How to wash off oil paint

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Steps
Method 1 of 3: Removing Oil Paint from Brushes
Method 2 of 3: Removing Oil Paint from Skin
Method 3 of 3: Removing the Oil Paint from the Fabric
Tips
What do you need
Cleaning brushes
Skin cleaning
Cleaning the fabric

Whether you want to paint your living room or paint a landscape to hang over your fireplace, oil paints provide a rich and sleek look that's hard to beat. The problem is that oil based paints are usually much more difficult to wash off than water based paints.Removing oil paint is much easier if you know what tools and methods to use. The main thing is to use products that break down fat. Therefore, if you want to remove paint from brushes, leather or fabric, you will need a cleaning agent that will dissolve the paint. Then it just needs to be washed off with water.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Removing Oil Paint from Brushes

1 Pour some white spirit into a small bowl (not made of plastic). To thin the paint on brushes, you will need a thinner. Odorless white spirit will do the trick, so put some liquid in a small glass or ceramic dish and place it in the sink where you plan to wash your brushes.
- You can also remove oil paint from brushes with turpentine. But since it has a very strong odor, only work with it in a well-ventilated area.
2 Dip the brush in white spirit and rub together. Dip the brush into a bowl of white spirit so that the liquid covers all the dirty bristles, and then run the brush several times over your hand so that the white spirit penetrates all the bristles.
- Repeat on both sides of the brush so that the liquid is applied to all the oiled bristles.
3 Pour some dishwashing liquid onto the brush and rub it in. After the white spirit is on all the bristles, squeeze some dishwashing liquid onto the brush. Use your fingers to rub it thoroughly over the bristles.
- To clean the brush, you can use any dishwashing detergent that dissolves grease.
- The amount of liquid used depends on the size of the brush and the volume of paint. Squeeze about 25-50 ml of liquid onto the brush.
4 Squeeze the liquid out of the brush. After rubbing the dishwashing liquid into the brush, use your fingers to gently squeeze the excess liquid out of the bristles. Try to squeeze as much paint, white spirit, and dishwashing liquid out of the brush as possible.
5 Rinse the brush under hot water. Turn on the tap and wait until hot water flows out. Run the brush under the stream to rinse it, then squeeze the bristles again to rinse out any remaining paint.
- If there is a lot of paint on the brush, or the paint has dried out a long time ago, you will have to repeat it all over again one or two more times to completely clean it.
6 Dip the brush back in white spirit and squeeze dishwashing liquid onto it. After you've removed as much paint from the brush as possible, dip it in white spirit again. Then squeeze some dishwashing liquid onto your brush and rub both of them into the bristles with your fingers.
- Do not rinse off white spirit or dishwashing liquid.
7 Place a brush soaked in white spirit and dishwashing liquid on a folded paper towel and squeeze out any excess liquid. Squeeze a paper towel around the bristles to squeeze out any remaining liquid. Then let the brushes dry completely.
- A layer of white spirit and dishwashing liquid on the brush will make the bristles so soft they will look like new the next time you use them.

Method 2 of 3: Removing Oil Paint from Skin

1 Mix lemon oil with coconut oil. To make a cleanser that will remove the oil paint from your skin, mix a small spoonful of coconut oil and 2-3 drops of lemon oil in a bowl. Stir the ingredients well until smooth.
- Oil-based paint can be diluted with a vegetable oil such as olive oil, canola oil, or jojoba oil. Generally, coconut oil does the best for this, as it hardens at room temperature and will therefore cause much less mess when rubbed into the skin.
- The amount of coconut oil depends on the amount of dye on the skin. Start with a spoon and then add more if the paint stays on.
- It is not necessary to add lemon essential oil. However, some find it to be a very effective cleaner, so it may be easier to remove the paint with.
2 Rub this mixture all over the dye spots on the skin. After mixing the coconut oil and lemon essential oil, apply the mixture to your dyed skin. Rub in the coconut oil until the paint starts to come off.
- If there are traces of paint on the skin, apply some more coconut oil to dissolve the remaining paint.
3 Wash your skin with soap and water. After you remove the paint with coconut oil, take out hand or body soap and rinse off any remaining paint. Pat your skin dry and then apply a moisturizing lotion to prevent dry skin.
- If you are heavily stained with paint, repeat the cleaning process several times until you have washed off all the paint.

Method 3 of 3: Removing the Oil Paint from the Fabric

1 Scrape off the paint and blot the fabric. As soon as you notice oil paint on the fabric, grab a utility knife, a plastic knife, or even a piece of sturdy cardboard, and try to scrape off the paint. Then blot the stain with a clean white cloth or rag to absorb excess moisture.
- The cloth should be white so as not to stain the cloth to be cleaned.
2 Rinse the stain with water. After scrubbing and blotting the paint from the fabric, rinse the stain with warm water. After that, you can squeeze out the excess water, but be careful not to dry the stain.
- Check the fabric care label. Rinse the stain with the hottest water you can use.
3 Blot the stain with turpentine. After rinsing the fabric, place it on a clean white towel. Take a clean, white cloth and blot the stain with turpentine to remove the paint from the fabric.
- Turpentine may discolor some fabrics. Apply the turpentine to a small, inconspicuous area to make sure it doesn't ruin the fabric.
- If you don't want to use turpentine, use white spirit.
- To remove all the paint, you will likely need to apply turpentine to the fabric more than once.
4 Apply dish soap to the stain and let it sit overnight. After blotting the stain with turpentine, rub some dishwashing liquid into the remaining paint. Then place the cloth in a bowl or bucket of warm water and soak overnight.
- Use a dishwashing liquid that dissolves grease.
- You can also soak the fabric in the sink.
5 Rinse the fabric. Once you're done soaking the fabric, remove it from the basin or bucket. Rinse the fabric in the sink with warm water to rinse the dishwashing liquid out of it.
6 Wash the garment as usual. After rinsing the fabric, wash it in the washing machine. Use your usual detergent and wash in the hottest water you can use. After finishing washing, dry the item as usual.
- If the stain still persists after washing, treat it with a stain remover and then wash again.

Tips

If you need to remove oil paint from brushes, fabric or leather, start as soon as you notice a stain. Fresh paint is much easier to wash off than dried paint.