Dissolving glue

JonE · Post by **JonE** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:01 am

In my opinion, 70's plastic laminate it is almost certainly contact cement for plastic laminate. Go outside and wear a mask. Use lacquer thinner. This process is going to be messy and odoriferous. Lay a generous amount of lacquer thinner (TAKE ALL necessary precautions as the thinner is very very flammable) on the surface and let it sit for a couple of minutes. Use a stiff putty knife with the corners ground to round so that gouging is minimized. You will need lots of rags to scrape and put the sludge into a rag. When you have removed most of the glue this way, let the whole thing set. DO NOT bring the rags inside. Allow them to air dry outside (not in direct sunlight) and away from all spark and heat source. When the top is dry there will still be a film, at least, of glue. Now use a small amount of thinner to just soften the film. Use your fingers to roll the glue off the surface and continue to do this until just about all the glue is gone. You will still probably have to wipe it down with lacquer thinner.
Do NOT use sanders. DO NOT NOT use a heat gun. The flammability of lacquer thinner and contact cement is not to be diminished. Especially the glues of 30-40 years ago. Good luck.

mediadaddy · Post by **mediadaddy** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:10 pm

After hard glue removal-try(on a small area) WD40-it works on "stickers" type glue- used it to remove glue from plastic laminates- used on industrial signs etc.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:38 pm

Fergit the WD40, just use mineral spirits(major ingredient in wd40).

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:42 pm

Right on JPG, single woman's best friend is WD40 fixes everything for a day to week, depending on what they spray it on!!! They are the majority of there customer base. I heard the #1 ingredient was non scented kerosene, but you know Best Father!!

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:54 pm

rbursek wrote:Right on JPG, single woman's best friend is WD40 fixes everything for a day to week, depending on what they spray it on!!! They are the majority of there customer base. I heard the #1 ingredient was non scented kerosene, but you know Best Father!!

Actually it be 'stoddard solvent' of which mineral spirits is one IIRC.

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:08 am

Ya know JPG, I got a penny here to split with ya, how do you want to do it? By size or weight???

anmius · Post by **anmius** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:20 am

JPG40504 wrote:Actually it be 'stoddard solvent' of which mineral spirits is one IIRC.

Stoddard Solvent

Myth: WD-40 contains Stoddard Solvent.
Fact:
Over the past few decades, the name Stoddard Solvent was synonymous with all mineral spirits. Today, the mineral spirits found in products like ours are more refined and processed (see hydrogenation, hydrotreating and distillation techniques) providing mixtures with varying boiling points, cleaning ability, and chemical composition.
The catchall phrase “Stoddard Solvent” is no longer adequate to tell the proper story. WD-40 does indeed have 50% mineral spirits, but they are refined and purified for specific characteristics needed to meet today’s performance, regulatory, and safety requirements.

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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:44 am

[quote="anmius"]Stoddard Solvent

Myth: WD-40 contains Stoddard Solvent.
Fact:
Over the past few decades, the name Stoddard Solvent was synonymous with all mineral spirits. Today, the mineral spirits found in products like ours are more refined and processed (see hydrogenation, hydrotreating and distillation techniques) providing mixtures with varying boiling points, cleaning ability, and chemical composition.
The catchall phrase &#8220]
Cannot disagree, but 'stoddard solvent' is a more or less generic term as used historically.

I guess 'petroleum distillate' might be a more common term used today.

Neither are very informative as to what the 'liquid' be.

And yes Kerosene is a petroleum distillate(wonder why locals called it 'coal oil' a few decade ago?)

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:05 pm

(wonder why locals called it 'coal oil' a few decade ago?)
Because you live in TN, coal country!!!!!!!!!!! Up here in Yankee country it is fuel oil when bought in bulk. B.O. will fix that though.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:15 pm

rbursek wrote:(wonder why locals called it 'coal oil' a few decade ago?)
Because you live in TN, coal country!!!!!!!!!!! Up here in Yankee country it is fuel oil when bought in bulk. B.O. will fix that though.

They do not mine coal in TN!(not much anyway). They like to keep their mountain tops and trout streams! Too much orange ground water 'down thar' anyway. Az is not the only place with 'red rocks'.

Fuel oil to me smells a lot like diesel fuel.

I think(total conjecture) that coal oil was used to distinguish it from whale oil both of which were used in lamps.