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These are the two quickest and easiest ways to get spray paint off your fingers, hands or any other skin using products you already have in your home.
Here are the two quickest and easiest ways to get spray paint off your fingers, hands or any other skin using products you already have in your home.

Do you sometimes need to get spray paint off of your skin? It seems like every time I do a spray painting project, even if it’s something quick, I get a little bit on my fingers.  Or a lot on my fingers.

Here are the two quickest and easiest ways to get spray paint off your fingers, hands or any other skin using products you already have in your home.

You too?

So annoying, right??

And it doesn’t just rinse off in a jiffy like regular paint either, does it? Noooooo. It just can’t be that easy!

But wait!

Yes it can!

I used to scrub and scrub and scrub or just wait a few days for the paint to wear off when I ended up with hands (Or legs if it was shorts season and I was really getting into it!) that looked like this picture below.

Here are the two quickest and easiest ways to get spray paint off your fingers, hands or any other skin using products you already have in your home.

How to Get Spray Paint Off of Skin

So there are two things that you can do to solve this quickly!

  1.  Nail polish remover! It works! I have to admit that I’m not really too excited about putting nail polish remover all over my skin, but for the odd drip or drop it really is the fastest way to get that paint off!
  2.  If you have a little bit more spray paint mess to deal with, the second best method to get rid of it is non-stick cooking spray! Just spray it on, rub it in, and then wash it away with soap and water. It really melts the paint right off!

Here are the two quickest and easiest ways to get spray paint off your fingers, hands or any other skin using products you already have in your home.

Another quick tip using cooking spray to clean up from The Creek Line House: The Cooking Spray in the Tub Trick

So there you have it! That’s how to clean spray paint off of your skin! Even if you have really rough-looking DIYer hands like I do, at least they can be clean! 🙂

The next time you get spray paint on your hands, I hope this makes your world just a little bit less frustrating!

These are the two quickest and easiest ways to get spray paint off your fingers, hands or any other skin using products you already have in your home.

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  1. Beth says

    Excellent tip! I also learned that you never try to wipe the wet paint off, it just smears it and makes it harder to get off in the end. The more solid the glob of paint the easier it comes off all at one time. Sorry if that was too technical! 😛 Thanks for sharing another great idea!

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    • Courtenay says

      Great tip, Beth! Thanks so much for letting us know! I guess I’ve never really thought about that because I’m just usually not that on-the-ball and I don’t usually get to the clean up part of my painting until it’s well-dried. 🙂

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  3. Emily says

    I love how practical your tips always are. Yes, I can never get the spray paint off of my fingers either. Gonna have to try the cooking spray next time.

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    • Courtenay says

      So glad you like my tips, Emily! 🙂 I do feel like I cheat a little bit because I really just share whatever I’m doing in my real life that I think other people might find useful. I almost never do any little projects or tips just for the sake of the blog. It seems to work though, so I guess other people are just working on the same stuff in their homes that I am and that’s what makes them so practical! Thanks so much for stopping in and saying hi today!

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  6. Joan says

    Another thing that helps keep the paint from sticking on hands is to use hand lotion before beginning a project. Doesn’t keep it all off but the clean up is easier.

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  8. Diena Cameron says

    Wow, i can’t believe after all these years i didn’t know that already. Thanks so much. I am tired of going to the market and handling over my credit card with paint all over my fingers now i won’t have to. ( =

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  10. rap says

    My daughter does spray paint in garage and comes in covered in it. Nail polish remover didn’t do much but Walmart/Equate facial towlettes (Compare to Ponds) do a decent job but it takes a lot of them. Definitely trying the cooking spray next time. She comes in with her feet & hands covered.

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  11. Magda says

    Thanks for the tips, try using non stick cooking spray to remove sticky glue from glass bottles, it really works!

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  14. Bonita Irvin says

    Thanks for sharing this tip, I used spray paint just the other day and had a really hard time getting it off my fingers and some paint accidentally got on my porch. Great tip and something I always have on hand.

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  15. Kristi says

    Spray sunscreen works really great. Spray it on generously, let it sit a few minutes and wipe off with s soft rag. I found out this was also useful for getting pine sap off of skin also. I hope this helps.

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  16. Vicki says

    I use fitted disposable gloves, the really stretchy kind that are used in food and medical industry (I have found them in both the area of the grocery store where cleaning and food storage supplies are, like plastic wrap and foil, and in the pharmacy area). I found that loose fitting gloves aren’t good because if there is extra “glove” hanging at the end of your finger, it can interfere with the paint spray coming out of the nozzle and make it spatter. I also keep an old version no sleeve button front shirt hand to put on when I spray paint to protect my clothes and my arms. Don’t forget a mask and eye protection as well. I do appreciate your tips for those times when I get in a hurry or somehow get paint on me despite my best efforts.

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    • Courtenay says

      The gloves are a great idea! I often use those for other jobs around the house, but I’ve never thought to use them for spray painting before. I sometimes have a hard time finding gloves small enough for my hands, but I’m sure spray painting with them would be easy as long as the gloves fit. Thanks for sharing your tip with us, Vicki! 🙂

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  18. Acne Vacuum Extractor says

    Excellent article. Sometimes it is very difficult to clean your hands of paint. I usually use a paint thinner to clean my hands. Chemical solvents of paints can cause serious irritation and damage to the skin, so instead of relying on these powerful tools, it is better to use something more “healthier”. Personally, I sometimes use oils (vegetable oil) to clean my hands. In addition to sunflower oil, you can try olive oil, coconut oil and non-food oils, for example, baby oil. Then you just need to “wash” the paint off your hands and rinse with water. But you should avoid aggressive oils, such as turpentine. Never use caustic oils on the face or neck skin!

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  20. Jake Mccoy says

    We use WD-40 at our chandelier restoration shop. It takes a bit of patience but will remove multiple thick layers from skin. It’s not toxic like acetone (nail polish remover)

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  21. Dawn Harris says

    Love your tips, but using cooking spray to clean off paint makes you wonder what exactly is in it and should you be ingesting it.

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    • Courtenay says

      Haha, I do wonder about a lot of convenience products like that, it’s true. You can definitely use something like straight olive oil as well, but the cooking spray does seem to work a little more quickly for some reason.

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  22. Shana says

    Oh my Gd! THANK YOU. I accidentally left my phone too close to the spray paint and I thought it was a goner—the spray paint dust/droplets landed all over the screen! I couldn’t see anything on the phone. The nail polish remover worked like a charm! Thank you!!!

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