Paintball stains

[DragonDawn]

Does anyone know how to get paintball stains out of clothes??
My dad just got back from this camp/school thing and some of his good clothes have paintball stains all over them and my mom can't figure out how to get them out. The place said the paint is vegtable(sp?) based but their not coming out with regular washing. I'd apprieciate any ideas. thanks

[shnen]

make sure they do not eneter warm or hot water, o ironing... that will set the stain! COLD WATER!

If you have Sunlight soap where you live that stuff is amazing.
It should be in the laundry section, but it's a bar of laundry soap.

:) good luck

[flar7]

if clothes are colorfast and durable, lye soap may help.

[Lavender]

Try rubbing the stains with an ice cube. I saw this on Martha Stewart. I've never tried it on paint ball stains but it works on pen ink.

[Naillosotarrain]

Any good color safe bleach should work. Paint Ball paint is usually water-based. You could try Shout or something like that. Then again, whenever I go Paint Balling I always where military camoflauge fatigues. :smoke:

[DragonDawn]

Thanks for the advice.
My mom ended up using this stuff called Greased Lightning. My dad uses it in the garage. That got most of it out but she had to use Resolve spot remover on a few spots were my dad got hit hard :D

[xjsjaglvr]

The material in the balls is a colored mineral oil. Try going online to one of the major detergent makers (Proctor and Gamble) and going to the help desk. I played for 4 years and never had a problem getting the "paint" out with regular washing. It is even biodegradable

[DragonDawn]

well my dad was saying that the other places he's gone to do training and stuff with paint balls they always come out when you wash the clothes. we don't know what was used in these but we had to use all kinds of stuff to get it out.