# Nail polish stain **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 4, 2002, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nail-polish-stain/122277 "2002-08-04T06:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nail-polish-stain/122277/1 "2002-08-04T06:58:36Z")
My Mom has a white shirt, 60/40 cotton/polyester with nail polish stains. Blotted the best I could with acetone (nail polish remover). Bleach dosen’t do anything. Who has Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nail-polish-stain/122277/2 "2002-08-04T07:24:08Z")
Dye the shirt? - I love your handle\* 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nail-polish-stain/122277/3 "2002-08-04T10:26:11Z")
too late if you used aceton, I think. You should have put it in the freezer. Then the nail polish can be cracked off. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nail-polish-stain/122277/4 "2002-08-04T14:02:27Z")
You might try some _real_ acetone from the hardware store. While nail polish remover does contain acetone, many brands are so diluted and loaded with emollients that they’ll barely take the polish off your nails.