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| Thread ID: 92824 | 2008-08-24 06:13:00 | a dreadful thing has happened to my laptop | Thomas01 (317) | PC World Chat |
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| 699972 | 2008-08-25 10:31:00 | Actually, have you tried it? the water will certainly do no harm to the plastic and the standard remedy when body parts are glued together to immerse them in water. What is to lose by trying it? At least he won't be any worse off. |
mrstheother1 (7833) | ||
| 699973 | 2008-08-25 11:18:00 | Could it be that the water is doing it's work on skin? Anywho, could it be considered an extremely good example of forward planning? Who else would be far-sighted enough to glue up a laptop before it breaks? |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 699974 | 2008-08-25 20:39:00 | Super glue dissolves in water alright, so does glass. Both at about the same rate. This lad is into long term solutions,I mean long term. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 699975 | 2008-08-25 22:38:00 | The moral of the story is don't store your tube of super glue on your laptop. Gosh thanks Metla - never thought of that - don't know how I would live without your pearls of wisdom. I did try your IsoP idea. Didn't make the slightest difference to the blobs but did lift some of the colour from the laptop lid itself! Now I am trying the ice tips. Even to putting an ice cube on the blobs so that it also introduces water. I will report on the progress I make (if any). Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 699976 | 2008-08-25 22:50:00 | What I think I would do if I really had to remove the glue is to put another blob or two of the super glue on the underside of the laptop or perhaps some similar surface and try some of the suggested removal remedies. Then if the treatment messes up the surface it won't matter on the underneath and you could always black it out with permanent black marker ink |
brig (1359) | ||
| 699977 | 2008-08-25 23:07:00 | Well I have tried the cold treatment and razor blade. As there seems to be some belief in water I actually put an ice block on the blobs and left it there. The razor blade was a commercial device (using a razor blade) which gives better handling control. I didn't, much to everybodies disappointment, either put the laptop in the freezer or a bath of water. Well the blobs have gone - replaced by tiny almost invisible miniscule discolouration of the lid where they were. Naturally to me they can be seen at a distance of 5 miles but probably nobody else will see them Thanks everybody. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 699978 | 2008-08-25 23:22:00 | Don't drop the laptop now, will you. ;) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 699979 | 2008-08-25 23:37:00 | well you could always try this (www.luckywhitegirl.com) | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 699980 | 2008-08-25 23:43:00 | :lol: :lol: :clap That's awesome. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 699981 | 2008-08-26 00:49:00 | :D :D :badpc: I bet it wouldn't dare freeze up now. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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