repairing finish spotted with nail polish remover
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Nail polish on carpet - how to remove
Comments (2)You can't. My Mom has a red spot on her bedroom rug where I played with her nail polish when I was a kid. I'm 56....See MoreEeeks, I spilled nail polish remover on my lino floor
Comments (2)Is your floor really linoleum? Real linoleum? Or is it one of the newer types of plastic floors that are usually shiney no-wax types? If it is linoleum, you may be able to sand it down to the point where the stain has not soaked in and then wax the whole floor again. Linoleum can be lightly sanded. Most linoleum floors are kept waxed and maybe only the wax has the yellowing and the floor is fine under the wax. Or is your floor one of the newer types of plastic flooring and not linoleum? Acetone will eat into plastic and the finish on the floor is probably ruined. Also the design on plastic flooring is usually only printed on and does not go all the way solidly through. In that case your floor is toast....See MoreRepairing hardwood floors after removing carpet?
Comments (5)You could try lifting the strips up using a 5 in 1 tool. Another option is to get a wood chisel, and split the wood carpet strips with the grain removing small slivers, once the strip is removed you should be able to scrape the glue off....See MoreHELP! - Fingernail polish remover removed oak floor finish
Comments (2)Depending on how ambered the finish is, its probably going to require bit of tinting. Which usually takes a professional to get it just right, but if you are patient and willing to experiment you can usually get pretty close. So you will want to sand the area with 100grit paper, hand sand, no machines. then apply one coat of polyurethane straight. no tint. let that dry. scuff the area with 150-180 grit, clean and apply a second coat of poly. this is usually where i will try to tint. you will probably want a yellowish tint. not bright yellow, more a darker yellow. since the area is small...get a dixie cup, fill about halfway with poly, and litterally only 1 drop of the tint. mix well and apply a light coat, and this is where your eye has to come into play. take a look, if its not enough tint, add one more drop...Only add a drop at a time, the tints are powerful and can become wasted if adding too much (hence why only using a dixie cup too) once you think you got it, let it dry and then ever sooo slightly scuff a little bit, not too much or you will remove the tint. then add one more light coat of regular polyurethane. make sure you feather out the strokes to help blend with the existing floor. you may notice the repair for a little while but after normal traffic hopefully it will blend nicely....See Morelinnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
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