Accidentally Got Polish On Wood Floor

If you accidentally get furniture polish on your wood floors there is a safe and effective way to remove it.

Accidentally got polish on wood floor.

I accidentally left a cloth that had a mix of water and bleach soaked into it and now there is a white stain. Polish wood floors to a shine. Acetone is commonly found in fingernail polish remover. How to get paint off furniture without ruining the finish.

Furniture polish will make your wood floors slippery creating a hazardous area. Pour a small amount of polish on the floor and begin working the polish into the wood with a back and forth motion parallel to the grain of the wood. It s colorless has a light odor and is highly flammable. Furniture polish will restore and revive your wood furniture but it is not something you should use on your hardwood floors.

If the spill is severe enough or the table is protected with a very thin or fragile finish the polish remover can soak into the wood bleaching any wood stain and raising and roughening the grain. My husband accidentally set a bottle of wood floor polish on our dresser. So then you would remove the stain but see damage underneath it. I have a tile floor and i accidentally got pledge on it and it is really slippery.

Nail polish remover is an organic acetone liquid that acts like a varnish and paint remover it strips the finish off your wood table as efficiently as it strips the old polish off your nails. The issue is usually much more serious in that it ate the finish and got to the wood. I have tried to scrub it off and have used my swiffer several times but nothing seems to help. It s also an industrial chemical used in lacquers stains and as a thinning agent.

I ve used non acetone nail polish remover on hardwood and it was fine. Posted by manicure12 at 7 51 pm on august 9 2012. Refinishing wood like a pro refinishing wood may seem simple. It is best to start with less polish and slowly add more as too much can cause the polish to puddle on the floor.

I accidentally got acetone nail polish remover on a wooden chair and it was a disaster so as everyone said read the label for the type of remover. Just buy the stain and apply but take it from the furniture makeover experts of hometalk much can be done to enhance the staining process.