Paint first. There is no use in cleaning a carpet that might get paint on it later. Paint first just in case you end up getting the carpet dirty so you don't have to clean twice.
I get a piece of hard plastic or thin wood put it up against the wall tight push down on carpet as far as you can so carpet isn`t showing then trim with paint. Time consuming but it works ( no paint on carpet )
Removing Rust-Oleum from carpets may not be easy if the carpet is not stain proof. One way to try and get the Rust-Oleum out of the carpet is to purchase the paint remover Oops.
almond DULUX paint
If it is still sort of wet, carpet shampoo works wonderful. Just pour it on the paint and use a towel to scrub it out. Works great on carpet too.
I use Melaleuca products and the Solumel works tremedously to get pain out of carpet. I have even used it as a paint stripper for some old door hardware that I needed to remove paint off of by submerging the pieces in the Solumel. To remove paint out of carpet, I took a cloth soaked with Solumel and let it sit on the spot until it had softened the dried paint to where I could remove it. You will have to make sure to keep the cloth wet while doing this; a sponge soaked in it may work too. I hope this helps you as it did me; I had to remove the dried paint from a brand new carpet that had just been laid!
Try WD-40, you'd be surprised, it works wonders for paint on carpet.
You can find the paint code inside trunk, under the carpet.
If it is water based paint, use some Oops or Goof off to soften the paint, then scrape as much as you can off with a plastic spatula or putty knife, Once you've removed all you can, rent a commercial carpet cleaner to remove the residue.
My toddler has just spilt a paint pot in the middle of our living room carpet. Where can I go to get the damage repaired?
For carpet cleanups, trymixing a cup of white vinegarand one quart of water!
mix hot water and gin and wet the place were the paint is, the scrub away with the rough side of a sponge, will were paint stains down