I got a big blob of GG on my jacket… and I ain’t ready to call it a trashed work jacket yet. The back of the bottle says acetone or denatured alcohol can be used for cleanup, but I don’t have either on hand. Anyone know if those will dissolve the glue once it’s set up into a nice beige foamy clod?
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Sorry David, but your jacket is permanently "textured." Acetone or Den.Alcohol will disolve wet glue but not dry. I have a glob of poly foam on one of my workshirts that's been there over a year, probably 50 washings.
Id agree, its polyurethane, but if you want to give it a shot, acetone is the active ingredient in fingernail polish remover. You could also try ammonia or spirits, but maybe test Id hate to tell you something that would take the color out.
-zen
I sit heere laughing - I am wearing a shirt that got some on the shoulder a couple years ago. The shirt is almost worn out but the 2" splash is still going strong!On the positive side of this thing, it works great for fixing tool bags, torn shoes, etc. I can't count how many times i have squirted a little Gorilla in a seam in the bags, clamped it overnight, and never had to stitch up a tear or bad seam again
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whatever you try..
test the fabric first..
i'd think that anything that could eat Gorilla Glue could probably eat your synthetic fabric also
Acetone is probably your best shot, but if the jacket is a synthetic material, the acetone will likely remove jacket from the glue, vs the other way around.
Maybe you are right, but Ive always seen acetone in a plastic container. Unless you get it in a metal one at the hardware store.
Maybe other synthetics would be different.
-zen
Any solvent that dissolved the polyurethane would also likely destroy the fabric. We use a mil-spec, CARC paint that is basically gorilla glue mixed with solvent and some pigment. The solvent evaporates and then the chemicals react with water in the air to form polyurethane. The instructions warn that after curing, no solvent can dissolve the paint or remove it from tools, spray equipment, etc.
You're SOL on this one.
IMHO your outa luck on this one. Perhaps a strategically placed and stylish patch, leather maybe, or embroidery could be installed over the area.
Globs or built up glue can be sanded or whittled down with care. The stuff down in the fabric is there for the duration barring use of magnification and very fine probes.
The one weakness Gorilla Glue, and similar polyethylene materials, have that I know of is they degrade in UV light. A few weeks in Florida sun and the surface of the stuff turns from tan to brown and becomes friable. Not much help if the jacket is nylon. The same UV would be degrading the fabric unless you could shield the nylon in some way. If it is cotton, leather or acrylic you may have some luck. I don't know.
Sunlight might work but a focused industrial UV source would be far better. If you gain access to such a source be sure to protect your skin and especially your eyes. An arc source would work but would be hot and poorly focused. A halogen source lacking the shielding glass would be OK but poor focus again. Dentists use a UV source for acrylic bonding and glass restorers sometimes use a UV source to harden their glue. Pretty ideal. If you had a friend in these fields perhaps they would let you play with their toys after hours. Those dental picks might help.
I would try for a treatment with high intensity UV, localized with some cloth and tape, and some scraping to remove the depolomerized surface. Repeat as needed. Assuming you have removed the glue down to the surface a few treatments might get it to at least the point it is less noticable. A thought anyway.
Wittle the glue flush and find a patch or machine embroidery pattern you like seems the better course. A sewing shop can stitch on a pattern in minutes. Kind of personalize the jacket for you.
Beltsander
It's just my old black Carhartt coat... nothing to cry over. Mostly just curious about whether the glue can be dissolved. Maybe I'll try the belt sander, or take the plumber's torch to it real carefully.