Comments on: Nail Polish + Carpet = FAIL

By: Shirley

Shirley — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:47:44 +0000

Haha, oh the memories! After my mom learned the hard way, my sister and I always had to paint our nails outside on the porch or lawn. In the winter we had to paint our nails in the garage.
.-= Shirley´s last blog ..Review of a Book that Hurts: Disrupting Grace =-.

By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:51:37 +0000

Thats great, I was renting when one of my daughters spilled nail polish and I tried nail polish remover in a hurry.. yeah I know, good thing it was close to a wall. (Dark brown carpet too.) ugh..lol

By: TD

TD — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:59:16 +0000

Have a daughter and nieces and have had two different nail polish and carpet fiascos that we discovered while the polish was still wet. The first time my two year old niece had decided to paint her own toe nails with my teenagers fire red polish on the cream carpet of our home. My sister-in-law knew to get oxiclean. We ran water as hot as we could from the tap and added oxiclean to it and then poured it on the carpet and wiped it up. Repeated applications and you couldn’t even tell where it was. I should have taken before and after pictures. I thought we would have to put a throw rug over that area.

By: rene

rene — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:49:41 +0000

Wow, that is awesome!! I didn't even realize that could be done. Thank you so much for sharing!!! .-= rene´s last blog ..Coconut Pound Cake =-.

By: Rosenda

Rosenda — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:04:47 +0000

Oh my, I finally found someone who had this problem too.
When my four year old daughter was two, she spilled the whole bottle of hot pink nail polish in my Home office/studio.
Yes, I tried everything and nothing worked good enough.
I didn’t even think of calling in a expert. The house was on the market at the time too. Thank you for sharing and happy you got it fixed.

Great story.

By: Blakely

Blakely — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:03:35 +0000

My dad got really good at patching the carpets when I was little. Next time you could try it yourself.

By: Molly

Molly — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:38:35 +0000

Yes this technique is a LIVESAVER – as we know first hand after having a houseguest (old college buddy) & his not so well mannered dog stay with us! Needless to say it works for spots that may have been scratched or torn up by puppies – thank goodness!

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:16:45 +0000

funny you post this…..I dropped the nail polish not once but TWICE in my master bathroom area yesterday. I have never in my life dropped the nail polish….until yesterday!

By: kathy

kathy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:55:35 +0000

I recently spilled a whole bottle of red nail polish on my carpet in the family room. Is sat there for months. I tried and tried but couldn’t get it off. Then my mom came over and she said to put a mixture of peroxide and vinegar and try it. I did and with much elbow grease I got it off! I can’t believe it. She uses this on everything and I think I will too.

By: Apryl Barnes

Apryl Barnes — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:17:48 +0000

I have gotten red nail polish out of white carpet with Mean Green. Works great! Your carpet looks wonderful.