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Remove Glue from Steel

  • 12-10-2016 02:27PM
    #1
    aidanki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭


    I have a substance in a machine which gets splashed with Glue.

    the Glue is the glue used for gluing boxes together

    Anyone know of a liquid that I can wash the machine with which will clean off the glue ?

    I tried IPA and wipes and it won't do the job


Comments

  • #2
    Musketeer4
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Musketeer4


    Boiling water might melt it off.

    Petrol might dissolve it away.


  • #3
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,529 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Presumably the glue is delivered to you in some kind of container with information on it from the manufacturer, so why not ask them?

    There are many different types of adhesive, and while some may be removed with solvents of some sort, many can't and the only real way is just to remove it mechanically. You may be lucky and it may be a hot glue of some sort, in which case a heat gun would probably do the job.


  • #4
    Musketeer4
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Musketeer4


    if its bare steel its on you could burn it off with a blow torch if all else fails.


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