You've Got To Laugh Haven't You?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Has anyone got a power washer you can borrow? If it's quite a new spill, that should blast it off. My husband did the same with oil from a motorbike on my patio (bless him) and it came off, although it only covered a small area rather than the large area that a tin of paint would more than likely cover!
If that doesn't work on its own, you could scrub a bleach solution in first, leave it to soak for 10 minutes or so and then power wash it off, but any plants/grass it hits will probably be damaged, plus any painted wood would be speckled.
Your post made me laugh, not because it's funny what happened, but your first sentance anyway, then the thought of your poor little 6-year old stood outside for 15 minutes trying to think of a way to break it to you: all the thoughts running round his head, the way he would have been pacing and fidgeting, etc. Bless him. He might not have owned up as soon as would have been appreciated, but at least he didn't deny it altogether. I've got teenagers who swear none of my cups, plates or cutlery is in their bedrooms (because they're not allowed food upstairs, never have been), yet whenever I walk into their rooms, I find more crockery and cutlery than I have anywhere in my kitchen. If I go with them and show them the items in their rooms, they just tell me they didn't know it was there, had forgotten about it, that it's not their fault, etc.