Silly string on vinyl siding - help!

<test1@test2.test3> wrote in message
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> One of my miscreant kids sprayed some green Silly String (plasticized
> "string" that comes from an aerosal can and hardens - REALLY hardens -
> if Dad is irresponsible and lets it just sit there for days or
> months...) on our white vinyl siding and I'm finding it tough to
> remove.
>
> I've tryed warm sudsy water, ammonia, a plastic scraper that cleans
> crud from a pizza stone, plasticized brillo-type pads, and the stuff
> is just not coming off.
>
> I guess I could just keep throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at it,
> but am hoping that someone here has a sure-fire way to remove it.
>
> From the tiny amount I've gotten off so far, it doesn't look like
> staining is an issue.



Probably too obvious an answer, but can you contact the manufacturer of
Silly String to see what they recommend as a solvent? I would imagine you
are not the first to deal with this type of issue. Also, I have been
personally amazed at how well cooking oil works as a solvent toremove stuff
from plastics like vinyl siding. You might give that a try with a bit of oil
like Wesson, Crisco, etc.

Smarty

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:13:07 -0400, test1@test2.test3 wrote:

>One of my miscreant kids sprayed some green Silly String (plasticized
>"string" that comes from an aerosal can and hardens - REALLY hardens -
>if Dad is irresponsible and lets it just sit there for days or
>months...) on our white vinyl siding and I'm finding it tough to
>remove.
>
>I've tryed warm sudsy water, ammonia, a plastic scraper that cleans
>crud from a pizza stone, plasticized brillo-type pads, and the stuff
>is just not coming off.
>
>I guess I could just keep throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at it,
>but am hoping that someone here has a sure-fire way to remove it.
>
>From the tiny amount I've gotten off so far, it doesn't look like
>staining is an issue.

Try some bleach......

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> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:13:07 -0400, test1@test2.test3 wrote:
>
>>One of my miscreant kids sprayed some green Silly String (plasticized
>>"string" that comes from an aerosal can and hardens - REALLY hardens -
>>if Dad is irresponsible and lets it just sit there for days or
>>months...) on our white vinyl siding and I'm finding it tough to
>>remove.
>>
>>I've tryed warm sudsy water, ammonia, a plastic scraper that cleans
>>crud from a pizza stone, plasticized brillo-type pads, and the stuff
>>is just not coming off.
>>
>>I guess I could just keep throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at it,
>>but am hoping that someone here has a sure-fire way to remove it.
>>
>>From the tiny amount I've gotten off so far, it doesn't look like
>>staining is an issue.
>
> Try some bleach......


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<test1@test2.test3> wrote in message
news:g20v64dgs81qeliu3oom6kbdhs744g3dhr@4ax.com...
> One of my miscreant kids sprayed some green Silly String (plasticized
> "string" that comes from an aerosal can and hardens - REALLY hardens -
> if Dad is irresponsible and lets it just sit there for days or
> months...) on our white vinyl siding and I'm finding it tough to
> remove.
>
> I've tryed warm sudsy water, ammonia, a plastic scraper that cleans
> crud from a pizza stone, plasticized brillo-type pads, and the stuff
> is just not coming off.
>
> I guess I could just keep throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at it,
> but am hoping that someone here has a sure-fire way to remove it.
>
> From the tiny amount I've gotten off so far, it doesn't look like
> staining is an issue.

???Why does DAD have to remove it? Shouldn't the KID have to do that? Also,
if this has happened more than once, your larva is clearly not being
sufficiently supervised nor punished. Pathetic.

test1@test2.test3 wrote:
> One of my miscreant kids sprayed some green Silly String (plasticized
> "string" that comes from an aerosal can and hardens - REALLY hardens -
> if Dad is irresponsible and lets it just sit there for days or
> months...) on our white vinyl siding and I'm finding it tough to
> remove.
>
> I've tryed warm sudsy water, ammonia, a plastic scraper that cleans
> crud from a pizza stone, plasticized brillo-type pads, and the stuff
> is just not coming off.
>
> I guess I could just keep throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at it,
> but am hoping that someone here has a sure-fire way to remove it.
>
> From the tiny amount I've gotten off so far, it doesn't look like
> staining is an issue.

I suspect you are going to have to buff it out. Google up instructions
for removing spray paint from cars. Solvents like acetone may remove
the silly string but also dissolve the vinyl.

