Few things can so darken the mood as a small speck on your favorite little thing, which makes it unsuitable for further wear. However, experienced housewives know how to remove a stain of almost any origin from clothes. Today we will talk about paint stains. How to remove paint from clothes? Surely this question arose among many, especially after "contact" with a freshly painted bench.
The first condition for the successful removal of a colored spot is efficiency. The sooner action is taken, the better. Fresh paint is removed much easier than old paint that has eaten into the fibers. The second thing you should pay attention to is the type of fabric. It is no secret that paint comes off much more difficult from light airy materials than from 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 thick fabrics?
1. A gouache or water-based paint stain can be removed with a normal wash.
2. Oil paint stains are much harder to remove. For thesepurposes use a solvent or acetone. Soak a cotton swab with the substance and wipe the stain with it in the direction from the edges to the center. Otherwise, the paint stain will only smear. Some housewives use special refined gasoline instead of solvents, which also copes well with the task (it is categorically not recommended to use ordinary gasoline to remove stains). However, before removing paint from clothes in this way, make sure that the fabric does not lose color. You can do this as follows: rub the product with a moistened swab in an inconspicuous place - you will see the result immediately.
3. If the paint stain is very fresh, you can try to remove it with ordinary laundry soap. In this case, there is another way: wipe the fresh stain with butter, and after 10-15 minutes treat it with kerosene.
The final step in any of the methods for removing paint stains is a regular wash, which will remove the unpleasant smell of the solvent.
How to remove paint from lightweight clothes?
As mentioned above, in this case, you need to proceed 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 option for removing stains from delicate materials. The algorithm of actions is similar to the previous example: with a moistened swab, walk over the stain in the direction from the edges to the center.
What to do inrunning cases?
How to remove paint from clothes if the stain is old and strongly ingrained into the fibers? To do this, we need a margin of time and patience. The dried crust is carefully removed with an awl or the tip of a knife, without damaging the fabric. After we wet the cotton wool in a solvent or alcohol (what can remove the 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 remnants of the paint have more or less gone, we send the item to the wash. Your product has been saved and will serve you for some more time.
