I accidently spilled nail polish remover on wood floors. How do you fix it and get the white spots gone?

Question

Last night my brother knocked over the nail polish remover bottle and I didn't care. But this morning my mom freaked out when she noticed that the bottle that fell wasn't closed all the way and it spilled all over the wood floors. So I wiped up the nail polish remover but now there are white marks and spots all over the wood floor and it is VERY noticeable. Are there any products out there that can clean it up or am I just screwed?

Answer 1

You can't fix it. Your best best is to look in the phone book for someone that refinishes wood furniture. Furniture refinishers are the best at matching color.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=wood%20refinishers&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=furniture%20refinishers&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=furniture%20refinishing&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=wood%20refinishing&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

The other option is to call a floor refinisher and have him replace the boards. Floor refinishers are not too good about spot repairing prefinished flooring.

Answer 2

The nail polish remover removed the paint from the wood. I'm sorry. D: You don't really have a choice but to repaint the wood desk. Or you could use something to cover it up. lol

Answer 3

Oh goodness, you're not gonna like this answer. The nail poilsh remover literally ate the finish off your Mom's floor. The only way I know how to "fix" it, is to sand the effected area down to the bare wood, restain it to match the best you can and then put a clear coat of varnish over that.

Or....buy her a nice throw rug and apologize BIG TIME!

Answer 4

try scrubbing it with steel wool, NOT an sos pad. if that doesn't work your will have to sand it and revarnish the area