Remove superglue from clothing and skin - how it works!

Remove super glue - emergency

If superglue sticks, it sticks, and if it has stuck your child's fingers together, the superglue sticks and the child screams.

Now it is important not to panic and to get the glue as soft as possible so fast that the fingers can be loosened from each other (in order to remove it as completely as possible).

While you decide which of the methods presented below is the quickest to start, you can already assure your child that superglue is not dangerous, either to the skin or to anything else.

These methods are available to you, depending on the situation fits one or the other better:

1. Vinegar and soapy water

Are the means for super fast moms:

• When immediately tangible, finger in vinegar, which prevents the curing of the glue
• If not, soak fingers in warm soapy water as soon as possible
• You should not dissolve soap, rinse, detergent, shower gel do it too
• After a while, you can try to rotate your fingers apart
• Never tear it apart, the glue could hold together more than the skin

2. nail polish remover

If it was already too late for that, dry off and try mum's nail polish remover:

• The hopefully contains acetone, which is the solvent for cyanoacrylate (superglue)
• The superglue then begins to crumble, in the gaps paint new acetone
• After a while, they can try to turn their fingers apart

3. Butter, oil, margarine

If the superglue does not stir, the nail polish remover contains no acetone. Then, and if vinegar, soapy water and nail polish remover are not recommended because of sensitive skin or wounds on the finger, nourishing fats come:

• Hand bathing in oil (cooking oil, olive oil)
• Rub with butter / margarine
• After a while, the glue will usually give up and you can separate the fingers from each other as described above

4. Cool kids

Maybe your child does not cry, but knows very well that super glue is not dangerous for the skin. If a cool kid decides that the fingers stay glued together, you can stay calm and even glued on skin jewelry does not harm your child, if he still something on it.

The only thing that happens is that the superglue quickly reacts with the skin moisture, creating a film that can stretch the skin a bit. Thereafter, the superglue will solve but no later than 2 days without any action, because skin moisture and sweat break the liability.

5. Remaining adhesive residues

When the fingers are apart, the remnants of glue left on the skin can be rubbed off with your fingers, after acetone exposure with creamy skin cream in between.

Or you lubricate the fat skin cream on the edges of the adhesive, then it softens from the edge, dissolves faster and can be removed. You can also help gently with the nail file or a watered pumice stone. But you can also just wait until the superglue shuts off by itself, it will become brittle and fall off at some point and certainly cause no pain.

Prevention for next time
So that a glue disaster does not happen to you again, you should buy a pack of gloves, which are made of various elastic materials and can be conveniently sold in the field of practical and laboratory use and in hygienic needs.

If you want to "dissolve" a lot of "superglue" and want to remove the stains with a lot of acetone, but not the most commonly offered gloves made of latex, vinyl or nitrile rubber, which dissolves the acetone namely right on.

In addition, you should always have an adhesive remover in the house, best for spraying, there are z. As Uhu adhesive remover spray for around 5, - Euro.

Remove superglue - normal case

By the way, in terms of sleeves and pants, you do not have to worry about having to run your hand around your ankle until your neighbor undresses you - super glue is not suitable for textiles, so you'll be able to free yourself with some effort (beware if you do not know exactly which adhesive you use, some adhesives stick textiles very well).

1. For the sake of health

Superglue and other adhesives are removed with solvents, and those are not all without it, all. Therefore, in the non-critical normal case, some precautions are appropriate:

• Solvents are highly flammable and / or flammable
  • extinguish open flame, switch off sparking devices and open electric radiators or put them away
  • do not smoke

• Solvents irritate the skin and eyes
  • Wear gloves and goggles, especially if you react quickly to chemicals
  • no longer look into the fumes
  • After skin contact with the solvent, cream the hands well
  • Harmful by inhalation
    • Anesthetize solvents if too many vapors are inhaled
    • Open windows wide or work outdoors
  • if solvent comes into the eye, rinse immediately with plenty of water and then see the doctor

2. For the sake of health and beauty for the sake of health

Superglue and other adhesives are usually removed with the solvent that is also contained in the adhesive itself. So you need to find out, preferably when buying, otherwise on the manufacturer's website. The "normal superglue" can be freshly removed with acetone, if it is dried properly bombproof, he can often soften only with an adhesive remover from the manufacturer and soften.

