by the finger of a user into the interior of the foam body 80 the bore 82 of the foam body 80 is located within said foam body 80 such that it is substantially aligned with the center of the aperture 40 the hand of a user is conveniently rested on the slanted support surface 30 such that each finger can be separately and sequentially inserted through the aperture 40 in the plate 38 and into the bore 82 of the foam body 80 solvent and surface portions of the bore 82 intimately contact a nail coating substantially over the full surface thereof when the distal end of a finger is inserted thereinto operation of the switch 22 then causes a desired rotation of the container 48 and thus rotation of the foam body 80 a nail coating thus being very rapidly removed from the nail of the inserted finger rotation of the container 48 can be controlled manually through the switch 22 or controlled automatically according to a 34 program 34 of rotation devised for particular settings of the switch 22 the direction of rotation of the container 48 can be initially either clockwise or counter clockwise and can proceed through one or more full revolutions in any given directional sense or through only a partial revolution as is desired for a particular coating removal situation reversal of the.