Nail polish on carpet

d0nkeyk0ng

My mother came round to stay for a few days. She dropped a small bottle of nail polish onto the spare bedroom carpet. The nail polish is dark red, the carpet is cream coloured.

She immediately blotted it and tried warm water with no effect. We've tried acetone to remove it. It's helped on the lighter marks marginally.

Any other suggestions?

stone7

Claim off your home insurance.

amersall

Why claim off insurance? the excess wont be worth it for a bedroom carpet.

trailingspouse

amersall wrote: »

Why claim off insurance? the excess wont be worth it for a bedroom carpet.

Do you know how much their excess is? Do you know how expensive their carpet was?

If you have accidental damage cover, then this is exactly the sort of thing that is covered. There will be an excess, as amersall rightly points out, but it's up to you to work out whether it's cost effective to you to make a claim. the insurers may decide to pay for professional carpet cleaning, but if that doesn't work they may opt to replace the carpet.

If you're not covered, or you don't think it's worth claiming, you could try more nail polish remover - little and often. Depending on where on the carpet this has happened, would a rug cover it? And finally, depending on the pile, and how big an area is affected, you could very carefully cut the worst of it away.

steveE2

You can to try Hairspray or Acetone free Nail polish remover as Acetone itself can actually stain the carpet,either way blot continually with kitchen paper and test a hidden area of carpet first.

d0nkeyk0ng

trailingspouse wrote: »

Do you know how much their excess is? Do you know how expensive their carpet was?

If you have accidental damage cover, then this is exactly the sort of thing that is covered.

We have accidental cover. The excess is £300. The carpet came with the house so to speak. It's been two years since we've moved in. If we can't clean the polish off, then we'd be looking at a rug first before fitting a new carpet.

steveE2 wrote: »

You can to try Hairspray or Acetone free Nail polish remover as Acetone itself can actually stain the carpet,either way blot continually with kitchen paper and test a hidden area of carpet first.

Will have another go. At the moment, I'm just after suggestions of what to try to clean it.

Annie1960

See suggestions here:

http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Fingernail-Polish-From-Carpet

Rubbing alcohol is called surgical spirit in Britain, and can be purchased from your local chemist shop.

DigForVictory

When my sister did this, she tried nail polish remover, then bought a new bedside rug from a charity shop. No insurance fuss, & she can replace the carpet entirely when she chooses.
She's taken to storing her nailpolish in the fridge now - apparently it lasts better (& all spills on lino are So Much Easier!)

Head_The_Ball

About 4 years ago my wife spilled most of a bottle of red nail polish on a beige bathroom carpet. The stains spread over an area about 2 feet long by 6 inches wide.

Initially we covered up the stains with a rug.

A few months later I decided to attempt to remove the stains.

I used copious quantities of nail varnish remover (I'm not sure if it was acetone or acetone free). I soaked the stain for a minute or so and then blotted it up with kitchen paper. After a few repeats the stain disappeared.

I then cleaned the whole carpet with a Vax carpet cleaner.

When the carpet dried it was impossible to see where the stains had been. :beer:

firefox1956

Wet the carpet first then use nail varnish remover.............worked for us
HTH

Head_The_Ball

d0nkeyk0ng wrote: »

My mother came round to stay for a few days. She dropped a small bottle of nail polish onto the spare bedroom carpet...

It is fortunate that you had a spare carpet.

:whistle: