Nail varnish + leather sofa = HELP!!!

missingink

Hoping someone can help me, please!

My DD spilt dark purple nail varnish on our dark brown leather sofa at the weekend!:eek: It didn't spill directly on to the sofa, but went through a throw. she didn't tell me she'd done it so by the time I discovered it, it was already dry!:rolleyes:

I tried to rub it with baby wipes & although it removed a little bit of the surface colour of the varnish, it's also taking out the colour of the sofa!

Obviously I daren't try nail varnish remover, so I wondered if anyone else had experience of this & knows the best way to remove the varnish without damaging the sofa...pretty please?!:D

Sunnyday

If its not a large amount i think that i would be tempted to just let it wear off on its own, as clothes rub against it eventually it should disappear.
Good luck

SD

kal25

Missingink, you could try really hot water. I used very warm water when my daughter decided to 'paint' her hands in mum's pretty 'paint' :rolleyes:. I did panick a litlle as I thought there was no way i could use nail varnish remover as there was just too much. But then remembered that when i go in a hot bath I normally find my nail varnish has come offf slightly. Was able to get my DD clean without her stinking of nail varnish:D .
May take a while but a least you are not going to ruin your leather by putting nail varnish remover on it.
HTH kal25

lolabug_2

A slightly odd one here but spermacide (specifically condoms with spermacide on them) takes nail varnish off. I used to work in sexual health and if I wore nail varnish when doing condom demonsrations it would take off the varnish.

Smells horrible though ;-)

angelavdavis

I would dip a q-tip in nail varnish remover and dab onto the spillage to pick up as much as possible and avoid lifting the sofa colour.

missingink

Sunnyday wrote: »

If its not a large amount i think that i would be tempted to just let it wear off on its own, as clothes rub against it eventually it should disappear.
Good luck

SD

That was one of my options-thanks!:D

missingink

kal25 wrote: »

Missingink, you could try really hot water. I used very warm water when my daughter decided to 'paint' her hands in mum's pretty 'paint' :rolleyes:. I did panick a litlle as I thought there was no way i could use nail varnish remover as there was just too much. But then remembered that when i go in a hot bath I normally find my nail varnish has come offf slightly. Was able to get my DD clean without her stinking of nail varnish:D .
May take a while but a least you are not going to ruin your leather by putting nail varnish remover on it.
HTH kal25

Good idea!:D

I usually use baby wipes to remove any varnish off my skin so that's what I tried-leather is just skin too, right? But as I said, it removed very little of the varnish & took some of the colour out of the sofa!:rolleyes:

missingink

lolabug wrote: »

A slightly odd one here but spermacide (specifically condoms with spermacide on them) takes nail varnish off. I used to work in sexual health and if I wore nail varnish when doing condom demonsrations it would take off the varnish.

Smells horrible though ;-)

I had a tube of Nonoxil 9(sp?)which I threw away because it was out of date & I never used it...wish I'd kept it now!:rolleyes:

Don't know how I'd explain to OH why I'd have to buy some more...he doesn't know about the sofa...YET!:eek:

jazzyjustlaw

I just got a little bit of nail polish I my brown leather sofa. I went to turn the lamp on and my finger caught the back of it. I had checked it before hand and it felt dry - wrong - husband not happy and I am annoyed with myself. I have a nail varnish removal pen which we have already tried to get it off with and it wont budge!

415SanFran

What ever you do, DO NOT USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER! It will eat at the leather.
Do you have house insurance. When this happened to me my insurance copany sent me someone round with a bottle of something and it came off with that.

415SanFran

Just remembered in the mean time I covered it with a felt tip pen.......the whole bottle had tip up.
would that be worth a try?