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Is it possible to remove dry latex paint from fabric!?

I know I should have reacted quickly when I got the paint on my pants but, alas, I did not. (P.S I also realize it was dumb to paint in my favorite yoga pants).

But is there any way to get spots of latex paint off of fabric? It isn't a dense area of paint...scratching it off w/ my nails seems to work but that could take all day.

Just didn't know if there was a trick anybody knew of!

Thanks for reading my question, have a nice day :-)

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  • 1 decade ago
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    There is a product called "Oops" that makes it a little easier to scrape off. I believe you can get it at Walmart. I had the same problem but on a larger scale with a pair of my husband's shorts and I got almost all the paint off.

    Good luck :)

  • alisha
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    it is going to be counted plenty on the situation of the wallpaper. no rely if it particularly is sweet on the wall - no tears, no longer something drooping, seams are nonetheless tight, etc. then you definitely can paint over it. Paint won't act as a glue - if the wallpaper is coming off, it particularly is going to nonetheless come off once you paint - it particularly is going to hold the paint with it. then you definitely've a real mess. a similar factor is going for masking over the paper. If the paper is peeling, it particularly is going to take the recent masking off with it. it particularly is amazingly confusing to do away with wallpaper that has been painted over. it particularly is confusing to do away with wallpaper - it relies upon, back, on the situation of the paper - yet usually it is not too confusing. There are techniques you will desire. bypass to a paint keep and talk over with the staff. you will desire a gadget that pierces/cuts the paper so as that the solvent which you will use next can penetrate throughout the time of the paper. Get some wall paper remover. this would be a answer that certainly eats the glue that holds the paper on the wall. Sponges. Buckets. Scrapers. carry on with the instructions on the wall paper remover. usually this comprises going over the entire wall with the wallpaper gadget, then using the answer GENEROUSLY to the paper. provide it time to artwork. start up peeling/scraping the paper off. particularly obdurate spots will require sandpaper. If some total fool glued seams with white glue, it particularly is in all hazard going to tear patches out of the underlying wallboard. it particularly is a soreness, even though it particularly is repairable with somewhat spackle. (Or a large variety of spackle, reckoning on how huge the holes are!) as quickly as the paper is off, wash the partitions properly to get the residual glue off. Then top the partitions with a solid primer (like KILZ). Now you're arranged to color. Now you realize why I hate, hate, hate, hate wallpaper. solid luck!

  • 1 decade ago

    This happened to me. I backed into a freshly painted wall and I thought that my outfit was doomed. I lightly scrubbed the fabric and then washed in the machine and it came out perfectly. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    If the fiber is not man made try acetone or laquer thinner. nylon will melt.

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