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HELP! Please tell me I can get nail polish off the carpet!!

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Purplebuns · 08/03/2010 18:32

Just dropped hot pink nail varnish onto the Landlords lovely 'biscuit' carpet!! [blush}

I have thrown my nail varnish remover over it and covered it with tea towel!

Please tell me it can come out! Please!

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polkydot · 08/03/2010 18:37

This might sound odd, but after much searching on the internet I found that mosquito repellant (DEET super-powered stuff, I got mine from superdrug) gets nail varnish out of fabric. I sprayed it and then used a toothbrush to rub at it and blotted it off until it was all gone. This was red nail varnish on my lovely new dress, but I can't see why it wouldn't work on carpet. It leaves a greasy mark, which I then got out with vanish. Nail varnish remover just doesn't work for some reason.

Purplebuns · 08/03/2010 18:39

Ooh, I have googled and apparently a shaving cream called Barbasol may work, I do not even know if it needs to be barbasol, or if I can even get it.

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JoCoolBeans · 08/03/2010 23:38

flip, you just reminded me with the shaving cream.
I bought a really cheap tesco (purple girls berry smelling one) shaving gel and my kids sprayed it all over the door and woodwork in my bathroom. It must've been on there a while because it lifted the paint off!! Gloss was just peeling away.
So maybe just any old shaving gel/foam will do.
I was a bit worried about using it after seeing that!

Purplebuns · 09/03/2010 00:30

Thanks Coolbeans, sorry to hear about your paintwork, but it does give me hope!

The only problem now is that I have to wait until after work tomorrow to get some foam.

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