The back seat in the '96 has a bit of white paint on the willow green leather seating surface. There's also a small spot of white paint on the carpet. What will work best for removing the paint without damaging the leather or the carpet? Thanks. 
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David
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What kind of paint? For the leather, I'd just take a good leather cleaner/conditioner and buff the hell out of it with a soft cloth. As for the carpet, it may be a bit tougher. May have to cut it out.Nick
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Looks like an oil-based house paint or something of that type....
I have some Mother's leather treatment, guess I will give that a try.David
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I've had surprisingly good results getting all kinds of crap out of car carpets with pet-stain removers... those were oil/grease/coffee based. It may work on paint too.
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Originally posted by gadget73Originally posted by dmccaigComment
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Great....the overall carpet situation in my '96 is quite a mess, standard carpet and upholstery cleaner hasn't been doing all that much, so maybe the pet stain remover is just the ticket. Thanks!Originally posted by sly View Post
David
1989 LTD Crown Victoria LX
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Use a magic eraser on the leather, just go at it lightly and it should remove the paint. For the carpet, any carpet cleaner would be a good start. Paint is tough to remove from carpet.2020 Volvo XC90 T6 Momentum (Ice White / Blonde)
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Originally posted by Lincolnmania
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Mother's is working for the leather. I think I will end up cutting off a small amount of the carpet....just to a very shallow depth, as the paint seemed to have just swiped across the surface and didn't go deep.David
1989 LTD Crown Victoria LX
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Something I just thought of (though obviously never tried myself) is using an old comb to dig into the carpet under the paint, and then using something like a scouring pad or small sanding device on the paint itself. The teeth of the comb would hopefully protect the underlying carpet, and ideally you would only have to vacuum up the paint flakes/powder. At the least, you might be able to break up the paint enough to make trimming or use of cleaners a little easier.Originally posted by fordnmerc View Post 
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Use a pumice stone on the carpet. Should scratch the paint enough to pull it out without damaging the carpet itself.
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