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Yrs it's happened to me once also. Someone careless sold a bunch of minis on eBay which 3 of them were completely covered in super glue. So bad in fact it looks like a plaster moulding we yes to do in nursery school it's sooooo bad. Ok so I've tried loads of attempts and they have all failed. I've managed with a skillful hand use a scalpel to sheer off the excess but it's taken ages and it's not very accurate. That and you could accidentally damage the model. I am now dropping the, in house hold bleach and every few mins checking and seeing if it melts off easily.

Anyone else had success with an idiot who has poured over a bathtub of glue over a mini and removed it without damage??

Your best bet would be to look for some super glue debonder. Otherwise, it might be a lost cause if it's as bad as you say.

Acetone will get rid of Super Glue by weakening and softening it so you can pick it off.

Buy non-acetone-free nail varnish remover and soak the models in it, in an old jam jar, as long as they are metal. Use sensible safety precautions to avoid breathing lots of fumes and so on.

Don't use this method for plastic or resin!!

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Acetone will get rid of Super Glue by weakening and softening it so you can pick it off.

Buy non-acetone-free nail varnish remover and soak the models in it, in an old jam jar, as long as they are metal. Use sensible safety precautions to avoid breathing lots of fumes and so on.

Don't use this method for plastic or resin!!

Thanks a bunch I will try it and hope for the best.

I just chip it off with a hobby knife/old dull drill bit.

 Jimsolo wrote:
I just chip it off with a hobby knife/old dull drill bit.

I've tried that with one already and the glue doesn't seem standard. This fool looks like he poured apoxy resin over the model because from my scalpel hand I can see some damage us passing over to the model so I stopped.

Acetone will also attack epoxy resin. If that doesn't work, try methyl choride -- Ambroid Pro-Weld liquid plastic cement.

Be very careful with this stuff because it is really unhealthy to the skin and lungs, etc!

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Acetone will also attack epoxy resin. If that doesn't work, try methyl choride -- Ambroid Pro-Weld liquid plastic cement.

Be very careful with this stuff because it is really unhealthy to the skin and lungs, etc!

Thanks will have to find the equivalent because we won't have it labelled like that here

 kerikhaos wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Acetone will also attack epoxy resin. If that doesn't work, try methyl choride -- Ambroid Pro-Weld liquid plastic cement.

Be very careful with this stuff because it is really unhealthy to the skin and lungs, etc!

Thanks will have to find the equivalent because we won't have it labelled like that here

That's surprisng, actually, it's a pretty common place solvent, albeit a little industrial. You might check a hardware shop?

Super Clean (usually available in automotive departments of stores) also works well for loosening superglue. It turns it a kind of a dry white chalky thing that's pretty easy to scrape off with a stiff plastic brush. I have a toothbrush I use for that purpose. It's about as bad as acetone on the skin though. A decent pair of nitrile gloves and decent ventilation is useful for anything you're stripping chemicals off of.

Also, you should be aware of your local regulations surrounding disposing of such chemicals. I believe the US is kind of uptight about disposing of acetone. Super Clean is supposedly biodegradable and nonflammable, so you can in theory put it in the sewer. Check your local laws.

What's commonplace in the USA isn't necessarily so elsewhere in the world.

You can still buy Xylene (industrial solvent - only known one that will strip polyurethane lacquers) in the US. You can't get it here (or many other places because we went all "Xylene free" several decades ago - which is why our permanent markers are now no longer permanent).

Try freezing it. It weakens superglue bonds even further than normal (because structurally speaking, it's not a very strong bond anyway). With repeated freeze/thaws, you might even get it to slough off in chunks when you pick at it.

thanks for advice I will give these all a bash if my current attempt fails. Thanks again