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How to Get Fingernail Polish Out of a Leather Chair

If you drop a nail brush or accidentally tip over the bottle of polish, your leather chair suffers the consequences. While your first reaction to a spill may be to reach for the nail polish remover, doing so can leave the chair permanently marred. Nail polish removers that contain acetone can strip the coloring from leather, leaving behind a permanent bleach stain. Clean up your nail polish mishap in a way that doesn’t endanger your leather furniture.

Things You'll Need

  • Spatula
  • Paper towel
  • Dish detergent
  • Bowl
  • 2 sponges
  • Leather cleaner
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Instructions

    • 1

      Scrape away excess polish that has pooled up on the leather with a spatula.

    • 2

      Dab the nail polish with a dry paper towel until the paper towel comes away clean.

    • 3

      Mix dish detergent and warm water in a bowl until suds form. Saturate a sponge in the soapy water.

    • 4

      Dab at the nail polish stain with the sudsy sponge. Rinse the sponge in the soapy water as needed.

    • 5

      Squirt leather cleaner onto a clean sponge if the nail polish stain remains. Rub the ends of the sponge together until a lather forms.

    • 6

      Rub the nail polish stain gently with the sponge. Reapply leather cleaner as needed. Continue gently scrubbing the stain with the sponge until it disappears.