I spilled Nail Polish Remover on the dining table. It's made out of wood. what do i do? please help 10 points?

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How Grand,


You didn't say what effect the nail polish remover had on the dining table. If the active ingredient in the remover is acetone (probably), then it should not have raised the grain in the table. Acetone, toluene and methanol are 3 basic ingredients in lacquer thinner (any of the three could also be in your nail remover). These will dissolve shellac, lacquer and water base, and will soften and can wrinkle varnish. Acetone is also used as a stripping solvent.


How old your furniture is and whether it was custom built or comes from a manufacturing company will determine what you need to do. If your furniture was built within the last 40 years, it was probably stained with a custom blend mixed by a company and then finished with a conversion finish, most probably some type of polyurethane. That will make it more difficult to repair damage, since you'll have to specially match the color as opposed to just buying an oak or mahogany stain off the shelf at Lowes.


And, if you wiped at the spilt remover and it smeared the sealant finish, you'll need to tend to any part of the finish that was softened, wrinkled, smeared or removed. This area could be stripped or sanded, and that decision would be based in part on whether damage occured to the stain. If it did not affect the stain, I would try to sand the area, being careful to ';feather'; the sanding into the healthy, undamaged surrounding area. I would then apply a new conversion finish, being careful, again, to feather and blend it into the undamaged area. That's the best scenario. If the stain (color) is damaged, you'll need to match the color, probably by blending a couple colors to match the stain on the table. Then apply finish the same way as previously mentioned.


Unless you're fairly competent and knowledgeable about wood and furniture repair, it will be a very difficult project to get professional results. You may consider professional help, agin though it depends on the degree of damage.


If you can provide additional details about the extent of damage, let me know.





good luckI spilled Nail Polish Remover on the dining table. It's made out of wood. what do i do? please help 10 points?
YOUR BAD! You didn't say how bad the damage is but you might be able to repair it by sanding it lightly and coating it with polyurethane. If the acetone ate through the stain more steps would be necessary.
Sorry not much you can do. It has removed the finish. The only thing you can do is refinish the table.=)
hurry up and wipe it off and spray some furniture polish on
your nail polish is made of wood?