But before you go to the removal of superglue, there is always a thorough preliminary test:

• Adhesives contain mainly synthetic resins and synthetic rubbers
• Do a tiny allergy test before using solvent on human or animal skin:
  • dab a little solvent somewhere on the bare skin and wait a bit
• if you need to rub, then use cotton towels or tissue paper
• Cloths made of fabrics containing synthetic fibers could dissolve on contact with the solvent
• Allow solvent to act
• In the case of real superglue, constantly check whether heat develops
• Solvent on clothes:
  • Seek invisible place, dab, wait and see if it works well
  • Do not soak clothing to the surface, maybe the fabric under the solvent is not colourfast
  • remove thick layers of glue gradually
  • Repeat until residues / veils can be flushed out with the cloth
  • Wash clothes after removal of superglue

Remove superglue from clothing

If true superglue is hit on clothing, you're dealing with the solvent acetone, a very aggressive solvent. The impact assessment will therefore often go wrong, the superglue but still out. Then you have limited possibilities for cyanoacrylate. You can put the textile such as your feta cheese in edible oil (the herbs can be omitted ...), then the structure of the adhesive changes. This means that you can scratch the adhesive mechanically from your clothing, fine material is best handled with your fingernails, and coarse fabrics may have a soft brush whose bristles can not damage the fabric.

With really coarse fabrics and knitting things probably best with the fingernails, but fiber by fiber or thread by thread, a work for Zen masters. If the piece is worth it and you have the thread fumble world record behind you, the garment gets a multiple hand wash to remove glue residue and traces of oil.

If it is a garment that can only be cleaned, it could not get him an oil bath. Then you can try softening the superglue over hot steam and then "peel off" the glue - what better fits your garment, you can either try on a hem inner piece or predict clairvoyantly. When the glue is peeled off, you should immediately start cleaning this garment.

What kind of glue is it ">

• All-purpose glue, extra strong all-purpose glue, power all-purpose glue:
  • Remove fresh stains with alcohol (alcohol, if necessary from the house bar)
  • when the adhesive has dried through, try using acetone, nitro thinner, nail polish remover with ethyl acetate
• All-purpose glue, craft glue, wood glue without solvents
  • fresh - with water removed
  • dried - soften with acetone or nitro thinner
• fabric glue
  • fresh - remove with water,
  • dried - sometimes with acetone
• Craft glue with glitter and photo adhesive
  • fresh - usually with lukewarm water remove
  • dried - longer soaking or machine washing at 40 ° C (detergent may be added)

• Contact adhesive liquid or gel, also heat-resistant, shoe and leather adhesive:
  • Kraftkleber - with nitro thinner or nail polish remover with ethyl acetate
  • Adhesive spray, spray adhesive, polystyrene foam adhesive, Styrofoam adhesive - processed with benzine or turpentine substitute
• PVC adhesive, plastic glue, hard plastic glue,
  • fresh and dried: acetone, nitro thinner, nail polish remover with ethyl acetate
• All-purpose adhesive Super Strong, Super Glue, superglue, superglue:
  • fresh - acetone,
  • dried - soften in adhesive remover
• Acrylic glue, glass glue:
  • fresh - alcohol, acetone, nitro thinner (no gasoline),
  • dried - not removable from clothing, otherwise contact manufacturer
• Construction foam, assembly adhesive, sealing adhesive:
  • fresh - soft paper to wipe off and water,
  • dried - soak with acetone, nitro dilution or mechanically remove
• Hot-glue sticks:
  • remove with iron and blotting paper
• Adhesive pads, whether removable or not:
  • Remove mechanically,
  • Remains treated with benzine or turpentine substitute