how do you get spray paint off your fingers?

Question

i just used some car spray paint to color a board but i got a lot on my hands and water and soap doesn't help? do i use acetone or something?

Answer 1

If it's an oil base, use paint thinner. If it's a lacquer, use lacquer thinner. Also, hardware stores carry heavy duty hand cleaners that work well.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You can use alcohol (not drinking type), bleach, or Awesome cleaner to get rid of the spray paint on your fingers.

Answer 4

Lacquer thinner for oil base paints. Water base/acrylic use soap and water.

Answer 5

I learned from the gangsters to smear a thin layer of Vaseline/petroleum jelly on your hands BEFORE painting with spray cans and then the paint wipes clean off with a dry rag.

I would wash hands with gasoline, usually have plenty of it in the garage and its cheap compared to mineral spirits, paint thinner, hand scrub, etc...or buy some latex/vinyl gloves?

Answer 6

More than likely acetone will do the trick. You can use nail polish remover and see if that works.

Answer 7

Paint thinner or acetone, but make sure you are outside when you use that stuff.

Be ready to thoroughly wash you hands with soap and water immediately afterwards. Use some hand lotion too, your hands will dry out otherwise.

Use gloves next time.

Answer 8

try acid...it removes paint along with skin or some paint thinner on a cloth.

Answer 9

If the paint is oil based you can put a little gas or thinner on a rag and rub it off. Water based paint you can wash off with warm water. Your can will tell you what kind of paint oil or water also called latex.

Answer 10

Acetone and lacquer thinner are good. My best success has been to follow up the lacquer thinner with a good scrub using one of those dishwashing scrubbing sponges to help clean the fingernails and get the pigment residue out of the cracks and lines in my hands.