Cleaning up acrylic paint smudges

Cleaning up acrylic paint smudges
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Custom WorkstationI'm just getting started customizing and I don't have much painting experience, so inevitably I've had a few issues getting paint in places I don't want it, like on a figure's face when I'm just trying to paint the hair. I've had decent luck dipping a q-tip in rubbing alcohol and wiping smudges off with that, although there often seems to be a little color left behind, especially if I couldn't clean the paint off quickly enough before it dried--and for really small spaces, even a q-tip is too big and imprecise to be really effective. Anyone have a method that's worked well? Something other than rubbing alcohol that's more reliable at removing paint, and/or a better way to apply whatever you're using to clean it? I've Googled this and searched on this forum but haven't found anything so far other than "use rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab," which is what I'm already doing.

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If you use solvents like acetone or alcohol to wipe paint, you melt the surface of the plastic, which lets the paint seep into the plastic, making it impossible to remove without sanding the area.