Wanna know a secret? I found a beauty product that can remove stains from carpets! A while back I came home to find my beautiful white and gold rug had black marks all over it I thought they were Sharpie spots, but it turns out they were some mystery stain that reappeared on my carpet later on. I tried using lots of carpet cleaner, hot water and soap, and yelling at the carpet, but they weren’t coming out.
I randomly searched through my bathroom cabinet and thought to try something a little different because, well I had nothing to lose at this point!
Acetone nail polish remover became my new best friend that day.
I poured a bit onto each stain and let it sit for a moment, then scrubbed and blotted for a few minutes and- WAHLAH!The stains disappeared!
About 3 weeks later, more stains appeared and it worked again! Huzzah!!
I still don’t know what those stains were, but if they ever come back, I know just what to do with them!
Do you have any crazy cleaning tricks and tips?
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Good to know! Glad I found this at the Motivational Monday linkup.
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Thanks!! I will try this!!
good tip ! Just a question though, is your nail polish coloured ? Mine is usually pink, and I’m worried it would make the stain actually worse …
I use the clear acetone nail polish remover.
Wow! I’ll have to try this on a rug of mine. Thanks so much for sharing! Stopping in from the link up today
I’m going to try this! I have a few spots in front of my couch that keep coming back no matter what I do! I’ve spot treated them and even steam cleaned it. Maybe this will do the trick!
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Good luck! I hope it works for you!
Good idea… I would just advise to try it in a small inconspicuous place first…. I have had nail polish remover MELT some types of fabric (and I mean it melted… just disappeared from the area!)… you don’t want that to happen on a carpet.
Thank you for the good idea, though. 
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oh no! I never thought about that possibly happening! Thanks for letting me know!
This is a great tip. Did you try it on the gold sections of the rug, too, or just the white? I’m wondering if it removes the color of the rug.
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Yes! I tried it on both colors and there were no issues with melting the fabric or losing color. I did rinse the nail polish remove off with some warm water after the spot was removed. I would still try it in a non noticeable area first, just to be safe!
I have 3 dogs and 2 little boys. My whole house is going to smell like nail polish remover! LOL
Thanks for the cleaning tip!
Pinning!
Stephanie
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Oh my! Good luck!
wow, i’ll have to try that sometime!