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I inadvertently got glue on my glasses. Dumb mistake, was gluing my arch rest pad back on (maybe it's time for new glasses) and set the frames down next to the still open bottle. Dumb. It's not too bad, just my right side, lower peripheral vision is a bit blurry.

I use cyanoacrylate... any ideas what will get this off my glasses? Acetone? Nail polish remover? Scrape it with a file? (ha, kidding on this one)

Any help for the village idiot would be welcome!

Steve B

Rattleshirt wrote:I inadvertently got glue on my glasses. Dumb mistake, was gluing my arch rest pad back on (maybe it's time for new glasses) and set the frames down next to the still open bottle. Dumb. It's not too bad, just my right side, lower peripheral vision is a bit blurry.

I use cyanoacrylate... any ideas what will get this off my glasses? Acetone? Nail polish remover? Scrape it with a file? (ha, kidding on this one)

Any help for the village idiot would be welcome!

Steve B

http://www.lifespy.com/2007/how-to-remove-super-glue/

lawrenceg wrote:

Rattleshirt wrote:I inadvertently got glue on my glasses. Dumb mistake, was gluing my arch rest pad back on (maybe it's time for new glasses) and set the frames down next to the still open bottle. Dumb. It's not too bad, just my right side, lower peripheral vision is a bit blurry.

I use cyanoacrylate... any ideas what will get this off my glasses? Acetone? Nail polish remover? Scrape it with a file? (ha, kidding on this one)

Any help for the village idiot would be welcome!

Steve B

http://www.lifespy.com/2007/how-to-remove-super-glue/

Agreed - Acetone (or nail varnish remover) will remove it. But, it will almost certainly melt the plastic lens. Try running it under very hot water and seeing if you can scrape it off (with a plastic knife or similar) while the hot water weakens the bond.

Huh! I just wish I could find a superglue that would actually stick something nowadays.

Your local model shop should have a spray-on release for cyanoacrylates, but again, it may melt plastic lenses.

I think the hot water and non-abrasive scraper suggestion is a good one. I'd try a pair of cheap chopsticks, like you get with Chinese carry-out. Also, a plastic spoon or spork would be a possibility, heh, carry-out again

Folks, thanks for the suggestions...

I think my best bet at this point is the hot soapy water and some serious scraping...

Possum, nothing wrong with take out options! I'd starve without 'em!

Rattleshirt wrote:Folks, thanks for the suggestions...

I think my best bet at this point is the hot soapy water and some serious scraping...

Possum, nothing wrong with take out options! I'd starve without 'em!

Best of luck, Steve. And don't be too hard on yourself about it; we've all had those blonde moments

One better option than hot water and soapy water is...

Take one teaspoon and boil a kettle.
heat teaspoon with steam coming from kettle.
rest teaspoon against superglue on glasses.

This should "melt" the glue making it runny - so less scraping.

You can also place your glasses into the freezer, wait a while and the glue section might pop off with little force.

I have had to rebase a few figs for differant games and this seems to work in getting the glue to release or at least to be brittle enough to weaken.

Ninth

dave_r wrote:One better option than hot water and soapy water is...

Take one teaspoon and boil a kettle.
heat teaspoon with steam coming from kettle.
rest teaspoon against superglue on glasses.

This should "melt" the glue making it runny - so less scraping.

Interesting, does this work? the softening point of most cyanoacrylate adhesives is 150C+ (melting at 180C+) hence the 'water' approach to weaken the bond. I wonder if straight steam might be enough? - I'm tempted to find an old pair of glasses and experiment...

Tom..

I'm tempted to find an old pair of glasses and experiment...

Just don't do it in public!

Hey folks, thanks for all the replies. I'm glad I'm not the only ass. Just the only one to take it to the forums!

So far, no luck. I thought the heated spoon thing was working, but the glue's still there. It seems like it's less of a "bump" but maybe that's wishful thinking. Going to give it another go with the spoon, hot soapy water and whatever else I can muster.

Luckily, I can still see no problem as long as I don't look down to my lower right!

Steve B

Rattleshirt wrote:Hey folks, thanks for all the replies. I'm glad I'm not the only ass. Just the only one to take it to the forums!

So far, no luck. I thought the heated spoon thing was working, but the glue's still there. It seems like it's less of a "bump" but maybe that's wishful thinking. Going to give it another go with the spoon, hot soapy water and whatever else I can muster.

Luckily, I can still see no problem as long as I don't look down to my lower right!

Steve B

What about the heated spoon and some superglue solvent? I have a tube of some sort of solvent that is supposed to unstick superglue (It came in a pack of 10 tubes of glue which cost £1 in a pound shop). It doesn't work too well if at all on dry superglue but might on warmed glue.

A model engineer I used to work with reckoned superglue was useless in torsion so would recommend twisting to break the bond, therefore he'd glue something to it to provide a "handle" and twist off. Beware though that one of the foibles of superglue is that it has maximum hold on smooth surfaces....and glasses sure meet that criteria!

So to get the super glue off add more super glue.

I'd suggest trying the freezer next. Just don't put them in the freezer while they're still hot from the spoon.

You know, this is a truly crazy idea, but what about calling the optometrist that fitted you for the glasses, and asking them if they have any suggestions, apart from buying a new pair of specs?

I was told many years ago that methanol was a solvent for superglue, which caused worried frowns in the model aircraft fraternity of the time.

They had recently taken to using Zap and similar superglue types to assemble their aircraft, and model aircraft fuel was 80% methanol...

As might be expected, it was then discovered that the engine combustion processes didn't leave enough methanol in the nasty sticky exhaust output to be a problem, so they all breathed a sigh of relief!

johno

You know, this is a truly crazy idea, but what about calling the optometrist that fitted you for the glasses, and asking them if they have any suggestions, apart from buying a new pair of specs?

Possum, why would I do something so rash when I could easily tap into the Field of Glory community of experts on this topic? Honestly...

Hey, you're from Joizy, ask yourself this - What would Dice do in this situation?

What would Dice do in this situation?

Good question... I expect he'd stomp on the glasses while snorting cocaine off of a hooker's belly. Just a guess but problem solved.