https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 08:54:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846821 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:12:51 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: the paint is almost out! I ended up just rubbing the straight detergent onto the stains and letting it soak, washed, then I did the same thing but rubbed it in with a toothbrush. I let it sit a while with the rubbed in detergent, then soaked it again in water, then washed it and it’s mostly gone! If you look you can still see it but it’s perfectly wearable. </p> <p>That was a lot of work for a $14 dress. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846537 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:41:15 +0000 NCSUchick27 2846537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have used Windex to get purple nail polish out of white carpet. At least half the bottle spilled on the carpet, and the Windex got all of it out. I don’t know if it would work on what you need it to, but it is worth a shot maybe. I learned that tip on Google. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846527 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:07:20 +0000 PinkElephant 2846527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: agree, don't do it on thin fabric or a light color. The last time I used it (to get out pottery glaze on a pair of eyelet shorts) it left a faint discoloration - but I figured that was better than burgandy paint on the crotch of DD's shorts (yes, really....these kids! :) )</p> <p>I swear I'm done! But with three girls and my love of kids' clothes, I've become kind of stain-removal obsessed! Let us know if anything works for you, please! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846526 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:03:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: hmm I have nail polish remover too. I could try on a section not touching the glitter. But the fabric is pretty thin (it’s a cheap dress) so I’m afraid it will make a hole. I’d rather paint stains than a hole... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846524 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:57:42 +0000 PinkElephant 2846524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit7: @Foodnerd81: Nail polish remover also works in the same way that rubbing alcohol or hair spray does...but I'd be concerned that it would strip the glitter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846522 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:52:24 +0000 Mrsbells 2846522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first thought would be paint thinner? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846519 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:48:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit7: good to know! I’ll try more alcohol tomorrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846514 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:42:11 +0000 Littlebit7 2846514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I recently had this experience. Someone brought acrylic paint to the park (really? Wtf). Anyway. Red and blue acrylic paint on my daughters fav denim top. Oxyclean and dawn didn’t touch it. And I didn’t have rubbing alcohol. So I used purell (alcohol based, figured it wouldn’t hurt). I used a lot and scrubbed with a toothbrush.<br /> It came out! Or at least rubbed away enough that it wasn’t visible at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846503 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:03:50 +0000 PinkElephant 2846503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Yeah, we learned a year or so ago that painted pumpkins are the WORST, haha. Also, the squirrels still ate them - and that wasn't a good result, either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846502 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:01:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: so annoying! And she usually doesn’t get that messy anyway, but I think she leaned forward to reach something and just leaned into the pumpkin and got her whole chest. </p> <p>Also fun- we had the pumpkins out on the porch and it rained. Paint washed off the pumpkins and pooled on our stone steps. I thought, oh I will wash this away with the hose.... which sprayed paint onto the white deck edge. So I was outside scrubbing purple paint off my white porch too. Stupid pumpkins! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846499 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:59:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: I LOLed at the backwards thing. Yes that is exactly what happened to the other shirt- it was all over foil dots that faded. It’s not unwearable, she won’t mind if there is paint on it and it’s her favorite colors at least. And it’s not like I’d be using it for pictures or something. I might still try a scoop of oxy clean and not soaking but if that doesn’t work, she can wear it with paint I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846495 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:56:04 +0000 erinbaderin 2846495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my experience, tempera paint does not come out. It’s incredibly annoying because it’s advertised as washable but that means it comes off of, like, tables. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846491 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:52:51 +0000 PinkElephant 2846491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: ugh...of course she did! :silly: If it's any consolation, I've had one of my girls get something all over the back of a dress (like, sitting in the mud), thought "oh well, at least it's the back...then realized she had it on BACKWARDS, so it was actually right in front.</p> <p>If you think the dress is not really wearable as is anyway, you can try just throwing a scoop of oxy in the washing machine (not soaking). Also, I've never (knock on wood) had BIG glitter graphics peel off - it's been things like carters &amp; old navy leggings with an all-over foil print where the top layer just peels right off and it turns kind of an orange color.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846458 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:55:55 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: she helpfully got the paint ALL around the design. I could try painting on a paste of it though if the soaking in detergent doesn’t work. Just rubbing straight detergent seems to have helped a bit. </p> <p>I had an old shirt that had shiny gold dots on it that got stained with something (tomato sauce I think). I soaked overnight in oxy clean and the dots pretty much faded completely away. It had been a heavily worn hand me down from one sister to the next, so it was a good one to learn that lesson on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846457 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:46:17 +0000 PinkElephant 2846457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: There's a stain remover called Amodex (available on amazon) that sometimes works for me on paint/ink - follow the directions on the package for what to do with DRY paint, and don't re-wet it. I'm with you - typically I'd soak that thing in Oxy and hot water and it'd come right out, but I'd be nervous about the glitter design.</p> <p>If it's on a small area, can you try soaking JUST that area in a small cup of really concentrated oxy/water, or making a paste and applying directly? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846452 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:32:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: I did try rubbing alcohol and a qtip but it didn’t get far. It’s soaking in laundry detergent and water for now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846449 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:26:34 +0000 Sams Mom 2846449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: My mom gets water based car paint out of my dad's clothes with rubbing alcohol and dabbing not rubbing. I don't know if water based kids paint is the same as what they put on cars these days though, but I can't imagine it would be much different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846448 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:23:18 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: it was kids paint. Definitely not peeling off. It looks like the little tubs of crayons glitter paint. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846447 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:13:26 +0000 Sams Mom 2846447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's acrylic paint, it's not going to come out. Latex can peel off to an extent, but it will leave residual marks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-paint-out-of-clothes#post-2846443 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:44:16 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO wore her favorite dress to a local fair, where it turns out there was pumpkin painting- and no smocks. I t dried while we were there and I sprayed it with oxy-clean after we got home and forgot about it. 4 days later I washed it on cold and the paint stains are very much still there. I did not put it in the dryer. </p> <p>Recommendations on how to remove it? I normally would soak it for several hours in oxy-clean powder and water, but it has a sparkly design on it and I’ve had the oxy-clean fade glittery designs before, so I’m wary. I just scrubbed it lightly with Dawn and am waiting to rinse but not hopeful. </p>