Anyone have advice for getting significant amounts of dried latex paint out of hair?
I don’t mean the “whoops while painting” variety of paint in your hair.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Ummmm
Before we go any further here, you have to explain this one. :eek:
I think your hair is the least of your problems.
(But since you asked, have you tried “Goof Off”?)
I’d go with cheap hairspray. Spray it on. Smoosh it around thoroughly, then smoosh it around some more. When your hands start getting disgusting, smoosh it around a bit longer, then shower and shampoo, shampoo, shampoo.
It might help to comb conditioner through your hair while you’re in the shower.
Mother-in-law didn’t want to get paint all over the trunk.
I’ve actually found a fair bit of stuff on getting paint out of clothing (including the hair spray one, thanks panache45- have you actually tried it?) and paintbrushes… some of which are presumably animal fiber. Nothing really deals with removing paint from hair in situ.
Is there some gum-versus-peanutbutter bit of folk wisdom out there?
Latex paint doesn’t adhere that well to natural fibers. Repeated washing will get it out although the time-line may be longer than you want. I would try one of those cheap plastic combs in the shower or you might try one of those lice combs with tiny teeth. Just wash and comb…
yep
Except, use the big teeth combs. The little teeth combs will pull out hair. Just keep pouring on condintioner (or use baby oil, but watch out for a VERY slippery shower!) and combing under a hot shower. You don’t want to use any paint thinner type products on your head. So, no Goof Off, mineral spirits, or anything like that.
Bummer about the hair, man.
I have used mineral oil (ie baby oil) to get out some pretty nasty substances.
I recently used it to get the goo from sticky mouse traps off my kitten’s fur. he hated the whole process but after shampoo, dish soap, and rubbing alcohol all failed I was pleased to see that the mineral oil worked like a charm.
be prepared for very gross oily hair afterwards. My cat looked greasy for 3 days.
No-that still doesn’t explain the first picture. Two middle schoolers with paint-filled super soakers would explain the photo.
Never mind. Just viewed second photo.
You could always bleach your hair white, and just let it grow out.
Wow. That looks like a Fark ad.
"Bad: You have to go paint shopping with your mother-in-law.
Worse: MIL makes a stink and insists you hold the paint on your lap on the way home so she ‘doesn’t dirty the trunk’.
Fark: You get into a car accident on the way home and now you have whiplash AND a permanent and rather stiff eggshell-blue hairdo."
I would love to the the look on the estimator’s face when this one gets towed in for a repair estimate.
Can we see a picture of your hair? Pretty please??? We promise not to laugh.
Man, you’re lucky that paint can didn’t become more of a loose projectile inside the car. It could have done some serious damage if it had bounced around in there a bit more.
Surly Chick lies! we are are laughing now.
(I hope you are all OK)
HOLY CRAP!!1!
I don’t know about the hair problem but he best approach for the car would be gasoline… and a match.
Hope all are well after seeing the rear of that car.
Hair conditioner works on paint brushes, when not cut with water. Best of luck.
I’ve gotten latex paint on my hair more than once, and I basically just pull it off, so my vote is also for the wide-toothed comb. You know, latex is water-soluble, so if you washed the inside of your car while it was still wet, you could have washed most of that off. If you weren’t planning to just total it, that is.