[qginsburg]

Morning
I have a client with a white cloth coach who has spilt red nail varnish on it.
What is the best way to get it out ?

[Mike Halliday]

Nail varnish remover

Acetone, dip a cotton bud into the bottle and swizzle it into the varnish, then check for transfer.

The problem you do not want to have is to take  a thin line of nail varnish and turn it into a diluted spread out stain.

I remember years ago attending a advance stain removal course that Recommended creating a barrier around a stain to prevent the stain bleeding out into the surrounding fabric. Get a bar of fairy laundry soap cut it to a point and draw around the stain then  theoretically any solution applied would stay within the soap barrier . You need a way of delivering the acetone directly onto the varnish with as little hitting the surrounding fabric.

Is it on a seated cushion? can you get to the back of the fabric?.

[qginsburg]

Thanks
Mike part of it is on the seat  , but the majority of it has spilled down the back of the
sofa 

[Mike Halliday]

Is the back against the wall? You need to tell the customer the worst case senario is the varnish will spread out as you attempt removal.

but their is no reason you can't tackle A small area of it, you don't have to attack the full stain

People tend to think as soon as you start on a stain it's all or bust but  we can stop at any time. Find the most inconspicuous area and work the varnish slowly, if it start to go tits up stop

[qginsburg]

Thanks
Bud will give it a whirl !