Finger Paint!

The Ranger

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Feb 15, 2003, 9:43:53 AM2/15/03

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The Gahds' Curse to modern toddler clothing: finger paint! I'm sure most of
us have seen this stuff; powdered chalk that one only needs add water to
make it into paint. Supposedly it's also washable but the dyes stain hands,
elbows, desk-tops... And clothing.

Spawn managed to get as much on her shirt, a 100% cotton T-shirt, as she did
on the painting. I got most of it off through presoaking in Clorox2 liquid
but there is still an outline of where the paint stained. The T-shirt is a
lime-green so the stain shows up quite nicely.

Any thoughts?

[Note: Zout, Shout, Spray-n-Wash, Oxy-Clean, and Clorox 2 haven't removed
anything.]

The Ranger
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letsplay

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Feb 15, 2003, 12:27:06 PM2/15/03

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Let her wear it with pride. :-)

Cindi

The Ranger

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Feb 15, 2003, 12:11:09 PM2/15/03

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letsplay exclaimed:

> > The Gahds' Curse to modern toddler clothing: finger paint! I'm sure
> > most of us have seen this stuff; powdered chalk that one only needs
> > add water to make it into paint. Supposedly it's also washable but
> > the dyes stain hands, elbows, desk-tops... And clothing.
> >
> > Spawn managed to get as much on her shirt, a 100% cotton T-shirt,
> > as she did on the painting. I got most of it off through presoaking
> > in Clorox2 liquid but there is still an outline of where the paint
> > stained. The T-shirt is a lime-green so the stain shows up quite
> > nicely.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > [Note: Zout, Shout, Spray-n-Wash, Oxy-Clean, and Clorox 2 haven't
removed
> > anything.]
> >

> Let her wear it with pride. :-)

What'll the neighbors think??

The Ranger

Nancy Gates

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Feb 15, 2003, 5:36:41 PM2/15/03

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In article <b2lkq3$1ecfl6$1...@ID-61173.news.dfncis.de>,
"The Ranger" <cuhula...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Spawn managed to get as much on her shirt, a 100% cotton T-shirt, as she did
> on the painting. I got most of it off through presoaking in Clorox2 liquid
> but there is still an outline of where the paint stained. The T-shirt is a
> lime-green so the stain shows up quite nicely.
>

Students often have mishaps with tempera fingerpaint in English
Literature Class. Our procedure is to soak the garment half an hour in
warm water containing 1% vinegar and 0.5% dishwashing liquid. Then we
place a piece of material saturated with alcohol on the stain and let it
absorb whatever paint it will. Then we soak in warm water containing 1%
ammonia and 0.5% dishwashing liquid.
--
Nan (NOT the notorious TROLL!)

Ame

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Feb 18, 2003, 10:12:28 AM2/18/03

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"Nancy Gates" <la...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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Why are they fingerpainting instead of reading? =)

I'd make that shirt her official fingerpainting shirt.,

The Ranger

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Feb 18, 2003, 10:58:56 AM2/18/03

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Ame wondered:

> Why are they fingerpainting instead of reading? =)

Into every life a little rain must fall -- and the 30 minutes they spent
finger painting was it.

> I'd make that shirt her official fingerpainting shirt.,

It isn't large enough; it was a perfect 4T blouse...

The Ranger