Saturday, January 23, 2010

Can i remove nail polish from a wood floor?

without damaging the floor?Can i remove nail polish from a wood floor?
You can, but you will have to be careful, as it is difficult to remove without also removing the finish. The trick is to remove the stain without removing all the layers of surface finish.





My suggestion is to try something like Murphy wood cleaner and plastic scouring pads. You might then next try using a fine steel wool pad gently with some wood floor cleaner like Murphy Oil Soap.





Then, just rinse and dry the area. If floor finish or wax has been removed in that area, you may need to recoat with appropriate finish or wax. But hey, the nail polish is gone and your floor is all the better for it.Can i remove nail polish from a wood floor?
I assume that this is COLORED nail polish you're referring to. If it were to be CLEAR polish, there shouldn't be much of a problem. For COLORED nail polish on a finished wooden floor, I believe if you were VERY CAREFUL to mask off SECURELY with a good masking tape around the nail polish spot, and then PAINSTAKINGLY brush a little nail polish REMOVER over the spot and immediately absorb the desolved nail polish -- down to the point where you could see the wood flooring begin to appear. At that point you should stop the nail polish remover treatment and remove the masking tape and attempt by lightly sanding the immediate area previously covered by the nail polish to bring it back to its original wood surface. Then, you probably would have to retouch the spot with a coating of clear varnish %26amp; wax (after the varnish is dry).

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