Creative natures and parents of future artists know how to wash gouache from clothes. While doing painting, it is impossible not to leave on the clothes the memory of such a pleasant pastime. Fortunately, traces of gouache can be washed at home without resorting to dry cleaning services. The result depends on the intensity and aging of the spots, as well as on the selected means.
General principles of getting rid of stains
If the clothes are entirely covered with traces of gouache, then it is unlikely to wash them. And to remove a stain from a shirt - white or color - is quite real. This does not mean that the paint will easily come off by ordinary washing. But with the help of detergents, solvents and the correct sequence of actions over the stain, you can win.
Tip: fresh traces of paint are better suited to washing, so do not delay "for later" stained clothing.
For efficient washing of stains from gouache, you should proceed as follows:
- Evaluate the appearance of the stain. If it is withered and has a thick layer, you can clean it with a brush. But it should be done carefully, without rubbing gouache particles into the fabric. The main goal: remove from the fabric a thick layer of dried paint.
- Rinse the soiled area of the cloth under a tap of cold water to wash off all the paint that will go away. That part of the spot that is eaten, we leave stain removers.
- Wash the trace from the gouache or soak( for about half an hour), depending on the intensity of the stain. It is possible to wash off the paint at this stage with usual soap, soap type "Antipyatin" or stain remover. The agent is selected relative to the type of tissue.
Advice: all manipulations with contaminated clothing, whether soaking, washing, washing or rinsing, should be done in cold water. Partly made of natural ingredients, gouache in hot water is eaten into the fabric.
- Rinse the previously soaked object.
- Wash clothing as you normally do. When using a washing machine, select a temperature mode not higher than 30 ° C.To wash the laundry more likely, add a powder enhancer or stain remover in accordance with the instructions.
This is a basic guide to action, describing how to wash gouache from clothes. Details will help to make the selected funds.
Choosing the tool
If we talk about the means that help to wash off the traces of gouache paints, it is worth noting that not all of them are equally effective in relation to any clothing. Some are suitable for synthetics, some - for things made from natural materials. There are also differences in the washing of white and colored clothes. In addition, the thickness and delicacy of the fabric is important. Therefore, the first thing you should pay attention to is a label on clothes. It shows the composition of the fabric.
Gouache paints ideally consist of pigment, glue and white. But now they add color, brightness, durability and even fluorescent substances. Therefore, the task: "wash everything!" Is considerably complicated. Practice shows that stains from gouache paints are easier to clean from synthetics than from cotton, linen and other natural materials. Knowing this, take double security measures if you work with gouache in clothes made from natural fibers, and use synthetic things as workers.
Advice: to protect clothing when drawing gouache, wear arm ruffles and apron. Sew or get the same for the baby.
In the arsenal of "guns" to combat stains from gouache should be the following:
- laundry soap - suitable for all types of fabrics, used for pre-wicking or soaking;
- stain remover - suitable for all kinds of fabrics, used for soaking and adding while washing. However, before using a specific stain remover, you should carefully read the instructions;
- acetone, nail polish remover, white spirit, refined gasoline - suitable for natural fabrics, used as a solvent. One of these remedies should be saturated with a stain and leave up to 15 minutes - half an hour. Then rinse thoroughly and wash with a double rinse;
- bleach - suitable for finishing cleaning of white things;
- eucalyptus oil - used for contamination with fluorescent gouache. It is applied to the stain, rubbed intensively and washed off. This product is not suitable for clothes made of delicate fabric;
- dishwashing detergent - it is used for all fabrics, except for delicate ones, it is good to wash out stains from paint and traces of "improvised stain removers", for example, from eucalyptus oil;
- ammonia, alcohol and glycerin( 1: 1: 1) - the solution is used for delicate tissues. They should soak up the stain and leave for 20-30 minutes, then wash off and wash. Also, pure alcohol can clean off the stains, which can leave behind gasoline.
The methods described above make it possible to wash off traces of gouache paints. However, this type of stain is considered difficult to remove and troublesome in washing. Therefore, take precautionary measures, and if they did not help, choose the method outlined in the article.
