How to remove glue?

If your shoes have become unstuck or your toy has broken, surely you immediatelyremember the super-glue. But as soon as you take it in hand, so immediately the question arises how to remove the glue, since it is very rare to glue the object accurately. The solution to this problem and possible options for removing other types of glue, you will find in this article.

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How to wipe glue?

At home we mainly use glue, which instantly dries up. But when working with glue, chemistry can get into our hands, and then it begins: who takes sharp objects and starts to peel the glue off his hands, who uses sandpaper or a nail file. But these methods are very dangerous for the skin, because there may appear a wound and in the end, instead of removing the glue, you damage your skin.

It is very difficult to remove glue, but using some tricks, it can be done very easily and simply. Depending on how long ago and which type of glue you got on your hands or on pieces of furniture, you will have to use ordinary water with soap or more aggressive or dissolving substances. Which ones - read below.

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Water and soap

Hands will help wash the soap. Better, of course, if it is economic. If the glue has not dried up, wash your hands thoroughly with water and soap. And when it is withered, it will be much harder to get rid of it. Do the following:

1. Hold your hands in warm water for a long time.
2. Rub with pumice stone or a stiff washcloth.
3. Lather your hands.
4. Rinse with running water.
5. Repeat this process several times in a row.

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Hand bath

1. Take a deep basin.
2. Dial very hot water.
3. Add a small amount of detergent.
4. Lower your hands into the tool.
5. After a while, grease the margarine contamination.
6. Wait a bit and remove the adhesive with a brush.

Important! Repeat the procedure if necessary. Razrabennye hands lubricate not only with oil, but also with glycerin or petroleum jelly.

Sunflower oil

In order to wash your hands with sunflower oil, do the following:

1. Take the basin.
2. Pour water and add the vinegar and soap.
3. Put your hands in the solution.
4. Wait for a while.
5. Wipe with a cotton swab.
6. Treat the skin well.
7. Remove the adhesive residues with a pumice stone.

Important! This method is suitable for wiping the glue moment from a tree, but only processed or polished. Also these means can get rid of the frozen sticky mass on the plastic. In this case, do not immerse the object in the solution, but wipe the stained surface with the same substances.

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White spirit or greasy cream

Get rid of glue on your hands, and also help to remove the stain from your jeans with a solvent of white spirit. Please note that it produces an odor and bad effect on the skin. Therefore, perhaps a more pleasant way for you to struggle is a fat cream instead of a solvent. But if you do not need to wait for the result with a solvent for a long time, you'll have to wait with the cream.

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Liquid soap

This procedure is the most simple and very effective. For its implementation you will need liquid soap and pumice for heels. Do the following:

1. Wash your hands until foam forms.
2. Take the pumice stone.
3. Wipe off the adhesive.
4. Rinse well with running water.
5. Repeat if necessary.

Important! It will be even better if you take not a pumice stone, but a special cosmetic brush for polishing the skin. So you exclude skin damage.

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Nail polish remover

In this case, to remove the frozen glue, you will need: a nail polish remover, sandpaper. Using them, try the following:

1. Take acetone.
2. Pour on the soiling.
3. Wait a few minutes.
4. Rub with sandpaper.
5. Rinse with running water.

Important! This method is also suitable to remove the glue from clothing. It is effective, but unacceptable for natural and fragile fabrics, such as silk or wool.

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"Antiklei"

If nothing helps, use a special tool designed to remove glue from various surfaces. Instructions for use are as follows:

1. Apply to a tampon.
2. Treat the contamination site.
3. Wait a few minutes.
4. The glue itself will come off the hands or the treated object.

Important! You can buy a product in construction( household) stores. It looks almost the same as a tube of superglue, so do not mix it up. Otherwise, you will have to remove a double layer of glue from the skin.

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Vinegar

How to remove glue from clothes? In this case, vinegar, or rather its solution, will help. To do this, do the following:

1. Prepare the vinegar solution - you need to take boiled water( 200 g) and dissolve in it vinegar( 1 tsp).
2. Apply the resulting mixture to the contamination.
3. Leave it for a while.
4. Rinse the product in cold water.
5. If necessary, repeat the procedure several times.

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Temperature

Another very good way to clean the superglue is exposure to high or low temperature. To do this, heat the fabric with an iron or a hair dryer or simply place it in the freezer. After this, the structure of the glue will collapse, and you will gently scrape it off your clothes with the blunt end of the knife.

Glue is a substance that is very necessary in the household. But then you do not have to search for answers to the question of how to remove its surplus, try to work very carefully in the process of gluing and use protective equipment - on the furniture, put a cloth or newspaper around the necessary area, and protect your hands with gloves.