How do I get paint off a cat?

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Seriously! We have just finished decorating in various colours, and the cat has splodges of yellow and teraccota on his tail, and turquoise paws where the little turd darling jumped onto the wet windowsill! I tried to bathe him but he won't have a bar of it! Wtf do I do?

Washing machine

I've done this to my cat before!

I stroked her, lured her into a false sense of security, soaked the paint through with nail polish remover on sodden cotton balls and brushed her with the cat comb.

Paint came away eventually!

Just to point out, he is a house cat, and any attempt to put him on the balcony during the decorating resulted in him climbing back in through the window!

How did the poster get the spray paint off the pigeon?

Will nail polish remover harm him when he licks though? This is worse than Gerbilgate!

at washing machine

The thread with the pigeon was hilarious!!

I'd just leave the stuff on his fur. It will come off eventually

I'd cut the fur off and then attempt a cat burrito (wrap in a blanket or towel) with offending paws sticking out and wash as much as I could off.

Make sure you've treats for after, he may just maim and not kill you then

Nooooo, no chemicals. Very dilute sugar soap and lots of rinsing.

Nail varnished remover might react with his skin even if you rinse it all off.

Mummyduck the nail polish remover or the paint?

Sugar soap you say? I have a shitload left, so that's my next attempt...thank you

There are some corking thread titles today. I approve.

Haha, I thought of the pigeon too

Keep brushing the cat?

It's a bit silly to worry I know, but the Rspca have just evicted a woman across the way for having 32 cats in a one bedroom flat, so they're still knocking around...if they see a rainbow cat yowling on the balcony, Fuck knows what they'll think!

When my cat got tangled up in fly paper (horrid stuff!) I covered her in olive oil, then washing up liquid, then attempted to rinse her off under the shower. Not sure if this would help you...?

Is the yellow, terracotta and turquoise all in the same room? I'm trying to picture it...

This sounds made up even to ME- I'm a regular poster, honestly! Shall I photograph the cat so you can see that my hands are bald and my flat isn't under a bridge?

Tried the shower Rabbit. He yowled.

Yellow and aqua in lounge, teraccota in kitchen

DH found that putting cat in the shower worked though his hands were shredded doing this as cat did not appreciate the nice cool water. (DH had been painting kitchen with the door shut which the cat was fascinated by, as soon as he opened the door the cat was straight in and then fell in the paint tray - and then went onto the work surface, floor etc DH had a lot of cleaning to do before I got home).

Well obviously we need a photo!

I would leave it to dry then brush and brush it out. Neither if mine would let me faff around with sugar soap or olive oil on them, even wrapped in a towel (love the "cat burrito" by the way!)

I assumed nail polish remover was fine because my kid drank some once and she didn't die!

Liney do we have the same cat?

How do I upload a photo?

From experience: take cat to vets for sedative and to buy special shampoo, get home and put cat in bath to wash, still get scratched to pieces despite sedative but at least cat is clean.