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Ok, need help. Got a Crazy Glue accident. I wanna used a little drop of crazy glue to glued my FW mini, but the fether spilt all over it. I succed to save 80% of the details but some not... My question, does someone know a product that remove the paint and the glue???? need help

FW? Is this a Forge World resin?

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No chemical solvent based superglue debonder that I know of that won't damage resin (acetone is the go-to for removal but IT WILL damage resin, at best softening it and at worst, removing any details).

Freezing (overnight) and carefully chipping away the now crustier superglue has been known to work.

I will try 24h in water and soap and remove the super glue with a niddle.

Superclean. Same stuff people use to strip paint off minis.

It makes the glue a little more brittle, but it also soaks inbetween the glue and the surface. It might take a couple days, but it should come right off without any affect on the resin.

I soaked a FW raven that was a glue gobbed mess, and it took about a week and a half.

I would however avoid picking at a resin mini with a metal needle since that seems likely to harm the resin.

If you cant get the Superclean, Simplegreen should do the same job, but might take longer.

 chromedog wrote:
Freezing (overnight) and carefully chipping away the now crustier superglue has been known to work.

I have no experience with FW, but I know some resins will turn extremely brittle below a certain temperature depending on how they're set initially. If you're going to freeze it, I'd test it on a part that's not important to you to ensure the glue is more easy to chip away than the resin itself.

Sorry ... did I have to specify THAWING it first as well?

Wasn't aware that this sort of thing required that level of spoonfeeding.

 chromedog wrote:
Sorry ... did I have to specify THAWING it first as well?

Wasn't aware that this sort of thing required that level of spoonfeeding.

LOL, clearly it does, I had no idea you thawed them before trying to get the glue off. Many polymers turn brittle when cooled then return to their original properties when returned to room temperature.

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Please say you mean 'super glue' rather than 'crazy glue'...

I will buy simple green this week and try it. What will be hard to work is details like little skull... I think that will be hopless to see that kind of details again.

really, REALLY cheap nail varnish remover woks well for me as it softens the glue so it can be picked off, this was safe on the crap they use for finecast so I can't see why it would be a problem for FW resin