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Most at- home manicures are temporary, but spilling polish on your favorite piece of clothing can leave a permanent mark.Patric Richardson of The Laundry Evangelist shows how to remove nail polish stains from clothes.
Before you start treating a stain, you should always test your cleaning technique and product on an inside seam to make sure it won't harm the fabric."Delicate fabrics have trouble with scrubbing, so go gently," Richardson says.You should gather a few essentials if you want the process to go more smoothly.Laundry soap, cotton swabs, and nail polish remover are things you already have.Horsehair brushes with soap get into the fibers without abrading the fabric.
If you are dealing with a wet spill, remove any excess polish that has not soaked in.Richardson says to not scrub the wet polish because it will push it deeper into the fabric."Use something dull, like a business card or even a folded piece of paper, to gently lift as much as possible off of the fabric."
Richardson likes Amodex ($20.18, walmart.com) for this job, as it will work on the stain from the outside edge toward the center.If you replace the swab with a clean one you will risk making the stain worse.Richardson says that if you use too much the stain can spread, which is just more to remove.After the solution has been worked into the stain, rinse thoroughly.To avoid spreading the stain, run a small stream of water straight through it from the faucet.