Frank <frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> test1@test2.test3 wrote:
>> One of my miscreant kids sprayed some green Silly String (plasticized
>> "string" that comes from an aerosal can and hardens - REALLY hardens -
>> if Dad is irresponsible and lets it just sit there for days or
>> months...) on our white vinyl siding and I'm finding it tough to
>> remove.
>>
>> I've tryed warm sudsy water, ammonia, a plastic scraper that cleans
>> crud from a pizza stone, plasticized brillo-type pads, and the stuff
>> is just not coming off.
>>
>> I guess I could just keep throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at it,
>> but am hoping that someone here has a sure-fire way to remove it.
>>
>> From the tiny amount I've gotten off so far, it doesn't look like
>> staining is an issue.
>
> I suspect you are going to have to buff it out. Google up instructions
> for removing spray paint from cars. Solvents like acetone may remove
> the silly string but also dissolve the vinyl.
>

That's what happens when you live in a plastic house.

On 05 Jul 2008 17:36:59 GMT, Stephen King <[email protected]> wrote:

>Frank <frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> test1@test2.test3 wrote:
>>> One of my miscreant kids sprayed some green Silly String (plasticized
>>> "string" that comes from an aerosal can and hardens - REALLY hardens -
>>> if Dad is irresponsible and lets it just sit there for days or
>>> months...) on our white vinyl siding and I'm finding it tough to
>>> remove.
>>>
>>> I've tryed warm sudsy water, ammonia, a plastic scraper that cleans
>>> crud from a pizza stone, plasticized brillo-type pads, and the stuff
>>> is just not coming off.
>>>
>>> I guess I could just keep throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at it,
>>> but am hoping that someone here has a sure-fire way to remove it.
>>>
>>> From the tiny amount I've gotten off so far, it doesn't look like
>>> staining is an issue.
>>
>> I suspect you are going to have to buff it out. Google up instructions
>> for removing spray paint from cars. Solvents like acetone may remove
>> the silly string but also dissolve the vinyl.
>>
>
>That's what happens when you live in a plastic house.

This is one of many reasons I would never get plastic siding. On most
other materials you'd just paint over the spot. Or in my case the
kids would be scrubbing and painting, or kneeling in a corner for
punishment if they did not quit damaging things.

I have heard that for some subtances, toothpaste will remove stains.
That sounds like a good job for the kids. Toothbrush and toothpaste
on the spots, and with any luck they should know how to use a
toothbrush, unless they are redneck reproductions.....

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

> On 05 Jul 2008 17:36:59 GMT, Stephen King <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Frank <frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet> wrote in
> >news:[email protected]:
> >
> >> test1@test2.test3 wrote:
> >>> One of my miscreant kids sprayed some green Silly String (plasticized
> >>> "string" that comes from an aerosal can and hardens - REALLY hardens -
> >>> if Dad is irresponsible and lets it just sit there for days or
> >>> months...) on our white vinyl siding and I'm finding it tough to
> >>> remove.
> >>>
> >>> I've tryed warm sudsy water, ammonia, a plastic scraper that cleans
> >>> crud from a pizza stone, plasticized brillo-type pads, and the stuff
> >>> is just not coming off.
> >>>
> >>> I guess I could just keep throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at it,
> >>> but am hoping that someone here has a sure-fire way to remove it.
> >>>
> >>> From the tiny amount I've gotten off so far, it doesn't look like
> >>> staining is an issue.
> >>
> >> I suspect you are going to have to buff it out. Google up instructions
> >> for removing spray paint from cars. Solvents like acetone may remove
> >> the silly string but also dissolve the vinyl.
> >>
> >
> >That's what happens when you live in a plastic house.
>
> This is one of many reasons I would never get plastic siding. On most
> other materials you'd just paint over the spot. Or in my case the
> kids would be scrubbing and painting, or kneeling in a corner for
> punishment if they did not quit damaging things.
>
> I have heard that for some subtances, toothpaste will remove stains.
> That sounds like a good job for the kids. Toothbrush and toothpaste
> on the spots, and with any luck they should know how to use a
> toothbrush, unless they are redneck reproductions.....

Maybe a re-read would help. The OP's problem is NOT a stain, that could
be just "painted over" if he had wood siding, or removed with
toothpaste. It's a genuine three-dimensional gob of shit stuck to the
siding.