How to Remove Dried Paint From Clothing

I had this sweatshirt for 30 years and I love it because it’s comfy and because it was my father-in-law’s. I can’t wear it out of the house because about 17 years ago I was painting my daughter’s room and got blue paint on the front. At the time I wasn’t that concerned but after all of these years, I wanted to see if I could remove the paint.

You will need 91% rubbing alcohol and an old toothbrush.

Pour the rubbing alcohol directly onto the paint and scrub. And scrub and scrub.

Flip the garment over to expose the back side, pour rubbing alcohol onto the paint and scrub, scrub, scrub. Even if the paint didn’t seep through to the other side, add the alcohol and scrub the area.

Once the paint has faded, grab your blue Dawn. It must be blue!

Pour blue Dawn directly onto the paint and scrub, scrub, scrub. Add water to your brush and continue to scrub.

Flip the garment over, pour on blue Dawn and scrub, scrub.

Wash the garment with other clothing as you would normally do.

Here is the sweatshirt after the first washing. I removed it from the washer and saw that the paint was still there, it was faded but still visable.

If you can still see the paint on your garment, DO NOT PUT IT INTO THE DRYER.

Start the process over again.

Pour rubbing alcohol onto the paint and scrub.

Pour blue Dawn onto the paint and scrub.

Make sure you scrub the back side too.

The stain should begin to disappear.

Wash the garment again as you would normally do.

After pretreating the sweatshirt with rubbing alcohol and blue Dawn twice, and washing it twice, the paint is gone!!!

Remember – this paint had been on this sweatshirt for 17 years and it’s gone!

I seriously couldn’t believe it.

Give this a try if you have a beloved article of clothing that has paint on it. It really works – you’ve seen it with your own eyes.