Hi Allen,

I wrote a long reply, but it took long enough that I had to try to log back in, and somehow got kicked out of the system, so this is the short version.

Basically if your acetone has picked up water, when you add it to the polish, the acetone will dissolve in the polish and thin it, but the water will not dissolve and will instead form very tiny droplets which you will see as clouding.

Given some time, the droplets of water will clump together and grow large enough to fall to the bottom because the water is more dense than is the polish. When that has happened to the point that almost all of the free water has precipitated out the polish will again become clear.

However, when you shake it back up, the droplets again become suspended in the water, and it again appears cloudy. Also, the larger particles will cause the polish to no longer be smooth.

Don't know if you have any water in the acetone, but if do, then it can cause the sympoms you saw. If that is the cause, then the Sally Hansens is toast.

Regards,

Gandolf