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| Thread ID: 145545 | 2017-11-28 19:25:00 | Glue Removal | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1442739 | 2017-11-28 19:25:00 | We attended our daughter's wedding two weekends ago and SWMBO - mother of the bride - wore a bracelet of flowers. The flowers are long gone but she would like to keep the bracelet but it is covered in glue. What can we do to remove the glue? We have no idea what sort of glue it is and we can't ask the florist as the wedding was in Sydney. Any ideas? |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1442740 | 2017-11-28 20:00:00 | Whats the bracelet made of. If its plastic, solvents wont be a good idea otherwise, soak it in a tub of petrol: works wonders . May also melt the bracelet though If its hotglue , Isopropyl Alcohol will help release the bond but wont melt the glue If its epoxy, you may be out of luck. (heat ?) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1442741 | 2017-11-28 20:32:00 | Place the bracelet in the freezer. After a day or two, the glue should be able to be scraped off :) Otherwise, dab with acetone. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1442742 | 2017-11-28 21:20:00 | Acetone only works with specific glues, it's actually not very good at removing the rest. I bought some thinking it would be and it was worse than using water. It also dissolves some materials. If it's a metal bracelet and you think it's hot glue you could try warming it up with a hair drier or something, will soften the glue but might just spread it around so maybe not such a great Idea. A slow and laborious method is to rub it off with your thumb, surprisingly effective on a wide range of glues, no good on epoxy or hot glue though. Really you need some idea of what the glue is. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1442743 | 2017-11-28 22:13:00 | Place the bracelet in the freezer. After a day or two, the glue should be able to be scraped off :) Thanks, Zippity. I'll give that a try. Because I'm not certain what the bracelet is made of that sounds a good idea. I'll let you know what happened. Thanks also to the other contributors. It's great to receive your input.:thanks |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1442744 | 2017-11-29 00:04:00 | The Universal Solvent, is water. It's also the most benign, with the least liklihood of destroying the brooch (but might corrode the metal pin). Meths and DeSolve It might come next, acetone is potent as a solvent, but can destroy some plastics in a second. The freezer idea is not bad. If the glue has a different degree of expansion/contraction compared to the brooch, then hot/cold cycles might encourage the glue to just drop off! |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1442745 | 2017-11-29 02:02:00 | Or buy another bangle that hasn't had the flowers stuck on it....if it was bought for that, then it wasn't especially expensive in the first place | pctek (84) | ||
| 1442746 | 2017-11-29 06:51:00 | Or buy another bangle that hasn't had the flowers stuck on it....if it was bought for that, then it wasn't especially expensive in the first place Yeah good idea. replacement. I sometimes discard cheap watches and buy a few online once the batteries die, not much dearer and less hassle to replace battery - plus added befit of new styles and features. I was thinking heat blasting the glue off with a butane gas torch from a distance, or a gentler electric heat with USB lighter/candle depending on the metal composition...the oven at home? |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1442747 | 2017-11-29 08:51:00 | Use drycleaning fluid. Available from most or all dyi stores. Mobil is one brand. | Greg (193) | ||
| 1442748 | 2017-11-29 11:49:00 | Use drycleaning fluid. Available from most or all dyi stores. Mobil is one brand. CCL4 = Carbon tetrachloride?? |
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