removing superglue

[dudleybloke]

i'v good and spilt a few drop of superglue on my trousers.
they are 65pc polyester 35pc cotton.
is there anything i can do to get the glue out.

[pacman1]

i'd use soap and water to try and break the glue up. Maybe use a needle to puncture the glue spots all over to try and aid the process. Or make 'em into a pair of shorts! Good luck.

[GingerWizard]

I would say not... mainly because depending on the glue type it will have dissolved the materials and then set......

On a lighter note i am sat here smiling to my self over the fact that it must look like you "spunky" trousers! (sorry not much help)

You could take them to a dry cleaners and speak to the "wise ones" about washing.....

[dudleybloke]

its the spunky look that i'm trying to get rid of.
i'v only had these trousers for just over a week and they they wher'nt cheap.

[Penny-lope]

If you spend time just playing with the piece of material effected, it usually flakes off after a while. But as someone has already said, the material is likely to be damaged underneath.

[rlw]

Try a warm to hot iron and some brown paper or kitchen roll. It works for wax so it might melt the glue and it will then absorbed by the paper (or maybe the trousers though). Is there no common solvent for superglue?

[cyb]

Acetone, or nail polish remover, but it may damage the fabric.

[Eric Mc]

There are proprietory superglue removers which might work. They generally need to be applied pretty soon after the glue has been used. You might be able to buy superglue remover in model shops (if you can find one) and perhaps some of the Stain Devil range might contain a superglue remover too. The longer you leave it, the less chance of success.

Superglues are technically refered to as cyanocarylate glues so look out for that type of terminology as well.

[st_files]

65% polyester? These are work trousers right?

[whitechief]

rlw said:

Try a warm to hot iron and some brown paper or kitchen roll. It works for wax so it might melt the glue and it will then absorbed by the paper (or maybe the trousers though). Is there no common solvent for superglue?

Nitro methane, OP do you know any top fuel drag racers? Or r/c modellers?

Wouldn't a dry cleaner be able to tell you?

[dwilkie]

On the plus side - at least it wasn't denim. Last time I did THAT they started smoking and it really fecking hurt...

[whitechief]

Super glue can cause cotton to combust!

[GTIR]

dwilkie said:

On the plus side - at least it wasn't denim. Last time I did THAT they started smoking and it really fecking hurt...

Why, did you have to buy the fags?

[Justayellowbadge]

dudleybloke said:

they are 65pc polyester 35pc cotton.

dudleybloke said:

they weren't cheap

This makes no sense.

[Roan]

[Emsman]

whitechief said:

Nitro methane

From my experiecnce with the above, i would go and buy new trousers. Far safer.

[tonyvid]

[Project 644]

Emsman said:

whitechief said:

Nitro methane

From my experiecnce with the above, i would go and buy new trousers. Far safer.

[dwilkie]

GTIR said:

dwilkie said:

On the plus side - at least it wasn't denim. Last time I did THAT they started smoking and it really fecking hurt...

Why, did you have to buy the fags?

Exactly, and they had expensive taste!

[WorAl]

OP what you need on there is white spirit. That will get the glue out.