HOW TO GET NAIL POLISH OUT OF CLOTHES

• INTRODUCTION

Nail Polish is designed in various colors. Since it’s a cosmetic liquid product that contains a wide range of chemicals, therefore, unintentional nail polish spills on clothes, carpet, furniture, or tile flooring make things harder to remove without any cause of potential loss.

Sometimes, it happens just before your final touch of a special makeup for an important participation or a night out activity; these nail polish stains lead to a lovely self-makeup activity into a stain-removing emergency.

Perhaps, removing nail polish stains is quite difficult, especially with a home-based remedy, even if they get dried and become hardened. However, the reality talks about the methodology. With the right knowledge, strategy, tools, and techniques, removing such stains at home is possible and very easy.

This research-based article takes this issue in-depth and provides various effective solutions.

WHAT MATERIALS DO I NEED TO REMOVE NAIL POLISH FROM CLOTHES?

Nail polish is manufactured in various shades and articles; therefore, while removing stains of different shades, the approach may require a distinctive formula. However, there are a few common household items we can use to get the desired results, they are as follows:

LAUNDRY SOAP:

Once you have treated the stain, this soap will go for a deep cleanse.

COTTON SWABS:

 This item tremendously helps in precision while dabbing the stains.

NAIL POLISH REMOVER (ACETONE OR NON-ACETONE):

A nail polish remover is a primary agent for removing nail polish stains. It contains certain formulas and chemicals that can bring effective results.

TOWEL: The multiple activities of friction on stains it will absorb the excess liquid.

• PIECE OF PAPER:

It makes things easier for separating layers of fabric while you treat the stubborn stains.

Tip 1: All these strategies are effective if you approach them with patience. Always apply these tools and strategies very gently because aggression will spread the mess and never bring results.

Tip 2: If you want to apply an acetone-based remover, you must review the label of the fabric, because this chemical-based remover can damage the delicate materials.

HOW TO CLEAN WET STAINS?

This process demands certain techniques and items. Once you have observed that your fabric is good to go, you can start the further process.

INSTRUCTIONS: If you observe that your clothes have wet stains of nail polish, you must run for urgent recovery; before they seep deeper, you need to prevent them from spreading. Start applying the procedure gently, and avoid scrubbing stains; it will push them deeper into the fabric.

SOLUTION: Using a business card for removing wet stains of nail polish is the best and quickest effective approach. This secret weapon can be used:  

QUICK ACTION: Seeing stains, you must move quickly, use a clean business card.

SCRAPE GENTLY:  Make the card at a slight angle and lightly pick up the polish. Please don’t press too hard, it can spread the stains further.

BLOT THE AREA: Once you remove the upper layer of stains, use a towel or a paper page to absorb the rest residue.

Tip: You shouldn’t use a texture or printed card. It will cause the stains to transfer onto the fabric.

HOW TO USE SOAP AND WATER FOR NAIL POLISH STAINS?    

Laundry soap and water are useful, especially when applied to washable fabrics. They can effectively remove stubborn stains of nail polish.

WAY FORWARD:

You should soak a cotton swab with soap and apply it to the stain. While applying, you should drag the swab very gently. Slowly and gradually, you will notice that the swab has picked up a lot of dried stains.

Tip: While using a laundry soap, pick the best quality, instead of a hand soap or body wash. Similarly, use warm water; it breaks down dried polish stains.  

HOW TO USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER FOR STUBBORN STAINS?

If you observe that soap and warm water didn’t remove stubborn stains, this time you should try a more effective solution, and an acetone-based nail polish remover becomes a great choice with its magical effectiveness.

Although a nail polish remover can perfectly remove the dried, stubborn spots, however, there’s a certain criterion for its usage. Before you try it, please read the following instructions carefully:

Check the fabric for acetate, triacetate, or mod-acrylic

Instructions: If you see that your outfit is designed from acetate, triacetate, or mod-acrylic, you shouldn’t use acetone-based nail polish remover against stubborn stains of nail polish.

Using an acetone-based nail polish remover on such garments will deteriorate the quality of the fabric. 

However, in contrast, an acetone-based nail polish remover works magically for removing stubborn stains of nail polish.

AVOID RUBBING STAINS:

 Before you remove stains, you need to prevent them from further spreading. Rubbing stains increases the chances of further spreading into the fabric. 

