Thread: removing glue?
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Old 06-19-2006, 08:34 AM
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Re: removing glue?

Hrm.. glue is much stronger than the paints or the plastic we use. The plastic cement literally melts the glue chemically then dries out, leaving the 2 (or more) joined parts welded together. So basically, anything that will soften/remove the glue will most likely destroy your work. I'm not sure if this works for plastic cement, but for C/A (super glue) you can pop it in the freezer and the parts will seperate themselves. One thing using this method though, if you are putting a part of your model that has say 10 different parts all 'connected' by C/A, this method will seperate ALL or at least most of your parts.

The last idea that I can think of is the gently and slowly pry the parts apart with an X-acto. This WILL cause some damage but most should be easily fixed.
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