Few things can so overshadow the mood, like a small speck on your favorite thing, which makes it unsuitable for further wear. However, experienced housewives know how to stain stains of almost any origin from clothes. Today we’ll talk about paint stains. How to wash paint off clothes? Surely such a question arose among many, especially after "contact" with a freshly painted bench.
The first condition for successful removal of a color spot is efficiency. The sooner measures are taken, the better. Fresh paint is removed much easier than the old, ingrained in fiber. The second thing you should pay attention to is the type of fabric. It's no secret that paint comes off with light air materials much more difficult than with coarse ones. Therefore, in the first case, you need to take care not so much about reducing the stain, but about how not to damage the fabric.
How to remove paint from clothes made of thick fabric?
1. A stain from gouache or water-based paint can be removed using normal washing.
2. Oil stains are removed much harder. For these purposes, use a solvent or acetone. The substance is impregnated with a cotton swab and wiped with a stain in the direction from the edges to the center. Otherwise, the paint stain will only be smeared. Instead of solvents, some housewives use special refined gasoline, which also copes well with the task (regular gasoline is strictly not recommended for stains ). However, before removing paint from clothing in this way, make sure the fabric does not lose color. You can do this as follows: rub the product with a dampened swab in an inconspicuous place - you will see the result immediately.
3. If the paint stain is completely fresh, you can try to remove it with ordinary household soap. In this case, there is another way: wipe the fresh stain with butter, and after 10-15 minutes treat with kerosene.
The final step in any of the methods for removing paint stains is a normal wash that will remove the unpleasant odor of the solvent.
How to remove paint from clothing made of lightweight material?
As mentioned above, in this case, you must act with extreme caution. The use of acetone or gasoline is unacceptable, as they can destroy the texture of the fabric and change its color. Alcohol is the best way to remove stains from delicate materials. The algorithm of actions is similar to the previous example: with a moistened swab, walk along the spot in the direction from the edges to the center.
What to do in advanced cases?
How to remove paint from clothes if the stain is old and heavily ingrained in fibers? To do this, we need a margin of time and patience. Gently remove the dried crust with an awl or the tip of a knife without damaging the fabric. After that, we moisten the cotton wool in a solvent or alcohol (what can be used to remove paint from clothes depends on the composition of the material) and, according to the old scheme, we begin to gradually remove the stain. After the paint remains more or less gone, we send the item to the wash. Your product is saved and will last you some more time.