RE: Removing Paint Stains from Dried Clothing
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Post By Katie (Guest Post)
(07/20/2008)
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HELP! I got black paint on my brand new hot pink top! How can I get it out? Help!
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Post By Helpful Guest (Guest Post)
(07/14/2008)
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I just removed dried acrylic paint from a freshly modified (2 hours work) camp uniform t-shirt using nail polish remover (scrub/rinse), followed by hairspray (scrub/rinse), followed by Goo Gone (scrub/rinse), followed by SIMPLE GREEN (that was the magic ingredient...No scrub/rinse required). Thank you, Simple Green! It's all clean! Hooray!
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Post By neomi (Guest Post)
(07/01/2008)
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Anything very greasy, like thick paint or tar or bike grease. Put it into the wash with soap and empty a can of coke (coca cola) into it as well! Voila! it comes out clean (I couldn't believe it the first time I tried, scared to think what coke can do to our insides... uggh) good luck :)
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Post By Nikki (Guest Post)
(06/28/2008)
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Hairspray worked really well on its own, thanks very much for the tip!
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RE: Removing Paint Stains from Dried Clothing
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Post By (Guest Post)
(06/23/2008)
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Put alcohol on it.
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Post By The Stain Fighter (Guest Post)
(06/15/2008)
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I was at work and got white paint on the sleeve of a black shirt (60/40 cotton/polyester) and the shirts are about $25 a pop or so and it was brand new. I used a combination of the hairspray, peroxide, and detergent with a scrubbing part of a cheap dish sponge and it eventually came out for the most part. picking with your fingers also help out prior to any scrubbing.
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Post By Carol from Maine (Guest Post)
(06/15/2008)
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Thanks for the advice about the Hairspray. I used it on a Championship Baseball Jacket that my husband got when he was 13...27 yrs ago. It's navy with dried up white paint and my now 8 year old son wants to wear it. The hairspray totally softened the hardened paint, which I scraped with scissors and then used a scrub brush with a bit of Lestoil. It came almost completely out! Now it's in good enough shape for my son to wear!
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Post By Danielle (Guest Post)
(06/07/2008)
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I got blue paint on my curtains! Nail Polish Remover and Stain Remover didn't do anything!! HELP!
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Post By Mike (Guest Post)
(06/04/2008)
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Also, the blue paint that got on my poly cotton uniform pants was construction paint. I go to a vocational tech school, and my shop is Building Maintenance. We were outside at the baseball field dug-out painting the benches in the dug-out blue. I'm not sure what kind of paint we were using, but the side of my pants touched the wet blue paint on the edge of the bench when I bent down as I was sweeping the dug-out. So how do I remove it? HELP!
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Post By Mike (Guest Post)
(06/04/2008)
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At school I got blue paint on my black pants! They are 65% polyester, and 35% cotton. They're my third pair cuz my mom had to throw out my other school pants. The last 1 had spackle on it. How do you remove blue paint from black cotton pants that are 65% polyester, and 35% cotton? They're my only uniform pants left! PLZ HELP! They're my last pair!
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Post By Suzette (Guest Post)
(05/29/2008)
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I need very SPECIFICALLY what to use on a tempura stain on a velor outfits of my granddaughter's. The outfit is washable, and unfortunately did go through the dryer.Help!
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Post By elena (Guest Post)
(05/23/2008)
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I got a huge splattering of dark pink acrylic paint on my school dress. my mum has tried hairspray, nail polish remover, window cleaner and is trying peroxide and carpet cleaner. We don't have any alcohol and all the others are doing is lightening the stains. Can anyone give me any info on what else could work?
elena- age 13
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Post By kim (Guest Post)
(05/03/2008)
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hae guys i got some paint on my green and blue cotton skirt tried persil and kerosene help got school tomorrow
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Post By rissa (Guest Post)
(04/20/2008)
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I spilled puff paint all over my new FAVORITE pair of jeans! :(
i haven't tried anything but stain remover. Will the other suggestions damage my jeans? PLEASE HELP!
