Fridges

My 2 year old drew on my white fridge with black biro, so an older person told me to use nail plish remover, I did so an it dissapeared, but left a dry white mark on the fridge, it is very noticable too

Answer #1

Yeah don’t use nail polish remover or other strong solvents on plastic, it’ll eat away at the plastic. That white mark is actually haze from the roughened plastic, etched a little as the surface got partly dissolved.

You may be able to fix it with some rubbing compound and a cloth. You can find the stuff at auto parts stores. But test a small area first to make sure you don’t end up scratching it up even more. Rubbing compound is basically like liquid ultra fine sandpaper. So it’ll get anything off b/c it’s actually removing a little plastic and sanding it smooth. If that’s not strong enough even after rubbing for a while (doesn’t remove much haze nor add more haze), you can try 1000 grit sandpaper before the rubbing compound, but then you run a greater risk of scratching and/or roughening (and hazing) the surface yourself. 1000 grit sandpaper is a little coarser than rubbing compound, but still super fine compared to lower number sandpapers.

Or just ignore the problem. Rubbing compound is a pain to keep rubbing back and forth for so many minutes, heh.

Answer #2

Most likely the nail polish remover ate away at the surface of the fridge - you can’t remove that.

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser would have been a better option.

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