Debonding Citadel Glue

[majorpayne327]

Hey guys, my friends friend just gave my friend about 30 imperial guardsmen because he didnt want them anymore. He built them and painted them when he was about ten so the glue job is less then poor. after getting the paint stripped using the tutorials here, how can one debond the glue and get rid of it completley without ruining the models?

I would also like to know so i can also clean up some of my space marines

thanks in advance

[gitty1]

if it's plastic models glues with the plastic glue theres to way to debond it as the platic is what makes the bond

if its metal or plastic and has been glues with superglue then something along the lines of simple green will work just submerge the models in the simple green for around 15-30 mins and gently pull the peices apart

[majorpayne327]

no damage to the models?

[Terminatorinhell]

Nope, plastic or metal simple green won't damage them..it does make GS a bit softer but not much.

[majorpayne327]

i dnt use gs anywway so its all good, wat about goo gone? would that work to or is it to strong?

 

*EDIT* I tested goo gone since i have some lying around, and it doesnt work. what it does do is strip paint somewat

[LuNCHBiZZLe]

I have told probably hundreds of people about this stuff I buy at wal-mart called purple power, it's a concentrated heavy duty degreaser it's about $4-5 a gallon and its 100% safe for plastics and will even take off enamel paint such as testers, with at worst just staining the plastic, and all glue other than plastic cement which actually melts and bonds the parts of minis together, comes right off no problem just run the model(s) under a warm tap and take a brush to them.

[chromedog]

Superglues: The easiest way is to stick them in a ziploc bag and pop them in the freezer overnight.

Superglues REQUIRE water in order to cure, but they encapsulate it when they do cure. Freezing expands the molecules and essentially sets up fracture zones through the bond. Works best with metal/plastic superglue bonds (as the thermal expansions are different in each, which multiplies the effect).

 

Acetone will debond superglues more or less instantly. It also strips paint and will turn plastic into goo. Resins it has issues with also.

 

Plastic glues. There is no chemical way to separate them due to the nature of the bond. Physical separation is the only way to do it. Extreme care is the only way to avoid excess damage (either to the model or your own person. Modelling knives CAN cut very deep).

[majorpayne327]

so with the purple stuff, how do u use it? just pour it into a cup and soak the model? can i get a quick tut to use it?

[MrFloydNL]

From what I've learned, the way plastic glue bonds is by slightly melting the surface. That is why applying a little to both contact areas is supposed to give a somewhat stronger bond.

 

In short; the contact point is fused together in such a way that there is NO way to separate (in fact the contact point sort of "melts" together), unless you cut them apart with a knife.

[Trukk26]

I had a rhino that I used enamels and citadel glue and some super glue on. I used Simple Green concentrate to strip it and I let it sit for 24 hours with a stiff brush all paint came off and I was able to gentle pull the parts off that were glued and bring the model back to looking like it just came off the sprue. Make sure you buy the concentrate in a jug not the spray bottle.