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Post By steven amidon. (Guest Post)
(04/15/2008)
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Eureka....I used goof Off, on my painted (dried paint) cotton hoodie like
jacket, and.......IT WORKED. Just put some goof off on the stains, waited a couple of minutes, used a brush with cotton, but strong, bristles......and out it
came. Just put it in the washer.
Fabulous.
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Post By (Guest Post)
(04/08/2008)
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Goof off, oxi clean, and a prayer does the trick, it doesn't get it completely off but off enough not to see it especially when the clothes don't belong to you. Ahhhh
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Post By jacquie (Guest Post)
(04/06/2008)
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My parents were renovating their house and my four year old son thought he would help and got into some paint, he got some paint on his brand new Jordan track pants so I really want to get the paint out. It is not a pair of pants that can just be thrown out. I have tried a lot of the things listed above and the stain is still there and other suggestions? please help.
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Removing an orange oil stain from a freshly painted wall
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Post By Katy (Guest Post)
(04/04/2008)
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Our living room and dining room had just been painted. The next day I was moving things back into place and was putting some orange oil over the wooden units to keep them from drying out. A small bit of the spray bounced off my cloth and hit the wall. It was only about 5-10 minutes before hubby noticed it. I quickly got the glass cleaner as it had vinegar in it and while wet it disappears. Once its try there is still shows. Can you help me at all? If I just go over it again with paint...won't the oil bleed through? HELP! Husband is really angry with me!
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Post By Darren (Guest Post)
(03/31/2008)
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so white school shirt
Dark Green Acrylic Paint.
Help?:(
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Post By susie (Guest Post)
(03/09/2008)
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Help me! I got green paint on my new white American eagle shirt! What do I do. Please somebody help me and soon. I want to wear it to school to show my friends and I don't want green paint on my shirt. That would just scream dork!! Somebody help me!
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Post By (Guest Post)
(03/07/2008)
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I went to do a community service for school. I didn't know that we were going to be painting fences. I took my new jeans and I got paint all over them. I have washed them a lot of times and it wont come off. What should I do to them now?
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Post By Mia (Guest Post)
(03/04/2008)
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AH! I got red acrylic paint on my new 7's! I tried alcohol, hairspray, and nail polish remover. I don't think I'm doing it right. After I soak, what do I scrub with? - Mia
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Post By patrick (Guest Post)
(02/26/2008)
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91% alcohol worked like a charm. Took off some of the dye of my clothes but the paint is gone.
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Post By F (Guest Post)
(02/22/2008)
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My daughter got blue acrylic paint on her beautiful silk/rayon velvet dress. It was a very pale pink-colored dress. The instructions call for dry-cleaning. I was able to use a combination of nail polish remover and hairspray to get the stains off. I used warm/hot water and detergent. :)I'm going to rinse with cold after soaking it a bit then will hang or lay flat to dry.
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Post By Christina (Guest Post)
(02/22/2008)
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At school, day after day, I would be painting on my canvas. I would forget that the paint was not completely dried, then set my arm there and... AUGH! I would get paint all over my arm sleeves, my face, the front of my jacket, and my jeans! Today, I used nail polish remover, then rubbing alcohol, then petroleum jelly on my ruined shirt and it worked! Thank you soo much!
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Post By ashley (Guest Post)
(02/21/2008)
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I helped paint my youth room and i got paint on my NEW senior hoodie..i have tried washing and washing..What else should i do...I need HELPPPP!!!
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Post By Roberta (Guest Post)
(02/20/2008)
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My teenage son had a very expensive Bape hoodie and of course he wore it to his art class. Needless to say acrylic paint ended up on both cuffs and part of the sleeve. He was very upset. I'm not much of a laundress (I usually set stains!) but I managed to get it out and the sweatshirt looks like new. Hairspray (extra hold) and pinesol really did the trick. Thanks for the great advice!
