imyerboogeyman
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I need to remove some super glue that was put on plastic S&W grips to secure a slip on hogue grip. Tried nail polish remover. Didn't do anything. What can i use that wont ruin the grips?
Super glue help!
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Acetone is supposed to dissolve set superglue, but be careful of the plactic grips!!!
Loctite do a Super Glue Remover which might be kinder to the grips.
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Loctite do a Super Glue Remover which might be kinder to the grips.
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Steve F
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Try freezing it then carefully chip it off 
imyerboogeyman
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Yea the nail polish I was using might not have had acetone. Ill check. I went to the hardware store and found a product called Duro- Super glue remover. Ill let you know how it works.
Bobarino
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go to your local hobby store that sells R/C airplanes. they have a CA glue section and in there they also have a CA glue "debonder". it disolves CA glue easily and is safe for just about all surfaces. here's a link to some different brands you might find.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=debonder&FVPROFIL=++
Bobby
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=debonder&FVPROFIL=++
Bobby
keyhole
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When my youngest superglued her lips,( by accident ) the dr used Neosporin to work it off of her. Worked pretty good as I recall, about 19 years ago!
rufus1
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CA glue does not hold up to heat, to remove it boil the grips in water(if possible) That is how we release the bond of rubber tires to plastic rims in the R/C industry
Joejojoba111
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What is CA glue?
P.S. I thought superglue was invented to glue tiles onto the Space Shuttle, which means it would resist low to moderate heat.
P.S. I thought superglue was invented to glue tiles onto the Space Shuttle, which means it would resist low to moderate heat.
Bobarino
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Joe,
i'm almost certain that the tiles on the shuttles are not held on by super glue.
here's a short history of CA glue from: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bladhesives.htm
Superglue - Synthetic Glue
Superglue or Krazy Glue is a substance called cyanoacrylate that was discovered by Dr. Harry Coover while working for Kodak Research Laboratories to develop an optically clear plastic for gunsights in 1942. Coover rejected cyanoacrylate because it was too sticky.
In 1951, cyanoacrylate was rediscovered by Coover and Dr Fred Joyner.
Coover was now supervising research at the Eastman Company in Tennessee. Coover and Joyner were researching a heat-resistant acrylate polymer for jet canopies when Joyner spread a film of ethyl cyanoacrylate between refractometer prisms and discovered that the prisms were glued together.
Coover finally realized that cyanoacrylate was a useful product and in 1958 the Eastman compound #910 was marketed and later packaged as superglue.
on a side note, this stuff is also great for gluing cuts on your skin back together. stings a bit but ends bleeding and bonds instantly.
Bobby
i'm almost certain that the tiles on the shuttles are not held on by super glue.
here's a short history of CA glue from: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bladhesives.htm
Superglue - Synthetic Glue
Superglue or Krazy Glue is a substance called cyanoacrylate that was discovered by Dr. Harry Coover while working for Kodak Research Laboratories to develop an optically clear plastic for gunsights in 1942. Coover rejected cyanoacrylate because it was too sticky.
In 1951, cyanoacrylate was rediscovered by Coover and Dr Fred Joyner.
Coover was now supervising research at the Eastman Company in Tennessee. Coover and Joyner were researching a heat-resistant acrylate polymer for jet canopies when Joyner spread a film of ethyl cyanoacrylate between refractometer prisms and discovered that the prisms were glued together.
Coover finally realized that cyanoacrylate was a useful product and in 1958 the Eastman compound #910 was marketed and later packaged as superglue.
on a side note, this stuff is also great for gluing cuts on your skin back together. stings a bit but ends bleeding and bonds instantly.
Bobby
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Hah, made for gunsights...
Slightly (okay, totally) off-topic...
Before the Space Shuttles actually flew, I saw a show where they did a segment on casting the ceramic heat-shield tiles. The tiles, which are actually almost-cube-shaped blocks, were coming by on a conveyor belt. You could actually see the centers of the blocks glowing red with the heat from the kiln.
The host of the show reached out, bare-handed, and picked up a still glowing block. The ceramic was such a good insulator that even though the interior of the block was still molten, the outside was room-temperature...
I was awed.
Back to the original topic...
Before the Space Shuttles actually flew, I saw a show where they did a segment on casting the ceramic heat-shield tiles. The tiles, which are actually almost-cube-shaped blocks, were coming by on a conveyor belt. You could actually see the centers of the blocks glowing red with the heat from the kiln.
The host of the show reached out, bare-handed, and picked up a still glowing block. The ceramic was such a good insulator that even though the interior of the block was still molten, the outside was room-temperature...
I was awed.
Back to the original topic...
imyerboogeyman
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Well I tried that Super glue remover on my garage door opener which appeared to have a similar plastic to the grips. The Duro remover kinda turned the super glue gummy and I was able to remove a layer at a time but it also softened/melted the palstic. Afraid it would do the same with the grips. Maybe I will try boiling?
Skin So Soft (sometimes packaged as SSS) by Avon. I don't know the science of it, but it's what mom pulled out when I superglued my fingers together back in the day. I've also used it to remove tar from my car bumper, and I have friends who ride motorcycles that swear by it as a treatment for the leather on their bikes.
Bobarino
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Skin So Soft is also a fantastic mosquito repelant. no kidding.
Bobby
Bobby
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Sss
And cures athletes foot.
And cures athletes foot.
The problem is just about any solvent that can melt the super glue will probably melt the plastic too. It's one of the reasons I stick with metal these days and avoid plastic whenever possible. I think the boiling water was probably the best suggestion yet, but I wouldn't go far as to actually boil the grips. Instead I might boil a lot of water and find a way to squirt judicious amounts of boiling water onto the glue every few seconds, while scratching at it with my fingernail.
rcmodel
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I would be very surprised if super-glue remover harmed S&W synthetic grips.
They are either going to be solvent resistant nylon, or some synthetic rubber compound.
S&W handgun grips are made to withstand all kinds of gun cleaning products, and I don't think a little super-glue solvent will hurt them in the least.
Take the grips off and test a spot on the inside of one and see.
rc
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