Paint touch-up

DZKathryn

We recently painted our guest bathroom purple and some of the paint seeped under the tape onto the white baseboards. It would take multiple coats of white to coverup the dark purple spots, so I was wondering if I could first remove the purple paint with paint thinner/nail polish remover and then touch-up with white. Do you think this would work? Do you have any suggestions for a better way to do this? Thanks in advance!

cakergirl

Very lightly sand the purple off?  Then repaint or touch up the white??  Just an idea.

Sue-n-Kevin

I agree with the above answer. If this doesn't work, you can use a very small artist brush from a craft store to paint over whatever purple paint is left after sanding.

PurrBox

Yeah, PP's sanding is a better idea, IMO.

DZKathryn

Thanks for the tips. I tried the nail polish remover...and it works, but it takes the white paint off my baseboards faster than the purple paint that dripped down. I nixed that idea. Although, FYI, I did learn that nail polish remover works to take paint drips off tile and laminate flooring.

 

I'll try the sandpaper and if all else fails get a fine finishing brush, some good primer and just suck it up and do the multiple coats of paint.

 

Thanks!  

mrsB68

Did you try using a razor blade (industrial - not leg)? If the purple paint is fresher than the white it may peel it off quickly. Just a quick idea that if it works may be much quicker and neater!