Safely Remove Nail Polish From Hardwood Floors With A Handy Staple Everyone Has
Picture it: You've settled down for a bit of self-care, which in this case, involves giving yourself an at-home manicure. Unfortunately, something happens — perhaps you drop the bottle or a pet bumps into you — and the nail polish gets knocked over, spilling onto your beautiful hardwood floor. Although this is obviously a problem, you don't have to freak out. Instead, go and grab some sugar. Yes, simple white sugar that you may already have in your kitchen.
Due to the fact that there are specific ways to get nail polish off wood surfaces safely and effectively, it can be different than if you needed to get it out of a carpet, off tiles, or cleaned from stone. Instead, opt for sugar, which won't harm your floor. When applied to wet nail polish, it not only draws the polish toward it and away from your hardwood but will make the liquidy substance start to solidify. When the sugary polish becomes harder, it won't put up as much of a fuss when you take it off.
However, don't run off to try this trick just yet because you need to know how to use sugar to remove the nail polish in a way that won't damage your floor. You might also want to follow it up with a few extra steps to make sure your floors look just as (or at least almost as) good as they did before the unfortunate spill.
Using sugar to remove nail polish is super-easy
One of the great things about this method is it's incredibly simple. All you need to do is grab some sugar before the nail polish fully dries. If you can catch it while it's still wet, you have a good chance of getting it off. Once you have what you need, pour some sugar onto the nail polish. Be sure to cover the entire area where the spill has occurred. Now, you need to wait a few minutes for the sugar and polish to solidify.
You may need patience during this brief pause — your instinct might be to try to get the polish off as fast as possible — but giving the sugar time to do its job will be worth it. Luckily, you don't have to wait until the nail polish is completely hard. You simply need it to be somewhat congealed. When this has happened, you can start the next step. Get a relatively soft cleaning brush and use it gently on the spill. It may take some time, but the nail polish should start to come off.
When you're done, you may still be able to see a bit of a spot or stain where the nail polish had been. In this case, you can finish things off by wiping the area with a soft cloth and rubbing alcohol. This should reach anything that has soaked deeper into the wood.