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Nail polish kitchen disaster...

5 years ago

Man, dropped a bottle of my daughter's lurid purple nail polish in the kitchen, and it pretty much exploded -- glass shards and a spray of purple across side of cabinet, tile floor, stainless fridge. Pounced on the cabinet, so that seems ok (thanks, cherry!). Tile yielded to a good soaking in nail polish remover. But there are still some faint purple smudges on the freezer drawer of my fridge, and I didn't want to randomly try a product (especially acetone) without getting some advice here!

So, suggestions? I did dry paper towel, and then washed with water, so it's basically a blank slate. If you didn't know about the disaster, you might think that the front of the freezer had been scuffed. But there are definitely some polish bits. Should I try a gentle putty knife/fingernail? Some kind of chemical? Hope that they will wear away with time? Appreciate any advice -- kitchen is only two years old, so still sort of my baby....

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M V

5 years ago

Hi, are you using regular nail polish remover? If so, then go to the drug store and get acetone. It is much stronger concentration of acetone than just regular nail polish. It might help you in this case.

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Comments (12)

queenvictorian
5 years ago
I was going to say acetone (acetone is usually an ingredient in nail polish remover). A quick Google search says that acetone should be fine to use on stainless steel. Test in a small inconspicuous corner first. Avoid getting it on plastic (tried to use it to get a really horrible sticker off a plastic juice pitcher and etched it pretty extensively - got the sticker off, at least...).
skmom
5 years ago
Hope you have luck in getting it off! Just wanted to sympathize... my now 18 yo son dropped a bottle of bright pink nail polish off the “bridge” area of our second floor when he was about 2 years old. It went straight down onto the tile in the foyer directly next to hubby’s office doors. Fortunately, the doors were closed and the pink nightmare never touched the light beige carpet in hubby’s office, nor did it make it to the same colored carpet that was in the nearby dining room. Almost all of it came up... but even 10 years later when we sold that house, if you looked closely enough you could see a little bit of bright pink nail polish stuck in the wood grain of the office doors, and there were some spots in the light grey grout that were forever bright pink. Ugh! That boy! Good thing he was always so cute... grrrr....
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HALLETT & Co.
5 years ago
Acetone on a clean cotton cloth. Won’t damage stainless (as long as it’s real not one of the ‘finger print free’ stainless that are actually paint)
acm
Original Author
5 years ago
awesome, thanks guys. emboldened, I will battle on! :)
chloebud
5 years ago
Ai-yi-yi, acm! Do let us know how the battle goes.
grdnbeth
5 years ago
I have had good luck with a straight razor blade and gently scraping in the direction of the grain of the SS
acm
Original Author
5 years ago
@chloebud Yeah, it looked like a murder scene. eep!!
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JudyG Designs
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
My murder scene, chloebud and acm, was a bloody nose. Off to the ER, then surgery…not pretty.

Try this?

https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Nail-Polish-off-Just-About-Any-Surface
acm
Original Author
5 years ago
So I put this off for a long time because I was still scared. :) Finally tried it yesterday. Didn't ruin the surface, that I can tell, but it also didn't really remove the nailpolish marks. So I'm sort of stuck again...
hummingalong2
5 years ago
If it's just a shadow and actually not caked nail polish, perhaps some Barkeepers or Softscrub on a damp sponge with the grain. Test first.
chloebud
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Judy, not pretty, for sure! :-O

acm, just wondering if calling customer service of the manufacturer of the fridge would help...?

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