coyote - 9-5-2022 at 12:46
How would I go about removing spilled superglue from a table? my chem teacher is mad at me.
Tsjerk - 9-5-2022 at 13:30
You could use a sander or an angle grinder.
unionised - 9-5-2022 at 13:34
It depends what the table is made of. Superglue is soluble (or at least,. softened by) acetone.
j_sum1 - 9-5-2022 at 13:51
Acetone is the go-to here.
If the lab bench cannot handle acetone without disintegrating, you got other problems.
Dr.Bob - 9-5-2022 at 16:10
If you soften it with acetone, it will scrap off easily with a razor knife.
coyote - 10-5-2022 at 07:28
I used some isopropanol and scraped it off with a coin, took like 10 mins but it worked
Herr Haber - 10-5-2022 at 15:29
I'd have gone for nitromethane. It's the main component in superglue remover products.
Maybe not in everyone's inventory though.
Ah, there's a thread about it:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=87866
SWIM - 10-5-2022 at 20:02
The above solvent suggestions are good.
Dimethylformamide can work well too.
[Edited on 11-5-2022 by SWIM]
ParkinsonWilkinson - 10-5-2022 at 21:07
Methyl acetate should also work, it's the main solvent in many super glue brands
Keras - 10-5-2022 at 21:30
Maybe also butanone (a.k.a. MEK, methyl ethyl ketone). Judging by its smell, it’s the main solvent in a lot of commercial glues (UHU type, in
Europe). It should work like acetone, but since it’s a bit less volatile, you have more time ahead to use it.
monolithic - 17-5-2022 at 03:14
Nitromethane is an excellent superglue remover, as Herr Haber mentioned. It works far better than acetone. I keep a small bottle of nitromethane just
for this purpose. 