Argh

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I have just spilt a big long line of black nail varnish on a cream carpet.

My parents are away on holiday and I am going to get in so much trouble. Oh my god! I have literally been in tears over this!

I've tried Vanish strain remover and nail varnish remover, and its not even faded it. I did it half an hour ago and have been scrubbing ever since and its not done a thing.

Anyone got any ideas? I mean anything, I am desparate here!

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i did this with red nairl varnish. i literally poured a whole bottle of nail varnish remover over the stain and it worked.

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i did this not long ago with bright pink on cream:-/ go get about 4 bottles of remover, and scrub!!!! you can get something to remove it, they sell it in my town.... not much help unless you want me to send you some!!

good luck!!

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"Use more remover, then finish it with carpet shampoo"


You can also try : Dry-cleaning fluid, lighter fuel or mineral turpentine.

Use only in well-ventilated areas. etc. Don't light a match

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Originally posted by _Hermione_
i did this not long ago with bright pink on cream:-/

I can remember the post you did about that! lol


Firey - it might be covered on your house insurance!

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Too late to help but hope you got it sorted. I spelt red paint on a cream carpet once & managed to get it up after LOTS of work.

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Well, if you can't get it off by scrubbing, then maybe u could just get a sharp instrument and slice off that area of the carpet...??

Although I'm not good with carpets, you can never actually see mine under all the shit that's on my floor!

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Buy a new carpet, good as new, because it is new.:D

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move the furniture round ...blame the dog ...burn the house down ...

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deny all knowledge, ive caught the strap and wripped it on my sisters favorite top and this is my plan.

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just cut it out of the carpet. i've cut lots of capret cuz of stains. it doesn't show that much. and plus, then you've got a new toy of carpet

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just out of curiousity, have you actually got rid of that stain now?

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Originally posted by my_name
just cut it out of the carpet. i've cut lots of capret cuz of stains. it doesn't show that much. and plus, then you've got a new toy of carpet

How can I cut it out?! I think I'm just being thick, wouldnt there be a huge hole in the carpet then, I think the stain looks better

Well I'm absolutely stuck. I can't rearrange the furniture to cover it, because its like...in front of a door going into the kitchen so I can't actually put a couch in front of it or something.

I've scrubbed for hours last night and this morning and its not even faded. I'm going to try some of the things in this thread, off to Asda in a bit. I think I'll give lighter fuel a miss though - I'd probably set myself on fire

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Originally posted by FireyFirenze
How can I cut it out?! I think I'm just being thick, wouldnt there be a huge hole in the carpet then, I think the stain looks better

if the carpet has quite a long pile, and the varnish has dried solidly on top, you can sometimes cut halfway down the pile, underneath the bottom of the varnish, if you get me.

it looks like your carpet has been shaved, but it gets the stain off.

these days i'm all about wood floor.

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Originally posted by *Groovaybaby*
paint remover works i think. the smelly stuff i cant think what its called

Turpentine.

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I GOT IT OUT!

I owe my life to Stardrops, warm water and a lot of scrubbing.

Thanks for everyones suggestions though