How to remove oil paint

How to remove oil paint

Everyone can face the spots from paint on clothes and other things which have appeared after repair, childish sports or meeting with freshly painted bench. Spots from oil paint are difficult at a distance, and the result is not guaranteed. But nevertheless it is possible to try to save thing, especially if to work quickly.

Instruction

1. Try to start cleaning of thing as soon as possible, without waiting until the spot finally dries. Spots from oil paint - some of the most hardly removed. They are issued on the basis of artificial or natural drying oil with pigments and fillers and also with additives or without. Solvents for oil paint are white spirit, turpentine, kerosene, etc.

2. Before trying to remove spot with one of these solvents, test it on some imperceptible part of product as the effect can be unpredictable. The product can deteriorate especially as not any material keeps aggressive substances. Apply means on cotton tampon and accurately remove paint with circular motions. Besides kerosene, turpentine and white spirit it is possible to try also acetone which usually remove varnish from nails. But it cannot be applied to synthetic materials and skin. Also the purified gasoline which is on sale in household shops can help (but at all not that which you fill in in tank of the car). Sometimes use tetrachloride carbon (phenoxin) capable to dissolve fats and pitches, for removal of greasy spots from clothes. If you managed to clean off spot, wash thing with cleaning agent in warm flowing water. Then dry up it, it is desirable in the open air to allow to disappear to solvent smell.

3. If you managed to clean off spot, wash thing with cleaning agent in warm flowing water. Then dry up it, it is desirable in the open air to allow to disappear to solvent smell.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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