I need help with a small paint on wood project?
I purchased a little wood stool from a craft store and put my kids hand prints on it with acrylic paint, it smeared a little with the baby’s hand print and I was wondering if there is any little trick to "clean it up" without hurting the would.
I am guessing that you bought an unfinished wood stool so that you could paint it. When acrylic paint dries it is waterproof and it has soaked into the wood. Also turpentine or mineral spirits would discolor the wood. It is very difficult to remove acrylic paint from wood after the paint has dried. If you had immediately taken a damp rag you might have been able to remove most of the "mess". You may be able to take some fine sandpaper and very carefully remove most of the area that you want to remove. Or, you can leave the "mess" as a sweet reminder of how fun it was to make this precious project with your children.
Suz on November 27th 2009 in wood craft projects
netrippa responded on 27 Nov 2009 at 10:39 pm #
i will assume the stool is varnished if so avoid accetone products , i would use turps or white spirits ,but before you do that did you try cleaning it with a rag dipped in water , sometimes this works if the paint is a day old …. obviously test before you use somewhere out of sight to see if works , if the stool is bare wood i would use accetone which is found in nail polish remover
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Valry responded on 27 Nov 2009 at 10:57 pm #
I am guessing that you bought an unfinished wood stool so that you could paint it. When acrylic paint dries it is waterproof and it has soaked into the wood. Also turpentine or mineral spirits would discolor the wood. It is very difficult to remove acrylic paint from wood after the paint has dried. If you had immediately taken a damp rag you might have been able to remove most of the "mess". You may be able to take some fine sandpaper and very carefully remove most of the area that you want to remove. Or, you can leave the "mess" as a sweet reminder of how fun it was to make this precious project with your children.
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