Hi
much to my complete disgust, the wife has spilt nail polish onto the acrylic bath that I fitted about 6 months ago (after 3 damaged baths delivered by B&Q and lots of sweat & hard walk instaling it)
Does anyone know a way to remove the polish without affecting the colour/ appearance of the bath ??
I'm a bit reluctant to try nail polish remover in case it makes things look worse
why not try it out instore,am sure they would not mind as they mucked you about enough.
Acetone will remove it without damaging the acrylic.
Thanks for the help
Not being too clued up on chemicals - where would I get acetone ???
Regards
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Your Wife! (nail varnish remover) ;-))
Don
Look in your wifes make up bag, it will be in a bottle labelled "Nail Polish Remover"
HTH
John
Why not paint the whole bath with nail polish? It will feature on a home improvement program soon, I just know it.
It may not. Commercial nail polish removers are a mixture of ingredients. Acetone is very harsh and drying on the nails, and many removers are advertised as not including it at all. Also, different brands use different formulations. See, for example,
If you want acetone, try asking in a pharmacy - they may need to order it for you.
If you want to try commercial nail polish remover, why not test it first on a hidden part of the bath - perhaps the underside? I doubt if any of the ingredients will cause serious damage, but it's worth being on the safe side.
Barbara
This should be covered by your house fabric insurance and they will have an 'expert' to sort it for you
Andrew Mawson
It's a fair bet that the cheapest, plainest looking bottle in Superdrug will be more or less straight acetone then ;-) I'd advise the OP to be a little cautious and try to just "wet" the problem stain rather than saturate the surrounding acrylic surface into the bargain. Opinion seems divided on whether acetone will vigorously attack acrylic or not. I know I had to take some nail varnish remover to my car to get rid of baked-on pine resin, and had a bottle of car polish and a rag handy in case I had to neutralise the solvent quickly (a guess, I don't know whether it would have worked).
I've bought acetone from Boots but they might have had to get it in to order. You might try cellulose thinners but don't blame me if the bath desolves. I used acetone as a thinners for glass fibre resin (before it set)until I discoved that cellulose thinnes did the same thing. Perhaps because it is acetone?
Kevin
No, *definitely* don't do that!!
Not, it isn't. It's mainly a mixture of ethy/propyl/butyl acetate. It will take the shine off the acrylic. Acetone is readily available.
"John" wrote | hays wrote: | > Not being too clued up on chemicals - where would I get acetone ??? | Look in your wifes make up bag,
Dangerous advice!
Owain
"hays" wrote
There are some repair kits for baths. Admittedly they are intended to deal with chips and scratches, but some are suitable for acrylic baths.
See
Some of these products may be of help depending on the nature of the damage to your bath - perhaps you could lightly sand, fill and paint your damaged area? Anyway, the products might be worth looking at before you decide what to do.
Barbara
???
He's just got some nail polish on it; all he needs to do is remove the nail polish! Why is a repair kit needed/helpful?
Thanks to everyone who offered advice-- I've just removed it using nail polish remover - I applied it using a cotton bud which meant I could be quite precise
No damage caused - I'm a happy bunny again
Regards
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Screw up the use of chemicals and damage the surface, and it may be very relevant indeed. It makes sense to think about all the options before proceeding.
Barbara
replying to hays, John Francis wrote: I have just successfully removed lots of nail varnish from my acrylic bath without damaging the surface using Rustin's Celulose Thinners.
Blimey, what sort of person paints their nails in the bath? Brian
The OP's wife spilt it in the bath in 2004. I should think he's cleaned it off by now or replaced the bath or moved!
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