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Removing superglue from table
How would I go about removing spilled superglue from a table? my chem teacher is mad at me.
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You could use a sander or an angle grinder.
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It depends what the table is made of. Superglue is soluble (or at least,. softened by) acetone.
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Acetone is the go-to here.
If the lab bench cannot handle acetone without disintegrating, you got other problems.
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If you soften it with acetone, it will scrap off easily with a razor knife.
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I used some isopropanol and scraped it off with a coin, took like 10 mins but it worked
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I'd have gone for nitromethane. It's the main component in superglue remover products.
Maybe not in everyone's inventory though.
Ah, there's a thread about it:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=87866
The spirit of adventure was upon me. Having nitric acid and copper, I had only to learn what the words 'act upon' meant. - Ira Remsen
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The above solvent suggestions are good.
Dimethylformamide can work well too.
[Edited on 11-5-2022 by SWIM]
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Methyl acetate should also work, it's the main solvent in many super glue brands
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Maybe also butanone (a.k.a. MEK, methyl ethyl ketone). Judging by its smell, it’s the main solvent in a lot of commercial glues (UHU type, in
Europe). It should work like acetone, but since it’s a bit less volatile, you have more time ahead to use it.
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Nitromethane is an excellent superglue remover, as Herr Haber mentioned. It works far better than acetone. I keep a small bottle of nitromethane just
for this purpose. 
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