Re: Just wondering how you clean your practise heads?

by a face painting mom on Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:39 pm

Oh, no idea, but that would be a place to start! Here, it is only a little more than $2.00 a bottle. Wish we could ship you some! Any place that supplies manicure supplies too, would probably sell it.

by earthorange on Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:11 am

Has anyone tried this stuff (gloves in a bottle) on their head before painting? Seems as it might provide a protective layer. Curious...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000UBN5S8?qid=1326640041&sr=8-1

by martha on Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:47 pm

Haven't tried anything but pretreat with hairspray. Avon had some cream called "Silicone Glove" that was pretty good to put on your hands before crafting or gardening to minimize staining. May be similiar but my practice head is too slippery already compared to skin. Would be careful if there is silicone. Seems like it would make it harder to paint on.

by LoriSamson on Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:59 pm

I have a $4 styro head that I painted with wall paint and she stains too. I just put a coat of spray paint on her when she gets really stained. I ruined my first one by trying to spray paint her... yup, she melted! I got another one and put about 4 coats of soft pink(which I had) wall paint on her to give that smooth finish. Not perfect but really cheap. I keep a flowered head band on her so she's not bald. LOL! I call her Synthia cuz she syntectic (sp?).
BTW- I use orange oil cleaner in between spray painting her.

by rthling on Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:30 am

I used acetone and she cleaned right up. Including her eyebrows. affraid

And her name is Anne. As in Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, who lost her head. Sad

by AshleyMarie727 on Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:40 am

I have had the same problem nothing will clean mine, it has a design on it that has been on there for a while and i tried my hardest to get it off but the mask is not comin off for anything especially since its red and black!! ugh i feel like i may have to get another one!!

by Nair Sobral on Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:16 am

I don't know about heads, but I use blue-white soap to wash my brushes and sponges and also my face and hands when I paint myself.

by nancy! on Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:46 am

@Lizzie: They sell aceton in the Kruidvat. It is very cheap.