How to Thin Nail Polish

Posted on July 26th, 2009 by Carmelia

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Nail polish, when left unused for extended periods of time, tends to dry up and become thick and stubborn. Instead of throwing it away, you can instead put the nail polish back into use by thinning it out. Here’s how.

Materials

Acetone nail polish remover
Eye dropper

Procedure

Give the bottle of dried-up nail polish a good shake. You can mix up the nail polish inside or at least dislodge the solid bits at the bottom. If you have many bottles of dried-up nail polish, it’s best to do this all in one go, so that they can all be usable anytime you want them in the future.
Squeeze in acetone nail polish remover into the eye dropper. Put one or two drops of acetone nail polish remover in with the nail polish. Screw the cap back on the nail polish bottle, and shake well.
After shaking, reopen the bottle and bring out the wand to check the nail polish consistency. If the consistency has been returned to what the right consistency of nail polish (thick, but slightly runny) then you’ve regained your dried up nail polish.
If the consistency is still too thick, add one drop. Shake it again, and test the consistency. Put in one drop at a time until you’ve reached the right consistency.
While thinning out nail polish is a great way to save time and effort looking for a nail polish that you like, don’t rely on it. You may want to start buying smaller bottles of polish or start using your nail polish more often. The best way to go, though, is to simply buy a new bottle.
There are products out there in the market that caters specifically to thinning nail polish. The company Seche, for example, sells Thinner Top Coat and Lacquer Restoration Thinner. Although this product is to be used with other Seche products.