how do u get a nail polish stain off of carpet?

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earlier today i was painting my nails and i spilled a little nail polish and i cant get it off, ive tried set-in stain removers, but nothing is working. plz help because were getting ready to sell our house and we dont need stains all over the carpet, lol
nail polish remover does not work so dont waste your time telling me to use nail polish remover

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  1. Katiebug says:
    January 27, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    go to the store and buy pure acetone. some nail polish removers are acetone free and will just smug. soak the carpet with the ace and leave for about 15 minutes. does wipe or anything. after 15 minutes dab to get some of the ace tone up. then vacuum up the rest. if it doesnt completely come out follow up with carpet cleaner, bleach if your carpet is white. be careful if you use the bleach though, make sure you know how to work with bleach to not turn your carpet green!

  2. D says:
    January 27, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Nail polish remover should do the job.

  3. Doug Boyd says:
    January 27, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    You can’t get nail polish off of carpet. Any solvent strong enough to dissolve it without leaving marks would be far too destructive to the fiber. Nearly all carpet sold in America these days is Nylon, and the most popular finish is "Saxony Plush" which means it’s soft to touch, very fine strands, and when you sweep your hand across it, it leaves a path mark. I’d suggest you take a small sharp scissors, and clip away the very minimum amount of carpet pile to remove all of the offending color. Then use a larger scissors to clip some loose fibers from the inside of a closet, along the edge by the door, so it’s not very noticeable. Ideally, the closet carpet doesn’t abut the carpet in a room — linen closet in a tiled hallway, etc. Put a little Elmer’s glue into the "divots" and stand cut fiber in, from the closet clipping. Let it dry overnight. Next day, vacuum it to raise the nap, then using the scissors, trim the patch to same height as surrounding carpet. If it looks OK, you’re done. If not OK, call a carpet repairman (BBB will tell you satisfaction record), and have him use the closet carpet to make a patch. He’ll then find a scrap of non matching carpet for the closet.

  4. DaRk AvEnGeR says:
    January 27, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Use nail polish remover, get someone to do it whose nails aren’t polished. Put it on a towel and lift up not rub it in.

  5. clayton says:
    January 27, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    A pro carpet cleaner can remove this stain, go to http://www.iicrc.org., to locate one near you.

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