How To Remove Nail Polish From Floor Tiles

Removing nail polish stains from tiles looks slightly different from removing nail polish from home textiles.

How to remove nail polish from floor tiles.

Never use nail polish remover on wood floors. Follow these steps to remove nail polish stains from flooring and tiles surfaces such as bluestone brick concrete flagstone granite limestone masonry tile sandstone slate or terrazzo. Porcelain tiles have a hard surface that can tolerate most cleaning products. Follow the steps below to remove dried on nail polish starting with the least abrasive chemical cleaners and work up to more powerful applications until the stain is removed.

A nail polish stain or acetone spill on a tile floor can be a pain to clean up much less look at on a daily basis. If you don t have rubbing alcohol you can use hairspray instead. This permanent staining is more likely to occur when the tile floor consists of natural stone such as granite or marble rather than ceramic tile. Gently pat the rubbing alcohol onto any leftover nail polish on the floor and let it soak for about 5 minutes.

Avoid the need to replace stained tiles by cleaning up spills immediately. A stain on a tile floor doesn t have to be traumatic. If the polish is allowed to sit on the floor it may stain tiles over time and become difficult or impossible to remove. The first line of defense to clean up splashes of acetone or drips of nail polish color on tile is speed followed by detergent.