To get black shoe polish out of beige carpet, use Goof Off but saturate the cloth and dab on affected area. It works!
Source: I read the back of the Goof Off can and followed directions.
By Terry from Rockwood, MI
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My daughter is in Sea Cadets and even after telling her umpteen times not to polish her boots in the living room, she did. Now, I have a huge black shoe polish stain on my carpet. I hadn't noticed it until today and am not sure how long it has been there. Any ideas on how to get it out? The carpet is new and I'd really hate to have to have it replaced.
Go to Walmart and get a can of SPOT SHOT Works everytime!
Take a can of butane cigarette-lighter gas, and discharge a "puddle" of the liquified gas directly onto the stain. This will freeze it, enabling you to spot-clean the polish off using some paper towel. Do not rub too hard, or you will damage the carpet!
This works for me, on a 100% wool carpet, it also alows the removal of chewing gum that has been trodden in...
Beware: Highly inflamable, so no smoking either at the time, or for 5 minutes after in the room!
I just got a puppy who felt that a bottle of black shoe polish was a great chew toy on new white carpeting. I checked out this web site and tried Spot Shot as suggested by Beth. Worked wonderfully. It saved the carpet!
I used Ethyl Chloride (liquid alcohol) Got the idea form the person with the cigarette butane idea! It worked a treat - so easy to remove... Thanks!
Tried spot shot on liquid black shoe polish scuff cover on carpet, did not work, any other suggestions?? HELP!
The butane gas works wonders on the boot polish on red carpet. Like the man said, no need to rub too hard with kitchen roll. Leave five mins and dab with dry towel and hoover, boot polish GONE!
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Any tips on how to remove black shoe polish from cream carpet?
Try a cloth dampened with turpentine or alcohol and rub the stained area.
