I NEED YOUR HELP! MY CHILDREN GOT FABRIC PAINT ON MY BRAND NEW BERBER CARPET AND I CAN NOT GET IT ALL OUT. I HAVE TRIED GOOF OFF, BUT THE BRIGHT COLORS ARE STILL IN THE THREADS. ANY SUGGESTIONS OTHER THAN SELLING MY KIDS! HA HA.

Thank you for your post to our Fabric Painting Forum.

If you have removed as much of the fabric paint as you could while it was wet, there is probably not much else that can be done. Fabric paints were designed to be permanent and highly washable on most fabrics. Check with http://www.fabriclink.com/fabriccare.html for expert removal ideas. And check the stores...there may be new high-tech products out there that may help.

Once dry, fabric paints air cure and set rapidly. Perhaps you can fabric paint a design into the remaining stained areas? Just a suggestion. How about making a pretty floor cloth to go over it?

I wrote a printable article on removing both water-based and oil-based fabric paints which is VERY handy to have around. It is at
http://tri-chem.fabricpaint.com/library/RemovingFPaint.txt (text version) and
http://tri-chem.fabricpaint.com/library/RemovingFPaint.doc (MS Word version)

Happy Fabric Painting & Crafting,
Diane Seveland (support@cameopaints.com)
Forum Moderator