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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Steven Butler on May 18, 2016, 04:05:16 pm

Title: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: Steven Butler on May 18, 2016, 04:05:16 pm

Nearly a full bottle of red nail varnish spill on cream wool carpet...
Would you even try it and if so what would you use?

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: AJB on May 18, 2016, 04:08:33 pm

Nail varnish remover. the clues in the name.
removed whole bottle from a pure wool rug
once just to prove it could be done.

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: Steven Butler on May 18, 2016, 04:14:22 pm

Customer reckon they tried it and it didn't work?

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: AJB on May 18, 2016, 04:18:42 pm

then its not nail varnish, or not wool.

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: neil 47 on May 18, 2016, 05:43:15 pm

Some do some don't , try p.o.g

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: derikraven on May 18, 2016, 05:48:48 pm

try acetone :)

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: premier floorcare on May 18, 2016, 06:03:30 pm

If the customer has already had a go proberly best to walk away

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: Carpet Dawg on May 18, 2016, 06:33:00 pm

 Restore SOLV-iT is really good on inks and nail varnish. 

http://www.restormate.co.uk/epages/15094.sf/en_GB/?ObjectID=43182039

Never found nail varnish remover to work (the stuff you get in Boots etc.). Very little if any acetone in it.

100% Acetone would also work. You can find it on ebay but i'd stick with Solv-it.

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: Andrew Briscoe on May 19, 2016, 09:32:48 am

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Andrew

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on May 19, 2016, 06:55:43 pm

That's blatant advertising Andrew anymore of that and it's detention and the slipper!

Shaun

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: elliott cleaning on May 19, 2016, 08:06:10 pm

Take Derikraven's advice - acetone is the route to take - unless you want to stretch the job to three times the length by using nail varnish remover

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: Elfyn on May 21, 2016, 09:30:28 am

Nail varnish remover is mainly made of acetone. Very often, the problem isn't getting the nail varnish out, but the colour.

Title: Re: Nail Varnish on wool carpet
Post by: elliott cleaning on May 23, 2016, 08:26:37 pm

Nail Varnish Remover contains 30 - to maximum 60% acetone - so why not use pure acetone to make the job easier. Provided you rise afterwards there is no detrimental effect