So a while back I managed to get a few tiny drips of red latex house paint on my blue shorts. I didn't notice them until after they had dried, at which point it seemed to be too late to remove them. Most methods of removing paint involve high heat, which would melt the fabric, harsh chemicals, which would melt the fabric, or scraping with a sharp implement, which would melt shred the fabric.
However, by chance I was cleaning a mark off a door frame this morning when I decided to try a little rubbing alcohol to loosen the smudge of dirt. It did loosen the dirt, as well as the paint underneath it. Oops!
But that's when inspiration naturally struck: the fabric of my shorts won't be affected by the alcohol, and yet latex paint clearly will be. This called for some science.
Well I'll be, it worked. But science is worthless if an experiment can't be repeated, so let's try another spot.
And the verdict is...
Success!
It took quite a bit of scrubbing with the alcohol to get the paint to fully vanish, but the important part is that I got there in the end.
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