nail polish on carpet?

[ashleenicole]

These boards are always full of such good ideas, I thought I'd see if anyone had any recommendations for my problem...

As a teen, my mom always complained when I'd paint my nails in the living room. Afraid that I'd drop the bottle on the carpet. Well, it finally happened ... in a rental house a week before we close on our new house :mad: Tan carpet, bright pink nail polish. I've been able to cut some of the polish out of the carpet without damaging the carpet ... but there's a spot about the size of a quarter that seems to have polish all the way through.

Any suggestions? Thanks for any advice or commiseration

[sneezles]

Found this but not sure if it's really what you need...I'd go directly to the last step


Nail Polish


Important - Always read and follow the care instructions and any warnings provided by the carpet manufacturer. Rugs and carpets with natural fibers and/or certain dyes may require special treatment. If in doubt contact a cleaning professional for advice/service. Also follow these General Rules for stain treatment.



Remove as much of the nail polish as possible using a spoon or dull knife.

Apply a non-oily nail polish remover to a clean white cloth and gently rub (in only one direction at a time) or blot the spot. Continue until spot is removed. Do not allow nail polish remover to get to the latex backing. Go to the next step to remove nail polish remover.

Apply a small quantity of detergent solution to the spot. (To make the detergent solution mix 1/4 teaspoon of a hand dish washing detergent which does not contain lanolin or bleach with 1 quart of water; examples of safe detergents are Dawn® and Joy®.) Use a blotting motion to work the detergent into the affected area. If spot is being removed continue applying detergent and blotting with a white paper towel until spot is removed.

Rinse with tap water using a spray bottle, blot to remove excess moisture.

Spray lightly with water, do not blot this time; apply pad of paper towels and brick and allow to dry.

If there is still some stain on the carpet and blotting is not removing it, then moisten the tufts in the stained area with 3% hydrogen peroxide. Let stand for on (1) hour. Blot and repeat until carpet is stain free. Light will cause peroxide to change back to water so no rinsing is necessary. Apply pad of paper towels and weight down with brick.

[sneezles]

Found this product . Just be sure to not use an acetone based remover on synthetic carpet, it will "melt" the fibers!!

[ashleenicole]

Thanks so very much! I'm going straight for the chemical. I've ordered the spray and should recieve it in 1-2 biz days! I'll let you know if it works!!

Thanks again!!

[Laura]

This is too weird. This exact scenario happened to me. Rental house (only difference was that we just moved in) bright pink nail polish on a beige carpet. I kept saturating the area with nail polish remover and blotting it. When it looked like no more was coming up, but I could still see the stain, I started using Woolite rug cleaner with oxygen. Amazingly, it all came up. I worked on it for about 45 mintues, but it did come out.

P.S. I always tell my teenage daughter to paint her nails in the bathroom for this very reason. Guess I should have listened to my own advice

[Gracie]

DD ruined our wall-to-wall carpet with spilled nail polish and we had to replace it (it was too much of a spill and she tried to clean it up on her own without telling us).

Then, a few years later, she did it again! (We won't talk about my reaction!!) This time it was much less and she came to me first. I blotted it for a couple of hours (literally) with those home dry cleaning kit sheets and eventually it was fine. We have synthetic carpet and I was afraid to use the polish remover.

Loren

[ashleenicole]

It's nice to know I'm not alone in this time of tragedy

[hlao23]

If all else fails, professionals can remove it.

Years back I dropped and broke (!?) a bottle of dark blue nail polish on a mauve carpet. We didn't try to remove it ourselves...just called the cleaning company. They said they could do it and were there the next day.

[slawrence]

My DH is a carpet cleaner.....he recommends using the nail polish remover as well. He gets those calls from my friends occasionally-it sounds like you are in good company! Sue

[sjs9601]

Okay - I happily read this thread a few days ago, thinking - yes, I've come close to having the nail polish on the carpet a few times but now I'm wiser than that! Can you see what's coming next? Thought I would take a few minutes to touch up my toes this morning and yes, I dropped the tinest dot of RED OPI polish on my new beige carpeting! AACK! After overcoming my initial panic, I reach for the nail polish remover. It's taken several applications but the stain is almost gone - think I need a few more swipes this afternoon.

so, for all of you nail painters out there - don't think you're above the curse here - guess you're never too old to learn lessons the hard way. Sandy

[JennieL]

Good advise, now if I can only get the nail polish off my little dog's ear! DD dropped a bottle on the tile and the dog came to investigate and dragged her ear in it! At least it's clear.

[Lmaiocchi]

A photography product called Pec12 will get anything out of carperts and clothing. Its supposed to be use for cleaning negitives but when i was in photography school i was told by a friend to use it to got Fixer stains out (which are imposable to get out) and it work!

Lisa