A paint spill on the carpet can seem like a disaster, but with a little guidance, you can manage this tricky snafu and successfully get paint stains out of your carpet.

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It can also leave a nasty stain if it’s baked in, and can go so far to damage your base coat, too. Beyond that, the eggshells can also scratch your paint pretty significantly.

Solid stain can be a little more difficult to get off than paint because of that penetration into the wood, but it can be done. I would start with a chemical stripper.

Rollers and paint brushes are great tools, but a paint sprayer gives you maximum efficiency to get the job done. These are the best paint sprayers you can buy.

Q: My childhood dresser is beautiful but the wood stain looks faded. I’d love to update it with fresh paint and new hardware, but I’ve heard that you can’t get good results painting over stain.