How to remove the glue from clothes, remove fresh and dried stains?

It's very frustrating when a favorite thing is spoiled because of a drop of glue. But in most cases it can be reanimated if you know how to wash off the glue from clothes at home. Sometimes you have to clean up and new things: in stores they can stick a sticker or sticker to them, and after removing it, a sticky stain remains on the fabric. In order to remove the glue, you need, first, to know its name and composition, and secondly, to find out what substances will help get rid of the stain, without damaging the clothes.

Here are tips on how to get rid of different types of glue:

• PVA;
• "Moment";
• super glue( "Second", "Cyanopan");
• self-adhesive;
• stationery;
• epoxy;
• joinery;The wallpaper is
• .

How to remove fresh glue?

If the glue drips on the clothing, it is advisable not to postpone and remove it immediately, because over time it impregnates the fabric, crystallizes, and getting it becomes much harder. To get rid of the glue in different ways:

• wiped,
• washed,
• cleaned with chemicals or special means.

Most often, to remove contamination, you have to combine two or three methods. In what sequence and by what means - depends on the type of glue. Silicate( clerical), PVA, joinery and wallpaper paste are water soluble, and until dried, they can simply be washed from the fabric with running water. After drying, even if very little time has passed, they are already dissolving much more difficult.

• Silicate : soak in warm water with soda( 2 tablespoons per liter of water) and detergent for several hours. After that, wipe the stain with a sponge and spread the thing in the usual way.
• PVA : wipe with a lint-free sponge soaked in alcohol, and then soak in soapy water for several hours and wash. Instead of alcohol, you can use vinegar. Another way is to rub the stain from the wrong side with laundry soap, then remove the glue with a brush, and wash the thing.
• Joiner and wallpapering : the stain is soaped with soap and soaked in water for 5-6 hours, after which it is washed.

Harder to remove super glue and "Moment", as well as traces of stickers and rhinestones. Here it is necessary to clarify that these are names of a general nature. Under the super glue means means based on cyanoacrylates - ethyl cyanoacrylate or methoxyethyl cyanacrylate."Moment" is a trademark, under which various products are produced. Several types of means of this brand are also super glue, but in addition there is also a composition based on epoxy or PVA.How to delete the last, already described above - dunk and wash, and the rest are listed in the list.

• Cyanoacrylates are purified by two preparations: dimethylsulfoxide( contained in the Dimexide medication) or nitromethane( used as an additive to automotive fuel).Dimexide slightly dissolves the paint, so for colored things, especially for jeans, it should be used with caution. For acetate silk, this drug can not be used.
• Epoxy adhesive , including "Moment", can be cleaned with the following mixture - turpentine and alcohol in equal proportions, and also remove acetone or solvent 646. Mixtures are strong, this must be taken into account.
• Footprints from rhinestones and stickers can easily be washed with ethyl alcohol.

Cleaning epoxy or super glue, it is necessary to put a suitable solution on the stain with a swab and wait for softening of the frozen mass, then gently remove it with a hard brush. After cleaning, you should immediately wash the thing so that the chemicals do not spoil it.

How to clean artificial, dyed and delicate fabrics?

Remove glue from jeans and other things that can be shed, using strong agents like acetone or dimethyl sulphoxide is not recommended. Dissolving glue, they leave behind stains, which are no longer washed. In addition to jeans, synthetics and delicate fabrics - organza, lace, thin silk, chiffon - are in question. Water-soluble types of glue can be withdrawn in the usual way, but "Moment" and glue based on cyanoacrylate is a big problem for such tissues, but there is an opportunity to cope with it.

Almost all adhesives do not tolerate cold. If you need to clean the stain, for example, with tulle or jeans, you can put them in a bag and put in a freezer for 2-3 hours. After this, the formed powder remains to be wiped off. It's easy to do with a blunt side of a knife or a nail file. If instead of the powder formed frozen mass, it must be broken with a wooden hammer( rolling pin), and then remove the resulting shards. The remaining trace can be easily removed with a mixture of ammonia and detergent.

Advice

Sometimes it is recommended to remove glue contamination from jeans by heating them with an iron. This can bring the expected effect, but the risk of damaging clothes is very high.

glue removal remover The Super Moment ANTIKLEY is positioned as a universal, allowing to remove any glue. However, it should be noted that the composition includes acetone, so use this drug with caution, since it can eat not only the contamination, but also the paint that the fabric was dyed.

The HG sticker remover will help you to remove any marks left on the place of pastes or stickers. Just like the previous product, it can remove paint, so use with caution.3M "Cleanser Cleaner" is sold as a spray and can be used for colored fabrics. Its action is not as aggressive as in the previous two versions.

Advice

All remedies must be tested on an inconspicuous area of ​​clothing. If the test went well, the fabric did not lose color and did not deteriorate, then you can clean the glue.

Can I remove stubborn stains?

If you get on the clothing of glue, try to clean it immediately, the dried adhesive to grate is rather problematic, and sometimes it is simply impossible. If the thing after the contamination was erased and ironed, then even a trace of PVA would be problematic to wash. In such cases, you can try to get rid of the stain with the help of factory tools such as "Antikleya".And even strong chemistry can not cope with one session, and you will have to process a thing several times.

Having noticed that glue has got on clothes, it is necessary at once to try to clean it from a fabric. This is much easier to make than to remove the frozen mass, which had time to polymerize. In addition, when working with sticky substances, you need to remember about precautions. It is always easier to prevent a problem than to remove it later.