Slooow Motion Moment

[tamidon]

There I am, tripping on the edge of the rug, and the nail polish bottle, luckily closed, flies out of my hand...then hits the door knob just right, snaps the top off and sprays brick red polish across the rug in a lovely Jackson Pollock. BTW, nail polish remover does not remove polish from a rug, it just spreads it around.

Comments

[tikvah.livejournal.com]

Most commercial nail polish removers are blends of chemicals that are just barely effective at removing nail polish from a smooth nail, let along from a rough yarn mixture. You can find 100% acetone at most beauty supply stores (my grandmother was a beautician) and even some CVS locations (since some of the newer long-lasting polishes don't come off properly using regular nail polish remover). That might make the difference. Good luck.

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

You can acetone from a hardware store for the lowest cost- just beware: if it's a synthetic rug, acetone will likely remove some of the rug, too.

[jim-p.livejournal.com]

You can also find 100% acetone at Home Depot and the like, in the paint department, in quarts and gallons. Ventilate the house well; the stuff is extremely volatile. Test an inconspicuous spot on the rug to make sure it can tolerate it; acetone dissolves many plastics (which is what many synthetic rug fibers basically are).

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

I use straight acetone, got a 1/2 gallon jug