How to remove super glue

**thevolvoguy** · 08-03-2002, 10:58 AM

How would u go about getting excess super glue off of paint? It has been there for about a year, but its really starting to get to me now. Im assuming I will need to sand? What grit is best to use for a novice at sanding? How would I polish it back to life?

BTW: Clay won`t take this off, neither will PPCL, or any C/W`s.

**mikenomad57@hotmail.com** · 08-03-2002, 11:17 AM

hmmm I was just about to apply some super glue to my car, the windshield that is since my windshield decal is peeling a bit in some corners.....hmmm:doh

**laynlow** · 08-03-2002, 12:11 PM

There are de-bonders avaliable at any hobby shop. Apply a little to the CA, let it dwell a minute and wipe it off.

**Lemonxxs** · 08-03-2002, 09:56 PM

Acetone or nail polish remover works at dissolving Super glue....

It may take a while if it has been there a while....

I have no idea what it will do to the paint though...:nixweiss

**matt@wheelwax** · 08-03-2002, 09:59 PM

I have wondered the same thing as well since I got a dab of super glue on my trunk when reglueing the "Y" in mercury i broke off drying the car.

Maybe Ill try one of those methods tommorow and report back!

**KWANG-SEOK** · 08-04-2002, 02:47 AM

A buddy of mine who used to mix his own model airplane fuel gave me some nitromethane that I used to remove dried super glue. It worked GREAT and (at least for me) didn`t harm the paint at all. It was actually pretty amazing how easily the nitromethane got the super glue off...it just wiped away cleanly.

I believe you can find commercially-available super glue removing chemicals at any hardware store; IIRC these chemicals actually contain small amounts of nitromethane and should work perfectly.

IMHO acetone or any type of alcohol won`t do squat for you. And don`t even think about sanding...you won`t have to do that if you`re patient and find the right chemical.

**kaptsig** · 08-04-2002, 07:40 AM

Acetone and nail polish remover, many contain acetone, are the only things I`ve heard that will dissolve superglue. I would try the nitromethane, that someone suggested, before acetone. I would have expected the acetone to be rough on the paint, but on another forum someone used nail polish remover and didn`t seem to harm the paint at all. Other forum members were amazed.

**KWANG-SEOK** · 08-04-2002, 11:14 AM

Well, I guess it`s possible that acetone might work, but I didn`t wait long enought to find out. The nitromethane took the all of the dried-up super glue off instantly; I suspect that the acetone might take a bit longer or might require a bit of elbow grease. Of course, YMMV.