laundry D:

The Cat

Ok, so I'm pretty famously clumsy, and they're renovating the building I work in at uni, and there's wet paint on the walls as a result, and I kind of bumped against a wall today and got some paint on my jeans and shirt. Just a little bit on the elbow and hip, but its not really coming out in the wash and I'm wondering if there's a trick to getting it gone? Should I turpse it or something?

ege02

I think there are specific products you can use to get rid of paint on clothes. I would go to a department store and ask the clerk there.

capnrico

Turpentine looks like a good suggestion if it's already dried (which it sounds like it is, being you've run it through the wash).

This place seemed to have a bunch of suggestions (hair spray, lighter fluid, and so on).

Mephistopheles

I've always been more scared of putting stuff like turpentine or paint-thinner on my clothes than the paint itself.

Recoil42

The turpentine/paint thinner solution works great, but it depends if they're synthetic fabrics at all. While they're completely harmless for natural materials, anything synthetic will dissolve and get chewed through in a nanosecond. It's a really odd thing to see, to be sure.

So... what's the fabric content?

The Cat

yeah heh, not sure what turpse will do to the dyes. I'll probably wind up trying it anyway, because I don't like the shirt much and any excuse to buy new jeans is a good excuse >.>

edit: t recoil they're polycotton blends both, I think (I stuck them in the wash a second time, so can't check). the jeans are stretch though...

AbsoluteZero

Spot it with paint thinner. So long as it isn't like polyester or something. Even fingernail polish remover may work for a small spot.

Dulcius_ex_asperis

Rubbing alcohol will work. I used to paint indoors/outdoors/murals, what have you, and it always took paint out, even if I let it sit.