I have a girly girl, Sierra, who loves to paint her nails. We used to have our little spa time during her young brother's nap almost once a week. It was fun. Well, Sawyer quit napping this summer so we've had to do our manicures with him around. On one particular nail day she painted her nails, closed up all the polish and left it on the kitchen table. I went to have a shower and get ready for my evening work shift. For some reason I decided to clean to bathroom while I was in there and took a little longer than usual.
After about a half an hour Sierra came running in yelling that "Sawyer had nail polish everywhere!!!"
I threw on a robe and ran into the main area and...
See the long green trail from left to right? Yeah.
He dropped the bottle of polish.
It splattered in a long line.
And yes, that is a hardwood floor.
See the pink all over the chair?
Yeah.
He had decided to paint his toe nails and this is the result.
Sierra also stepped in a small spot and managed to get green smears in random places on her way to my bathroom.
Nail polish does not simply wipe off. The word on the 'net is to use hairspray and a lot of elbow grease. Hairspray, reportedly, softens it enough to scrape off without damaging the finish.
I've spent three hours on it and got maybe a quarter done.
And my house reeks of hairspray.
And my floor is getting some new scratches from scraping.
Nice.
I am not impressed.
After scouring and cursing with minimal progress one afternoon, I called and asked Trevor to check for acetone-free nail polish remover in search of an easier way. He complied. Readily. I must have growled in frustration pretty good! We tested an inconspicuous spot....with no noticeable dulling of the finish
Sweet!
Nearly all the polish is now removed without also removing the floor finish.
My son will not have to find another home now.
(I kid!)
Sawyer is not called Captain Destruction without reason!