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RE: Removing Paint Stains from Dried Jeans
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Post By Jane Doe (Guest Post)
(02/16/2008)
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Help! I am 13 years old and at a set building getup, I got paint on my jeans they dried. I washed them after putting hair spray on them and it still hasn't come out. Help, what do I do?
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Post By Marie (Guest Post)
(02/12/2008)
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My daughter's friend flung paint on my $5000 brand new curtains while working on a report together with my daughter. I used the MAGIC HAIRSPRAY and to my surprise it came out completely. THANKS! I waited 40 years to get these curtains and I was STRESSED!
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Post By Clarke (Guest Post)
(02/05/2008)
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Windex is the best stain remover. Along with using nail polish remover and water and hairspray, especially on acrylic paint!
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Post By (Guest Post)
(01/11/2008)
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Can anyone tell me how ro remove red paint from a white T-shirt?
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Post By Hannah (Guest Post)
(01/02/2008)
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Use "Goof Off". I got it at Tractor Supply Co. for less than $8 (16ozCan). It took all of the paint completely off of my favorite jeans. It takes a little scrubbing but it's definitely worth it.
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Post By Rachel (Guest Post)
(12/30/2007)
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I was painting the outside of a house and got paint on my sweater and jeans.I tried Laundry Detergent, Hairspray, Rubbing Alcohol, Lime Juice and Stain remover WHAT do i do?
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Post By Dennis (Guest Post)
(11/23/2007)
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I would imagine Nail Polish Remover will do the trick for acrylic paint!
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Post By Lindsey (Guest Post)
(11/21/2007)
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Help! My kids made an "art" project when I wasn't looking. I happened to reach over it and didn't notice. So, the green acryllic paint is now everywhere on my white dry clean only coat. It is 100% polyester, with down filling. This is a very expensive coat that I just bought. I am desperate! What might be okay to use on white to remove green paint?
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Post By Hilary Lannaman (Guest Post)
(11/16/2007)
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Thanks. The hairspray, alcohol and soap worked.
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Post By (Guest Post)
(11/13/2007)
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The paint on my sweater dried. i just washed it with water and it came off. It was acrylic :S
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Post By GOGO (Guest Post)
(10/09/2007)
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WHAT ABOUT A STAIN ON A CHAIR - ACRYLIC PAINT?
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Post By Colleen (Guest Post)
(10/09/2007)
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I love this site. I haven't had any bad advise yet. I never thought about trying hairspray. It worked wonderfully. I use hairspray all the time in my crafting and stamping business. It cleans ink and adhesives off of just about any surface with ease, including rubber stamps. Makes me wonder what it's been doing to my hair.... Thanks for the great idea!
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Post By Danielle (Guest Post)
(09/23/2007)
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What type of hairspray? Could someone tell me?
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Post By (Guest Post)
(08/14/2007)
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how to remove white paint stains from a black bag? its ma fav. bag. Please help....
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Post By (Guest Post)
(08/13/2007)
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we tried all the things listed above NOTHING WORKED
then i saw that we had Goof Off and that did work wonders
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Post By Paul - Hairspray Works!! (Guest Post)
(08/08/2007)
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I wore my favorite jean shorts to my friends house to help paint her room. Little did I know that I'd accidentally lean against the freshly painted wall
>_< and then drip paint on the shorts from the roller and brush we were using. I came home and used hairspray on all the spots and scraped it with scissors. It worked perfectly. Thanks! ^_^
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Post By Kari (Guest Post)
(08/01/2007)
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Don't ask me why I put my 5 year old twins in nice shirts to do a craft activity...but I did and they both had spots of the puffy fabric paint when they were done. I used rubbing alchohol and a scouring sponge and they are nice shirts still! Thanks!
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Post By roberta. (Guest Post)
(07/30/2007)
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How do I get dried paint out of 100% polyester? help!
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Post By Courtney (Guest Post)
(07/27/2007)
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Thanks for all of the ideas (that work!)... I had a new white cotton shirt and i washed it before i tried the hairspray and the paint came out in five minutes!
