it doesn't have a chance to soak into the wood. You may also want to try the polyurethane remover - (get it at paint stores) or you may want to test a small spot with denatured alcohol. .
You may want to check out this site:

http://minwax.com/products/protective/floor-poly.cfm

Answer 3

It all depends on your wooden flooring

some wooden flooring - especially the french ones - you can use paint thinner to remove stains - on some wooden flooring, if you use paint thinner - the base material used on the wooden floor either gets warped/ crinckled or just melts

I don't know exactly what kind of epoxy is used on your wooden flooring so dont take chances.

To be on safer side, try the paint thinner in one farthest corner of the room (even if that corner of flooring is clean) and drop some paint thinner on it and rub it with heavy hand. If the epoxy doesnt get affected, try again on some other corner place to be sure that the paint thinner does not affect your flooring - if you feel the paint thinner does not harm your flooring - use your judgment and try out on one small patch of stained flooring

Best luck

Answer 4

polyurethane base will melt if you keep it long time choose other method is the best way

Answer 5

You are begging for a bigger problem if you use paint thinner.

Answer 6

I guarantee that GO-JOE hand cleaner with orange will take it off.