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Spot treating lycra?

TwistedJesterTwistedJester Registered User regular
edited February 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
For this past Halloween I put together a pretty decent Rorschach costume. I ended up buying myself a mask made by this guy who makes wrestling masks since that seemed like the hardest part. At the Halloween party I attended, my girlfriend at the time (who was wearing lipstick) kissed my cheek while I had the mask on, so it has a bit of a stain on it.

Now I want to wear this costume to a midnight showing of Watchmen, but the mask still has a bit of a stain on it. What would be my best bet for getting this out? Throwing it into a washer is out of the question since the "inkblot" pattern is either glued on or sort of heat pressed and I doubt it would stay on. I was thinking of using one of those stain removing pens. Would that probably work or would it eff with the lycra?

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  • NastymanNastyman Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Test it on an area that people won't be able to see first. If it doesn't destroy the fabric then it should be safe to use on the trouble areas.

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  • RubberACRubberAC Sidney BC!Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    How big is the mark? If all else fails you could maybe just paint/color over the bits with lipstick on them. It'll be midnight, or in a movie theatre. No one will be looking close enough to notice.

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  • TwistedJesterTwistedJester Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    RubberAC wrote: »
    How big is the mark? If all else fails you could maybe just paint/color over the bits with lipstick on them. It'll be midnight, or in a movie theatre. No one will be looking close enough to notice.
    The size of a pair of lips had they kissed had they kissed a pane of glass. Not huge but still kind of noticeable.

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