How To Clean Nail Polish Out of Carpet

Opaqueness, short drying time, and being long lasting are much sought after qualities in nail polish; but these are not the qualities that you want in nail polish when you spill it all over your carpet.

I really didn't know what to do after I spilled dark blue glittery nail pollish all over beige carpet. I did a search on Google and the first rule is to keep it wet! As long as that nail polish is not dry, you can still get it out., and it gives you thinking time. Be sure to keep it wet even after you got the polish out; you always miss spots when you are panicking! You need to really soak the spots, especially the small ones as they dry faster. You can always blot the water out later.

I tried everything to get the nail polish out of the carpet; acetone, non-acetone nail polish remover, rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, oxyclean, and scrubbing. The only thing that worked was scrubbing. I scrubbed all of the stains with an old rag for well over two hours; but it all came out. It seems that different things work for different nail polishes, but the thing that will get it out for sure is scrubbing your heart out. It takes forever, but it is better than having that stain haunt you or replacing the carpet.

The picture is of my nails post cleaning. I was in the middle of doing my nails when the polish spilled and they were ruined, but needless to say I didn't redo them that night!

The Great Polish Spill of '09

So I was painting my nails on my bed after I had gone to the optometrist and gotten my eyes dilated. So I did my nails in the dark, although I could see pretty well. Yet one minute I had nail polish sitting on a shoebox on my bed, and the next thing I know it is flying off of the bed onto the floor in slowmotion.

I had spilled my new OPI Sea? I Told You! all over my carpet and comforter. My light beige carpet and dark red comforter. (Pictured is only a small portion of the spill, I didn't have time to take a picture of the carpet.) The light beige carpet that is impossible to clean because it is cut so short and is stain retaining. There are still dog poop stains in other rooms that won't lift. I absolutely panicked, this is my parent's carpet, I would be killed!

So I had to make a decision; save the carpet or the comforter. I think that I made the right choice in saving the carpet. After recieving no governmental assistance after the horrible disaster, I searched Google on ways to clean the carpet, and after two and a half hours I got it all out! This can't be said for the comforter though, who is still under work for getting the nail polish out. No worries, the carpet is fine, hooray! Tomorrow's post will be on how to clean the carpet of nail polish. I hope that you got a laugh out of my embarrassment! Remember, never do your nails in the dark, even if your eyes are dilated! :)