Outer Rim Tim Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Hi there- I was putting a hard hat liner in my helmet, and managed to screw it up. And now, I need to unglue some of the pieces. Anyone have any suggestions of how to unglue the pieces that I have stuck together? I was thinking that heat would be the key (since it is hot glue after all), but I thought I would see if anyone had any better ideas before I screw this up further! Thanks for any recommendations you can provide! ~Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I have only found two ways that work, a sharp knife but time consuming or a soldering iron which melts the glue again then just scrape the melted glue away with some scrap abs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Aloha[Admin] Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 If you used actual hot glue from a hot glue gun a hair dryer or heat gun should melt the glue quickly -Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyTrooper[TK] Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Hot glue things I typically can just pull off without anything else, maybe a butter knife as leverage. Also, have you considered padding instead of hard hat liner? I've got hard hat liner in mine and I've tried on helmets with padding and I like padding much better. The hard hat liner takes up quite a bit of room (or at least in my bucket it does). Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCTrooper[TK] Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 I found this maybe give it a shot. http://manganlabs.com/easily-remove-dried-hot-glue-aka-hot-melt/452/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebladejedi[TK] Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 If you've used hot glue from a glue gun my bet it is will fail and fall apart quicker than you could say hotglueisuselessneveruseitagain.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonitekid Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 If you've used hot glue from a glue gun my bet it is will fail and fall apart quicker than you could say hotglueisuselessneveruseitagain.. I concur. To remove it spray with furniture polish such as Mr Sheene. Leave for five mins and it should peel straight off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outer Rim Tim Posted July 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I'll giver your ideas a shot. As always, much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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