OMG Digital Magazine July 23rd, 2015 - Vol 4 Issue 168 | Page 11

OMG Magazine | Thursday 23rd July, 2015 • PAGE 11

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We’ve been in the middle of working
on  our family room make over, that I
told you about a few months ago.  We
decided to wait until the holidays
were over to really get started.   As
soon as the Christmas tree came
down, we got to painting.   I finally
decided on Benjamin Moore Coventry
Gray and couldn’t be more happy!!  It’s
the perfect gray!  I can’t wait to share
some pictures of the progress soon.   
During the painting, my husband
happened to walk thru the room with
his favorite coat on and brushed a
corner with fresh paint……and you
guessed it, he ended up with paint on
the sleeve.  You should have seen the
disappointment in his face when he
told me about it – after it was dry.
I told him, no worries, I know  a little
trick that should get dry paint out
of clothes, and since the jacket was
machine washable, it should come
right out!  This method is 99% effective,
and is worth a try!  Since you already
have paint on the garment, you don’t
have much left to lose.
All you need is a wet cloth, 91%
Isopropyl alcohol (aka rubbing alcohol,
you can get at the drug store) and a
brush.

How to get paint out of clothes:
1. use a wet cloth to get the area with the paint wet – it doesn’t need to be soaking wet, just dab it with the wet cloth until
the fabric is wet.
2. saturate the paint stain with Isopropyl  alcohol 
3. use your brush to scrub until the paint is no longer visible.   (if needed, add a little more alcohol while scrubbing)  you
will see the paint break down and crumble
4. place garment in washer and launder according to label.
that’s it!!

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