Recommendations for removing plasticine from different surfaces

In every family with children, there is a problem of cleaning various surfaces from various types of pollution. Often the main problem of parents is the consequences of their children using plasticine, which can be found in the most unexpected places. And it is not always clear how to remove plasticine marks from clothes, walls, cabinets and other pieces of furniture. Knowing a few tricks, you can easily and quickly get rid of sticky lumps and greasy traces of plasticine.

Plasticine is a material that, due to its malleability, can take any shape. For its manufacture are used: high molecular weight polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and some types of rubber. All these components have the ability to leave greasy spots on various surfaces. It turns out that it will not be difficult to remove the plasticine itself, but it is problematic to eliminate greasy stains.

A few years ago, the plasticine mass was made from clay powder, animal fats and substances that helped the material not dry out. And this, in turn, made it more stable, which made it harder to remove it. Now any surface can be cleaned of plasticine so that absolutely no traces remain.

Having found pieces of plasticine on clothes or on other surfaces, some people resort to improvised methods to eliminate them. And they do not always help to wash plasticine traces, sometimes they can only make the situation worse:

• Do not try to wipe the lumps with a dry or damp cloth, as this will only increase the area of ​​​​contamination.
• If you intend to use products containing alcohol or any detergents, you first need to test their effect on a small area of ​​the soiled material.

• In no case should you remove plasticine lumps from your hair with your hands. This can only spread the mass along the entire length.
• And you can not wash the stain without pre-treatment, otherwise you can completely ruin the thing.
• There are several ways to remove this material from various surfaces. But they all start in the same stages.

• At the beginning of work, lumps should be removed with the help of a stack, which comes standard with plasticine.
• After mechanical action, you need to clean the oily trace.
• And at the end of the work, clean the surface in any convenient way.

If the plasticine mass has stuck to the fabric and has been on it for quite a long time, then it can be removed without much effort.To do this, you need a stack or the blunt side of the knife, which you can just pry off the lump. The razor and the sharp side of the knife are not suitable for this purpose, they can ruin the product. If the mass is not dry enough, then you need to hold it in the freezer in advance. And if a carpet or a blanket is prone to contamination, then you can put a bag of ice on it and scrape off the lumps after 10-15 minutes.

You can try to remove the plasticine with an iron. In this case, you will need to take two thick white sheets of paper. One of them should be under the stain, and the other should cover the contaminated area. After that, it is necessary to slightly heat the iron and iron the sheet several times. These manipulations will allow you to glue the plasticine to the paper. Sheets of paper are changed until the fabric surface is completely clean.

If laundry soap is taken for business, then first you need to cut off a small piece from it and grate it. The resulting chips must be dissolved in warm water until foam is formed. Then a dirty thing is placed in the container and additionally rubbed with soap. After half an hour, this thing remains only to wash. The good thing is that laundry soap is universal and suitable for any fabric.

To use baking soda, the greasy stain must first be soaked in soapy water. Then pour soda on it, rub it and put it soak for half an hour. After the time has elapsed, the stain is gently brushed and washed in the usual way. But you can not use water below or above 60 degrees for this method., and it is impossible to wash synthetic fabrics in this way.

Ammonia copes well with the dirt formed on natural fabrics. To remove a greasy trace, you will need to dilute five drops of alcohol in 100 ml of water. Then they take a cotton pad, moisten and wipe the greasy place until it disappears completely. After the procedure, the thing remains only to stretch. If the stain is large, then the proportions of ammonia and water increase in equal progression.

If vegetable oil and detergent are used to remove greasy stains from toys or clothes, then you must take a rag soaked in vegetable oil. Then wipe the fat with this napkin until it disappears completely. You need to finish the procedure with a detergent that is applied to the fabric for 40-60 minutes, and then just wash it.

Kerosene is often used to remove plasticine traces. It cleans textiles well, but leaves behind a specific smell. Therefore, after removing the stain, you will have to thoroughly wash the thing.

The most efficient method is to use industrial stain removers. To help them cope with the problem, you just need to follow the instructions on the package.

To clean lumps from a plastic table, plastic, wallpaper and leather elements, you need to resort to heating the contaminated area. A hair dryer, iron or hot water works well for this. The plasticine mass is heated to a liquid state, after which it is carefully removed with a cotton pad.And to eliminate a greasy stain, you need to apply a detergent solution or hydrogen peroxide in combination with ammonia.

If there is a greasy mark on the light wallpaper after cleaning, then you can try to get rid of it with ammonia or a specialized detergent. But you should not resort to this method if the wallpaper consists of thin paper.: This will damage them.

If the plasticine mass stained not the clothes, but the skin, then ordinary laundry soap can easily cope with this. But to wash your hair from plasticine, you will have to use vegetable oil. They are treated with hands, and then the material is removed from the hair. Complete the procedure with a thorough head wash.

How to clean plasticine, see the following video.