I nearly cried!

[jus_young]

...Breathe.

Still breathing, just!

Well, well, my wife just told me that my shoes are ready for our Oslo trip in the coming week...when asking what do you mean with "ready"...the answer was: "They are dry again after I cleaned them"
Turned out she cleaned my brand new Gore tex walking shoes in the washing machine...so I guess they are not water proof anymore. She have destroyed a good number of my outdoor clothes that way...

They only try to be helpful

...Paramo might be worth contacting but I doubt if they'll tell you what their material is so that you can buy a specific cleaner

Paramo have excellent after sales service, give them a ring, they may even be able to clean it for you

I will give them a shout and see what they suggest

what kind of paint is it ?

Gloss - couldn't be worse!

Paint the rest of your smock, you'll forget where the spot was in the first place.

Dare I ask what colour of paint?

Strange you should say that, its exactly what the wife suggested! As for paint colour, its white paint on black material.

Have you tried putting it in the freezer for a day or so then trying to crack the paint off?

if its emulsion or non acrylic try putting some hair conditioner on it ..leave it for 20 mins then gently scrape with a sharp thin bladed knife (with the blade almost vertical ) try to keep the material taught.
When you have most of it off and the mass is broken up use a stiff scrubbing brush to take the rest off..

I think I will give these a go until I hear back from Paramo.

Thanks for the suggestions folks.

[paulthefish2009]

sounds tricky mate. think it will have to be a insurance job....................... or sew a bushcrafty type patch over it. Paul

[Chubbs]

Did you ever get the paint out of the smock mate.

[jus_young]

In a word... NO!

After some deliberation I decided that it shall be left in place so that I can remind the wife on a regular basis of what she did, and I should therefore be allowed to purchase other bushcrafty items whenever I like as compensation. It will probably end up causing more damage trying to get it out anyway so I may as well just use the smock as it was intended for, which is getting some abuse from the great British weather and woodland activities. It will probably wear off in the end.

[Roadkillphil]

In a word... NO!
I should therefore be allowed to purchase other bushcrafty items whenever I like as compensation.

Good shout meht!

[GalaxyRider]

Cut the sleeves off...Bingo a Paramo gillet