How To Get Polish Out Of Carpet

Last weekend I was actually going to be on time for something - a miracle in and of itself, but then tragedy struck. I had decided that since I had a few minutes to spare I would remove the old polish from my toenails and repaint them. I had chosen a lovely shade of hot pink and was done with the first foot, and had moved onto the second, when I knocked the bottle off the hope chest I was sitting on and my pretty hot pink polish spewed across my not hot pink tan carpet.

Needless to say, I uttered a few choice words screamed for my son to Google, 'what takes nail polish out of carpet'. He came back with the response that polish removers might but they might damage the carpet. The other option was, of all things, shaving cream. So shaving cream it was. I really didn't think it would work, but had nothing to lose - except my lovely (favorite) carpet.

I started working it into a couple spots and gradually noticed the spots were getting smaller and smaller... but I panicked because I didn't have cream, only gel, which was blue and the spots I was working it into seemed to have a bluish cast. So I ran and got a cup of water and poured that on it and began dabbing it with a towel... and when I looked at it again, the blue was gone and most of the pink. I then put more shaving gel on it and continued to work it into the strands with the polish until I was satisfied that the majority was gone. Finally, I poured a little water on it all, toweled it up and then went over the entire area with my Bissell carpet cleaner.

The result? You can't even tell it now! The shaving cream (gel in my case) worked!

I'm thrilled! But it all leaves me to wonder -- how did anyone survive before the Internet?