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How to get nail varnish out of the carpet

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  • allydowd
    allydowd Posts: 4,965 Forumite
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  • yummymommy
    yummymommy Posts: 584 Forumite
    Hi Guys

    I hope I'm in the right place here. DD's had friend to play the other day and it wasn't until yesterday that they owned up to the nail vanish spilt on their carpet.:mad:

    Does anyone have any advise to remove this please? Thankx
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  • lisawood78
    lisawood78 Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Well, if no-one else suggests anything can I throw in with nail varnish remover?

    I know it seems glib, and am not sure what it'd do to your carpet (do you have an old bit you could test it on?) but surely its got to be worth agon if nothing else does it, after all, how much worse could it be?
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  • Jojo_the_Tightfisted
    Jojo_the_Tightfisted Posts: 27,228 Forumite
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    Nail varnish remover and a clean cloth to dab, not rub it off. Moisten cloth with it, don't soak the stain or it will spread. Ventilate the room and No smoking!!!!
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  • yummymommy
    yummymommy Posts: 584 Forumite
    Thanks guys x
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  • jillie1974
    jillie1974 Posts: 6,997 Forumite
    thankfully not in my house.... my sister has spilt a bottle of nail varnish on mum's carpet. any ideas on how to get it out?

    over 4 hours ago so all dried in now which doesnt help.
    'Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded'
  • bluebag
    bluebag Posts: 2,450 Forumite
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    Gosh, that's difficult. It may damage the carpet as most nail varnish removers are solvents.

    Try a tiny bit first.
    I usually use nail varnish remover and blot really well.
    Don't know what else to suggest. Sorry.
  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,339 Forumite
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    Hi Jillie

    hopefully this thread should have some great suggestions. Have a read and i will merge it later
    thanks
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  • jillie1974
    jillie1974 Posts: 6,997 Forumite
    thanks Zippy
    'Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded'
  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    the kids did this once with a synthetic carpet and I KNEW that using acetone wasnt going to work - so I let it dry rock hard then got a stanley knife and cut away the nail varnish, trying not to scalp the carpet. that worked well - so i tried it on a burnt bit and that worked too!
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