Nail polish remover leaked on wood

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How quickly it happened - in order not to miss the beautiful film, you sit down at the large dining room table with the nail polish remover. After you have to get to the front door quickly, the nail polish remover falls over and runs on the expensive wood.

Remove nail polish remover from your wooden tabletop.
Remove nail polish remover from your wooden tabletop. © Andreas_Zöllick / Pixelio

What you need:

  • 1 x wrench to loosen the tabletop
  • 1 x protective cloth
  • 1 x screw clamps
  • 1 x sandpaper
  • 1 x orbital sander
  • 1 x wood protection primer
  • 1 x brush
  • 1 x wood paint
  • 1 x clear coat
  • 1 x cloth
  • 1 x protective mask

Remove the nail polish remover from the dining room table

Since in this example the nail polish remover goes deep wood has moved in, you have no choice but to use the orbital sander. In the following instructions you can read how to proceed if your nail polish remover has run into the wood of the dining room table and has drawn in.

  1. To remove the nail polish remover from the wood of the dining table top, you should first lift the top off the table and take it to your work cellar. Place the plate on your workbench that you have previously covered with protective cloths and clamp the table top with some screw clamps.
  2. You should get enough fresh air and then start sanding. You should sand the entire table top to avoid sanding a depression in one place.
  3. When sanding, you should sand one path after the other and, above all, you should not exert any pressure on the orbital sander. Notice when the nail polish remover stain has disappeared from the tabletop.

Apply new paint to the wood

  1. When you have finished sanding, use a dry cloth to remove the sanding dust and then use a long steel ruler to see if you really have sanded straight.
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  3. If you have sanded a small indentation somewhere, you still have to regrind a little. Otherwise, check again whether the nail polish remover has been removed correctly from the wood.
  4. Then you can start and apply a layer of wood protection primer. After this layer has dried, sand the paint a little more, remove the sanding dust and then apply the wood paint.
  5. Then finally, when the wood paint is also dry, paint another layer of clear lacquer to seal it and the project removing nail polish remover from wood is complete.

You should wear a protective mask when sanding.

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