Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet

RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Sherry (Guest Post) (08/28/2008) Husband lives for another day! Black shoe polish on a beige carpet. I used 90% Rubbing Alcohol and it came right up. I'll definitely visit this site again for more great ideas! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Kendall (Guest Post) (08/14/2008) Take a Brown paper bag and put it over the shoe polish. Then take an iron and run it over the affected area. It will soak all the shoe polish into the bag. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Suki (Guest Post) (08/10/2008) Oh My God! Was watching Sixth Sense and thought I'd polish my shoes at the same time. Big mistake. Dropped large amount of polish and turned to internet before fleeing house. Tried my Hugo Boss aftershave with a rag and it is back to normal. All removed. Else I too would have been seeing dead people! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Barry in Portland, OR (Guest Post) (07/25/2008) 70% Alcohol worked GREAT!. Poured directly on stain (black polish KIWI brand on beige carpet) and blotted up with dish cloth. Rubbing doesn't hurt it as long as you blot most of it up first, then use a clean part of the cloth. Rotate cloth a lot to keep clean cloth against alcohol-soaked stain. Transfers stain to cloth. Be generous with the alcohol if necessary. Don't worry about using too much, but start slow and add more until the stain is all gone. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post by jess_admin (687) | (06/11/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact (Submitted via email) The 70% Isopropyl worked like magic on my 2000 BMW gray carpet. My wife wore black shoes in the car to a funeral and for some reason the black shoe polish came off on her feet and carpet. I poured the alcohol right on the large stain and it was like using Oxy! Completely disappeared without wiping (I did any way just in case). Thanks and thanks for the great infos! Pete Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Wendy M (Guest Post) (06/08/2008) Glad to find this. No alcohol in the house, but my Victoria's Secret Body Spray (alcohol was the first ingredient in the list) worked great. Now my living room smells like nice fresh pears, too! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By C.R.E JEWISON (Guest Post) (06/03/2008) Worked a treat, I used ISOPROPYL ALCHOL BP 70%, you can get it from most chemist's. They may ask you what you want it for, I use it for cleaning electrical equipent. It's cost you about £4.00 for 600ml. Its the same stuff thats on the swabs, when you have an injection, or some screen cleaners. Anyhow Thanks for the tip. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Tobias (Guest Post) (12/14/2007) I can't believe how quickly that polish came out! I have two newly made black spots on my carpet and only had 70% alcohol, came up within a matter of seconds. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By richard (Guest Post) (08/16/2007) Having trodden it up the stairs surely a ruined carpet but no - turps is tops. Thanks a million. Report Spam or Abuse Removing Shoe Polish from Wood Floor Post By Jill Ewald (Guest Post) (06/13/2007) "Post By alisha (Guest Post) (09/02/2004) I have the same question but on a wood floor!" In Basic Military Training we used Victoria Secret's Body Splash to remove polish scuffs from tile floors and it came off real easy. I'm not sure how that would affect any finish or coating on a wood floor though. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By (Guest Post) (06/03/2007) worked like a charm!!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By JC (Guest Post) (06/02/2007) Rubbing alcohol on the carpet polish stain totally worked. Thanks so much for the tip! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Katherine (Guest Post) (04/19/2007) I had a smear of brown shoe polish (about 5 inches long) on beige carpet. I tried the rubbing alcohol on it and almost all of it came up. It didn't work very well when I put the alcohol on the paper towels, but maybe because it's really worked into the carpet. When I poured the alcohol on the stain it worked great. It's much less noticible! A big improvement. I'll try it again later to see if the rest will come up. Thanks for the advice. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Nickie (Guest Post) (04/01/2007) My boyfriend decided to polish his shoes on our carpet too and the bottle leaked black polish all over. We used 91% alcohol and it worked miracles! I was so worried that I wouldn't get it out! Thank you for the advise! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Kaycee (Guest Post) (04/24/2006) worked great! I was surprised at how quickly it worked too! The shoe polish was black waxy leather polish. Took it right out! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Greg (Guest Post) (01/16/2006) This method worked fabulously... I recommend it to anyone with beige carpets (which mine was). I used about a half bottle of rubbing alcohol and lots of paper towels... If there are any pure black areas, then I recommend you place the alcohol directly on the carpet and rub it with lots of elbow grease.. THANKS!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Dave (Guest Post) (03/26/2005) Rubbing alcohol worked for me too. I was not thinking that there was anything I could do. I was so worried. My 3 year old daughter opened a bottle of black shoe polish and it spilled on my beige carpet. It took it all out. Only the trained eye would know any different. I am so thankful!!!!!!!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By Grace (Guest Post) (01/20/2005) My Husband got black shoe polish all over our Biege carpet. He tried to remove it using Resolve Carpet cleaner, this made huge smear marks, and didn't resolve the problem I thought what do I have to lose, I'll try the Alcohol. It worked! All the Shoe polish came up, looks good as new. Thanks!!!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By (Guest Post) (12/13/2004) Worked great for me. Black shoe polish, beige plush carpet. Blotted with paper towels first with out smearing around, than used rubbing alcohol more paper towels and cotton balls."" Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Shoe Polish from Carpet Post By alisha (Guest Post) (09/02/2004) I have the same question but on a wood floor! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing nail polish Post By Denise (Guest Post) (07/25/2004) Please advise how I would get nail polish off my dove grey carpet and my white bedskirt. Any advise would ge greatly appreciated! Thank you! Report Spam or Abuse