Fingalnail polish remover reacting with fingernail polish. What is the equation?

Fingalnail polish remover reacting with fingernail polish. What is the balanced equation?

Fingalnail polish remover reacting with fingernail polish. What is the equation?
swan_silver1929 has it nailed. There is no chemical reaction, the remover merely acts as a solvent, loosening the pigments and separating them from the nail so they can be rubbed off by a cotton swab or paper towel or kleenex, etc.
Reply:if this is a research project i hope you tested the difference between those with acetone and those without. don't use pure acetone - it doesn't work as well and strips your nails. those before me have it totally right - like disolves like.
Reply:There isn't one, honey. Nail polish remover is just a solvent, there is no chemical change.... just like disolving sugar in water -- you still have sugar, you still have water. Evaporate the nailpolish remover, and the nailpolish is what remains.
Reply:I'd use press-ons and avoid the whole problem.



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