I Spilled Nail Polish Remover On My Carpet

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I spilled nail polish remover on my carpet.

I spilled nail polish remover on my roomate s coffee table and it instantly stripped the finish off and looks pretty bad i live in a 3rd story walk up apartment in manhattan and i d rather not. If the spill is severe enough or the table is protected with a very thin or fragile finish the polish remover can soak into the wood bleaching any wood stain and raising and roughening the grain. My granddaughter spilled red nail polish on my cream carpet. Nail polish remover is an organic acetone liquid that acts like a varnish and paint remover it strips the finish off your wood table as efficiently as it strips the old polish off your nails.

I didn t catch it until who knows how long after and it soaked through to the mattress. We then attempted to use peroxide as another web site suggested which did nothing but lighten the pink stain ever so slightly. So lots of nail polish remover and paper towels really works well. My 3 year old daughter decided she needed to take off her nail polish on her own and spilled nail polish remover on my bed.

My daughter was painting my nails and we spilled red nail polish on light green carpet. If your carpet is white or a light color use a non acetone nail polish remover. Scoop up the nail polish with a spoon. Most nail varnish removers contain acetone a colourless flammable liquid.

Cleaning a nail polish spill on carpet is especially challenging if the spill has already dried but there are ways you can remove nail polish from carpet even if it s not a fresh and wet spill. Hopefully you won t have to know how to clean all of these surfaces all at the same time but if you do i ve got you covered. If you have dark carpet use rubbing alcohol or hairspray instead of nail polish remover to decrease the risk of bleaching your carpet color. Spill on dark or light carpet.

Nail polish remover aka your best friend in a crisis is just that until it becomes the crisis. When spilled on carpet it can be harsher than other common stains. Between cat 1 tipping the bottle on the table and cat 2 running through the spill then over my carpet and sofa i got to learn how to clean spilled nail polish off a variety of surfaces. Make sure the non acetone nail polish remover you use is the clear kind.

This chemical has a bleaching quality which can ruin your carpet if left on it for too long. If you re worried about unwanted marks opt for an alternate cleaning solution like rubbing alcohol hairspray or dish soap. We first tried using nail polish remover however that left a very pretty pink stain.