Removing wood glue from a carpet
Peter Elsden
She who usually only supervises decided to try her hand at a bit of diy
recently and assembled a flat pack bedroom chest of drawers.
Unfortunately she was somewhat careless with the sachet of wood glue
provided, as a result of which we now have several small patches of
glued pile carpet.
Does anyone know of anything which can be used to soften, dissolve or
remove the wood glue without leaving holes in the carpet.
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Peter Elsden Runaid Enterprises
email: sa...@runaid.demon.co.uk Broxbourne. Herts
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Dave H
varnish-remover on clear adhesives, paint thinner on epoxy resin, liquid
grease solvent on latex adhesive. I wouldn't like to say which category
wood-glue falls in to - probably latex. Hope this helps, don't shout at me
if it don't work
Peter Elsden wrote in message <2p6ExBAL...@runaid.demon.co.uk>...
Chris French
<da...@dhhawkins.demon.co.uk> writes
>Peter Elsden wrote in message <2p6ExBAL...@runaid.demon.co.uk>...
>>
>>
>>Unfortunately she was somewhat careless with the sachet of wood glue
>>provided, as a result of which we now have several small patches of
>>glued pile carpet.
>>
>>Does anyone know of anything which can be used to soften, dissolve or
>>remove the wood glue without leaving holes in the carpet.
>>
>According to a Which? book I,ve got open here: use non-oily nail
>varnish-remover on clear adhesives, paint thinner on epoxy resin, liquid
>grease solvent on latex adhesive. I wouldn't like to say which category
>wood-glue falls in to - probably latex. Hope this helps, don't shout at me
>if it don't work
Neither AFAIK, it will be a PVA glue, which seem pretty resistant to
solvents, though Acetone (nail varnish remover) might be worth a try.
What about warming it gently with an iron, and seeing if it can be
gently scraped off?
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David Pickles
Peter Elsden <sa...@runaid.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know of anything which can be used to soften, dissolve or
> remove the wood glue without leaving holes in the carpet.
As somebody else has pointed out, this stuff is PVA and I have yet to come
accross a good way of getting it out. As any parent of young kids will know,
PVA glue is now used as the universal child-friendly adhesive in primary
schools everywhere, and every child I know comes home from school lathered in
the wretched stuff and their clothes trashed; protective clothing apparently
not being de rigueur these days.
In case it's of any help, we've noticed that once the kids' clothes have been
through the tumble drier, the glue patches go translucent until next time
they are washed: so maybe a hair-drier (or paint stripper gun on VERY low
setting?) might disguise your carpet problem, if not cure it?
David
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Derek Uttley
>
> In article <2p6ExBAL...@runaid.demon.co.uk>,
> Peter Elsden <sa...@runaid.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of anything which can be used to soften, dissolve or
> > remove the wood glue without leaving holes in the carpet.
>
> As somebody else has pointed out, this stuff is PVA and I have yet to come
> accross a good way of getting it out. As any parent of young kids will know,
> PVA glue is now used as the universal child-friendly adhesive in primary
> schools everywhere, and every child I know comes home from school lathered in
> the wretched stuff and their clothes trashed; protective clothing apparently
> not being de rigueur these days.
>
> In case it's of any help, we've noticed that once the kids' clothes have been
> through the tumble drier, the glue patches go translucent until next time
> they are washed: so maybe a hair-drier (or paint stripper gun on VERY low
> setting?) might disguise your carpet problem, if not cure it?
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I thought that PVA glue was water based. White emulsion that dries
transparent. A good soaking with water will dissolve hardened glue. I use this
glue quite a lot for model railway work, gluing down ballast between the
sleepers of the track. Once set it is rock hard but only needs to be sprayed
with water to soften and be removed.
D.
John Laird
>
> I thought that PVA glue was water based. White emulsion that dries
> transparent. A good soaking with water will dissolve hardened glue. I use this
> glue quite a lot for model railway work, gluing down ballast between the
> sleepers of the track. Once set it is rock hard but only needs to be sprayed
> with water to soften and be removed.
And if the water is hot, it comes off easier too.
[You shouldn't assume that water-based products can always re-dissolve -
modern car paints are water-based...]
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Richard Gethin
>In article <35F6D8D5...@newbridge.com>, Derek Uttley
><dut...@newbridge.com> writes:
>>
>> I thought that PVA glue was water based. White emulsion that dries
>> transparent. A good soaking with water will dissolve hardened glue. I use this
>> glue quite a lot for model railway work, gluing down ballast between the
>> sleepers of the track. Once set it is rock hard but only needs to be sprayed
>> with water to soften and be removed.
>
>And if the water is hot, it comes off easier too.
>
>[You shouldn't assume that water-based products can always re-dissolve -
>modern car paints are water-based...]
>
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Richard Gethin
Jon Rouse
> I thought that PVA glue was water based. White emulsion that dries
> transparent. A good soaking with water will dissolve hardened glue. I use this
> glue quite a lot for model railway work, gluing down ballast between the
> sleepers of the track. Once set it is rock hard but only needs to be sprayed
> with water to soften and be removed.
Sorry, I have ot disagree. We use PVA (PIP) on screens for screen printing, so it
is wet all the time we are printing and doesn't dissolve. To get it out you have ot
use bleach, which doesn't sound too good for a carpet.
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