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Post By shelby (Guest Post)
(07/25/2007)
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i have a white tshirt and i got paint on in what should i do?
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Post By Jasmine (Guest Post)
(07/25/2007)
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i was helping my neighbor paint her porch and i got paint on my favorite Khaki pants! i tried dish soap, lime juice, hairspray, laundary stain remover, and alchohol and nothing is working! HELP!!!
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Post By Cyndi (Guest Post)
(07/12/2007)
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Thanks to all who recommended using hairspray ... I had white paint on a blouse with turquoise, eggplant, lavendar, black and navy colored flowers on a tan background ... a couple sprays of hairspray dissolved the paint right out and the paint had been in the blouse for close to a month without my knowledge!
Hairspray certainly did the trick for me!
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Post By Aine (Guest Post)
(07/11/2007)
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how would you remove paint of trousers that have 50% cotton 50% polyester??""
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Post By kelly (Guest Post)
(07/05/2007)
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Thank you for the hairspray tips! worked fantastically on really old died paint on my cotton / spandex top. just sprayed and scraped with a pair of scissors and the stain is almost impossible to see.
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RE: Removing Paint Stains from Dried Clothing
I use white spirits for many mystery stains including paint.
Just dab some on with a cloth and leave for about an hour before rinsing then washing normally.
It saved my ivory colored quilt which had black tar like stains over it. From washing DH work clothes before it. I had tried everything and after 12 months decided that it the white spirits didn't work I would recycle the ok parts of the fabric for craft.
White spirits is smelly but does the trick. You should be able to get it at the supermarket.
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Tell the teacher to find out about mixing powdered soap in with the paint for stain removal from clothing. I don't know the details, but one of my kid's preschool teachers did that years ago so the kid's clothing wouldn't be ruined by paint that spattered over the aprons.
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Post By Taylor (Guest Post)
(06/20/2007)
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O.M.G! Ok. So I let one of my friends borrow my favorite pair of black spandex pants and i just got them back and it looks like she got in a paint fight! I'm not sure when this happened or how long it's been there, I was soo mad and yet I've tried everything I could think of. Even most suggestions on this site. Got any ideas? HELP!!
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My daughter's skirt has purple paint stains on it and it has been washed and put into the dryer. It is 94% cotten and 6% spandex. What can I use to remove the paint stains?
Eveready01 from San Diego, CA
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RE: Removing Paint Stains from Dried Clothing
I have read that petroleum jelly will remove latex or acrylic paint. The directions were unclear, except to say that you must immediately launder the garment after using the petroleum jelly. (10/13/2004)
By audidudi
RE: Removing Paint Stains from Dried Clothing
Hey. Wash the clothes, take them out of the washing machine and whilst the paint is still warmish from the water, get steel wool onto the paint. It works on jeans however not sure about T-shirts. (01/11/2005)
By A Smart Cookie
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Thank you Smart Cookie! I just tried the steel wool trick on my favourite pair of jeans, it worked quite nicely. I can still see some of it, but it's mostly all gone. (01/15/2005)
By Adelaide
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I used fresh lemon juice and oxi clean stain remover. I tried the oxi cleaner by itself and it did not work, so there fore I tried the lemon juice because of the acid it contains. It worked fine! This stain has been in my jacket for almost a year! So try it! I hope you achieve the same result! (03/07/2005)
By Brett Merrill
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Try "shaving" the dried paint off, like you would shave off pills on a wool sweater. (04/21/2005)
By Donna Breck
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I've never actually tried this so i dont know if it stains shirts/pants or not but i just kinda thought of it. Maybe paint thinner, I mean, you use it to get dried paint off of brushes and such so it may help. (05/25/2005)
By kittykat
