How to get liquid latex out of clothes?

How to Remove Liquid Latex. Two Parts: Washing Off the Latex Prepping Your Body for Easy Latex Removal Community Q&A. Liquid Latex is a compound that can be applied to the skin to create a seamless covering - a second skin. Typically, Liquid Latex is used for special effects makeup in movies or to create realistic scars and wrinkles for Halloween costumes. read more

Oil breaks down the latex but can wreck clothing. You have to apply the least amount of oil to the latex stain (often with a Q-tip) and try and peel it off the fabric fibers (tweezers work well if it's really clinging). Mineral oil can work, so can petroleum jelly (aka Vaseline) but try and keep as much of that as possible off the fabric. As soon as you can after you remove the latex, you have to wash the garment to get the oil off of it, or it will wind up leaving a stain of its own. read more