Need suggestions related to removing paint from the Driveway (washers, heat, stain)

[spalam01]

Hello,

As seen in the attached picture, the painter made a mess of the driveway by spilling the paint.

Please advise how to remove this paint effectively and in a cost efficient manner.

Also please advise who (eg., pressure washers, construction guys etc.,) I can reach out to get help with this sort of work?

[Parnassia]

What kind of paint? Why didn't you insist the painter do anything about the damage HE caused?

What about a service like this? Might be a very quick job. Send the bill to your painter.

https://www.cleanairblasting.com/

[Pitt Chick]

The painter should have cleaned that up before the final payment!

What kind of paint?

[Threerun]

If it’s acrylic try a stiff bristle brush on a painters stick with warm very soapy water.

If oil based use the same bristle brush with some solvent. I prefer mineral spirits or believe it or not- white Coleman gas. It’ll evaporate in no time.

[Rickcin]

Try paint thinner and let it sit there for 30 minutes or so and if that doesn’t work, you could burn it off with a handheld propane torch or perhaps a heat gun.

[spalam01]

I believe the paint used is Exterior Acrylic Latex (Paint and Primer in One)

[K'ledgeBldr]

Yeah, that’s on your painter!

If the painter is really good, and wants to maintain that status, he should come back and take care of it. But, if paid in full- probably down the road and doesn’t give a rat’s ass about your dilemma.

Your next best bet is a pressure washing company.

[M3 Mitch]

The Hell of it is, if someone had taken an ordinary garden hose to the paint while it was still wet, it would have been very easy to clean up.

The painter should pay, you have small claims court available, cleanup should not cost that much.

Probably pressure washing would get it.

[NORTY FLATZ]

That almost looks like it was deliberate, with the expansion joint exactly in the middle.

That may not come off via pressure washer, if it’s got primer in it too. You might have the painter return to clean up their mess.
I’d refrain from using solvents/thinners or white gasoline. These could stain the concrete as it’s porous. You might be trading one mess for another.

Last ditch effort would be to get the area “polished.”

But that’s “last ditch…”

[K'ledgeBldr]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

The Hell of it is, if someone had taken an ordinary garden hose to the paint while it was still wet, it would have been very easy to clean up.

Uh, no.
The "real" "HELL of it" is...

Why was there no drop cloth or plastic down wherever paint was???