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Rubbing alcohol will remove dried latex paint from clothing. Test for colorfastness first, then soak the affected area for about 5 minutes. Works like a charm! (06/23/2005)
By Paint
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I always use Goof Off and it works. You have to put it on and let it sit a few minutes and then scrape it with a dull knife of your fingernail;. This is the only way it really seems to work. You will see it start to dissolve and lift and then you can wash it. I agitate it for a short time ( a few minutes) and then soak for about 5 to 10 and then wash. It works every time except possibly in really delicate. Lyn (10/11/2005)
By Lyn
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The rubbing alcohol tip mentioned here is wonderful. I just tried it on a new tshirt and cargo shorts... had acrylic paint on them and they came out just fine! (10/23/2005)
By Shari
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I just used Cleveland Superb Fabric and Leather Cleaner that I got from a shoe repair store to clean paint off my wool jacket. I thought I would have to throw the jacket out but it worked really well. (11/03/2005)
By Gretchen
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I just tried hairspray and it works brilliantly. Just spray the stain and you will see the paint start to soften immediately. Rub and blot the paint alternately with hairspray and any washing detergent and eventually it will disappear like magic. Wash as normal in the washing machine and its good as new! (01/08/2006)
By Babs
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Two things work like magic. #1. Lighter Fluid #2. Peroxide (04/13/2006)
By Jim
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What really works is that citrus degreaser, nothing else even touched the purple acrylic on a skirt of mine! The brand I used was called Citrus-Maxx, but I can't find that anymore. But any concentrated citrus degreaser should do it. It will dry out your hands tho, make sure you have lotion! It even took black spray paint (it was kinda fresh) off my linoleum floor! (05/25/2006)
By Kirsten
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Last week, I was helping my art teacher clean up the art room and happened to get black paint on my pink t-shirt. I tried everything I could find to get it off:
- Laundry Detergent
- Hairspray
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Lime Juice
- Stain remover
Nothing worked. Even my mother ran out of ideas. So I combined the hairspray, alcohol, lime and stain remover and scrubbed it with a scrubbing brush. It started coming off. I rinsed the shirt and repeated. Then when it was light enough, I only used stain remover and now, I can barely see it unless I look extremely close. Thanks for the tips =D (06/20/2006)
By Karu
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Headline: HAIRSPRAY SAVED MY PANTS!
That hairspray did the trick. I have been painting lately and unwisely did some in a favorite pair of comfortable poly/cotton knit black pants. Sure enough a blob on the front and light areas of paint on the back. Looked up what to do, found this page and tried the hairspray. It worked beautifully. Spray the hairspray on then hold under a faucet with water barely dripping out and scrape off with a sharp knife. The scraping gets the paint off after it's been loosened by the hairspray and the water drains it away. The pants are completely black again. Thanks so much for saving the seat of my pants! (06/28/2006)
By 91chevy
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I got red acrylic paint on my white polo shirt!! first tried to rinse it out, the used soap, but it didnt work. then i tried window cleaner, mentioned on another site, but it didnt really help, it just fainted the spatters a little, then i saw this website, and sprayed hairspray on my shirt. I started scratching at it, and now the stains are gone!! also no damage done to my shirt :) (09/23/2006)
By hairspray rocks :P
Removing Acrylic Paint from Bluejeans
Hey guys I am in a painting class and got a couple drops of acrylic paint on my bluejeans in class and wasn't too happy about it. So i looked on this little forum here and decided to give Rubbing Alcohol a shot using some Q-tips. Worked like a charm! Can't even hardly see the stain anymore! Thanks guys! (01/12/2007)
By Matt R.
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Hairspray worked awesome. Even after washing and drying! (Dried latex paint on polyester pants) (03/06/2007)
By Leslie
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Original Pinesol does the trick for acrylic paint! Hairspray for other kinds of paint like fabric. (03/06/2007)
By Emily
RE: Removing Paint Stains from Dried Clothing
Getting the material damp before applying the hairspray and the rubbing alcohol really helped. It takes a lot of scrubbing, but it pays off in the end. (06/08/2007)
By Nicole
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