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CA Glue Cleanup?

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 8:54 AM

Kugai

Thanks for the tips.  I wasn't aware debonder could actually be used for cleanup.  My understanding was that ot allowed separation of parts, but didn't actually affect the glue beyond that.

I did remove some unsightly blobs (I use primarily gel CA, which can gob up). I have not tried it for just thin spots of the regular CA so don't know how well it would work for that. If I just have the sheen of some regular CA spots I just paint over them with a touchup brush.  But the debonder does loosen blobs as well as seperate parts.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    July 2003
  • From: Huntington, WV
Posted by Kugai on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 4:00 PM

Thanks for the tips.  I wasn't aware debonder could actually be used for cleanup.  My understanding was that ot allowed separation of parts, but didn't actually affect the glue beyond that.

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 9:04 AM

There are debonders available- several brands (same as brand of glue).  I think it is probably the same stuff regardless of brand.  I tried some on a different brand of glue and it worked fine and did not seem to harm plastic. Like CA glue itself a little goes a long ways.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 7:00 AM

Fingernail polish remover works, but check on scrap pieces of plastic from that kit to see if it will effect that brand of plastic.

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  • From: Huntington, WV
CA Glue Cleanup?
Posted by Kugai on Monday, April 30, 2012 11:08 PM

Is there something that can be used to clean up CA glue that doesn't attack plastic?  I've had it get where it wasn't intended on kits a few times and am hoping to have something to deal with such incidents if they come up again.

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