• SOAK THE ABSORBENT ELEMENT IN YOUR SOLVENT:

You can test the solvent for color-fastness on an unnoticeable part of your cloth. If no colour appears on the absorbent element, i.e., white cloth or a paper towel, you can use it.

WAY OF USAGE

In the most effective way of usage of nail polish remover, you need an absorbent white cloth or paper towels. Read the following:

REMOVE STAINS: After following the careful instructions, now step is to remove stains with an acetone-based nail polish remover.

• Take a towel, put it on the underside of the stains, and use a cotton swab to smudge on nail polish remover
• The towel will absorb colour and prevent it from spreading further
• You can dab the swab frequently until it is removed completely.

HOW TO REMOVE DRY POLISH STAINS?

Sometimes we don’t notice as nail polish is spilt and dried. However, an acetone-based nail polish remover makes things easier and with the right usage, it perfectly saves your favorite garments from damage.

To remove dried, stubborn stains, you may use the nail polish remover frequently, because it requires multiple back-to-back attempts to get the desired results.  With a slight use of a quality laundry soap and warm water, it becomes more effective and useful.

HOW TO REMOVE NAIL POLISH STAINS FROM CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY?

It’s unfortunate if a bottle of nail polish is spilt on your expensive carpet or upholstery. However, the solution still talks about the approach with the right knowledge, strategy, and tools.  

CHECK THE FABRIC:

To prevent further loss, you must show your patience, take a test on your carpet with a slight application of acetone, you can choose an unnoticeable area. 

If you observe that the use of acetone will not ruin the quality of your carpet, you should use it with the recommended procedure.

QUICK APPROACH:

Before you use acetone or any other strategy, you should try to scrape away as much of the nail polish as you can. You can use a tablespoon, a paper or a towel. You must make sure that the activity of scraping away spilt nail polish shouldn’t spread the stains further.

USE ACETONE:

Take a cotton swab, dip it in acetone and gently start dabbing the stains. You should not stop the activity until you see that most of the stains have been removed.

However, if you observe that a few stains aren’t ready to come off the place, you should go for another solution.

Now you’re going to use a dry-cleaning solvent, which is more effective for removing dried stains. This solvent will remove all the stains in a quick turnaround and make your carpet more attractive.

WARNING: A dry-cleaning solvent can be extremely harmful during use, if you’re experiencing poorly ventilated areas. You may experience dizziness, headaches, skin and eye irritation.

SAFETY TIP FOR USE:

• You must wear protective gear, including gloves and eye protection, before you start using a dry-cleaning solvent
• You must use it in well-ventilated spaces

TIP: While using it at home, you can buy an eco-friendly solvent. It’s labelled non-toxic or green-certified solvent.

RINSE YOUR CARPET

Once you have removed all the stubborn stains, you need to rinse the stained area.

First of all, mark the targeted area; you can use a clean cloth to remove solvent residue

Secondly, you can use a mixture of soap and warm water; the better you gently sponge and blot, the good the results you have.

• CONCLUSION

At first glance, you may consider removing nail polish stains on your favorite clothes, carpet, or upholstery as impossible and a potential loss; however, the right technique, material, knowledge, strategy, and your patience turn the worst situation into satisfaction. Nail polish is designed with the extreme use of liquid chemicals and dyes, therefore, if you don’t try to remove its stains with a well-thought-out plan, it can cause immediate panic and completely ruin your favorite garment. The best strategy for removing stains is to act quickly, specifically with wet stains. Wet stains are vulnerable, they can be removed easily. Using a material like a clean business card is effective in all ways. When you fight with dried stains, you go out of the box. Dried stains become stubborn, and the removal procedure demands a combination of materials, including a quality laundry detergent, warm water, an acetone-based nail polish remover, etc. This combination will perfectly break down the polish stains. However, before you use an acetone-based nail polish remover on materials, like acetate or triacetate, you must test an unnoticeable area. Because this type of fabric is sensitive and can be ruined by acetone. Further, if you see that all options, including an acetone-based nail polish remover, are used, but a few stains aren’t ready to come off, now is the time to use dry-cleaning solvent. With proper safety measures, a dry-cleaning solvent will remove all stubborn stains without even damaging anything. Conclusively, removing nail polish stains isn’t impossible. All it requires is patience, awareness of material type, the right strategy and knowledge of using materials. A gentle touch can remove even the toughest stains.

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