[Doug Holloway]

Hi

Probably used acetone which has always been the best nail varnish remover.

Cheers,

Doug

[Dynafoam]

Chris,

the raw material can be hard to sorce in small quantities but there are several products that contain this or amyl acetate.

Interestingly, untill about 8 or 9 years ago this included Prochem Solvex.

Current offerings include Stapro Solvent spotter, but ask at your usual janitorial supplier. This ingredien can be recognised by its' smell of pear drops.

John.

[Robert_O]

I Originally posted this on cleaning pros forum today, for someone asking a question, but it seems appropriate as a reply to this forum query as well. For your reference, this query came from a guy who had nail varnish on his leather Suite .


The Use of a proprietary 'nail polish remover' product is perhaps the appropriate product for removal of nail polish. A common solvent used smells like pear drops and is called Amyl Acetate. There may also be other products within the chemical blend to provide a less volatile product, allowing more dwell time before evaporation. Often the products used to make a volatile product less volatile are oil products which may require rinsing out in themselves with a volatile solvent following the stain removal process.  
 
If these types of solvent products are used on plastics, lacquers, and certain regenerated natural fibres, they can have a very detrimental affect in breaking down or marking fabrics and fibres.  
 
If you are dead set on attempting the removal yourself then I suggest the use minimum quantities applied by small cotton cue tips. This may seem slow but if you drip or contaminate the product in the surrounding areas to the stain, you could find in some instances that this will be worse that the stain its self.  
 
I think John had the best idea when advising you to let a professional deal with it. I might be a good idea to consider approaching your Insurance Company?  
 
Regards  
 
Robert Olifent  

PS most professional cleaning suppliers will sell their brand of solvent that will be suitable for nail polish. Either that or swipe the wifes general nail polish remover, but this is usually quite volatile.

[adl]

Nail Polish,

Stain: Usually pink or red, stiff, shiny and built up.

Contains: Red dye or pigment in a liquid cellulose acetate base, solvent, plasticiser

1. Apply amyl acetate, if available, or nail polish remover.
PRETEST FIRST.   Repeat as needed with blotting.

2 Apply dry-cleaning solvent.

3 Apply Chemspecs P.O.G, blot; apply dry-cleaning solvent, blot

4. If stain still remains, apply detergent solution, blot until dry.

5 Apply ammonia solution, blot

6. Apply vinegar solution, blot

7 Rinse with water, blot until dry.

Start at 1 and work through to 7 at some stage in this process the stain will be removed, for those of you that use chemspecs POG, if a residue stain ever is left in the carpet which can happen, Chemspecs wet solvent will counteract the POG removing all residue stains.

Regards Dave

[HolmansUKLTD]

Prochems Gluespot is good for nail varnich

[Shaun_Ashmore]

chop madams fingers off (after she has paid you) and it makes sure problem never persists.

Shaun