How do you remove dried nail polish from a laptop?

Question

Is it safe to use nail polish remover or should I use something else, like cleaning alcohol? It's not that much, but still...yeah.

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Answer 1

use nail polish remover w/ a cotton swab/ball

Answer 2

I would try the Mr. Clean eraser. Sometimes nail polish will strip away the color.

Answer 3

When you find out let me know because I have something that is dried up and sticky on my laptop.

Answer 4

nail polish remover or alcohol.

Answer 5

Dump a bottle of Pepsi on it....leave it for a few hours, then clean up the mess and sell it on eBay.

Answer 6

get a cotton bud, and use nail-polish remover gently  remove what on the mouse okay.

Answer 7

Be very careful with any kind of solvent.  If it can take off nail polish, it can also take off lables and paint too.  Do your best not to get any kind of liquid whatsoever on the keys as it can drip down into the laptop and short it out.  

Whatever you do, shut the power off to the laptop and remove the battery before trying to clean it.  

Apply the cleaner (I'd try rubbing alchohol first) to a cotton swab and dab that on the nail polish first.

In future, keep all liquids, including nail polish, well away from your laptop or any electronic device (except for kitchen gadgets of course).  The two main enemies of computers are dust and liquids.  

I work on repairing computers for a living and a lot of the machines I work on have been damaged by liquid spills.  Getting full of dust on the inside causes overheating in both desktops and laptops so have the insides of the computer cleaned at least once a year too.  You can do it yourself if you wear an anti static wrist strap and are careful not to remove anything you are not sure where or how to put back from the inside of the computer.

Answer 8

yeah nail polish remover is safe

Answer 9

you should use nailpolish remover. i dont think alcohol is the best answer to this, so go for a mild nailpoloshremover, thats how i removed my nailpolish from my old laptop

Answer 10

sam thing happened to me.as long as you dont pour the nail polish remover on it it's safe just use a small towel or a cotton ball

Answer 11

it depends on where it is on your laptop.

if it's on your keyboard, i'm not sure..

but if it's somewhere else, i'm pretty sure it's fine

to use nail polish remover

Answer 12

Try Which Hazel

Answer 13

Nailpolish remover won't do anything as long as you dont drench the keyboard in it. Just put a little on a cotton swab and wipe it off.

Answer 14

80 grit sandpaper.

Answer 15

try windex or cleaning alcohol first. also, try scratching it off with your finger nail. if all else fails, go for the nail polish remover!

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Answer 16

Yes you can use nail polish remover but dont just pour it on there. Try dabbing some onto a cotton ball or a QTip and scrubbing it with that.

Answer 17

Don't use nail polish remover it's not designed foe use on plastics and will mark the surface, just chip it off carefully with your nail.

Answer 18

If the nail polish is just somewhere on the side,not on the keyboard, then just use some nail polish remover or some windex    

  If the nail polish is on the keyboard part then I would spray some windex or nail polish on a rag and rub it in the rag thouraly.Then turn your computer off.Then gently swab the spot where the nail polish is and be careful not to drip any of the windex or nail polish into the keyboard panel.Hope this works!

Answer 19

Nail polish remover should be fine. If you are still worried, try diluting it a little with water and don't scrub too hard. Lightly rub it down in layers until it's gone. It will be fine :)

Answer 20

Nail Polish and not alot of it is needed

Answer 21

Take some q-tips and some nail polish remover. Viola!

Answer 22

Just remove the battery and unplug the laptop, then it should be perfectly safe to wipe away the nail polish with some rubbing alcohol and a q-tip. Once it is dry, install the battery and plug back in. Good luck.

Answer 23

scrap it

Answer 24

yea, use non-acetone nail polish remover. And stop doing your nails in front of your laptop! :)