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How to get superglue off iPhone?

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Apple-NoEscape

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Mar 25, 2010
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I know it's stupid of me.
I was using super glue and some must of dripped on my work bench. I place my phone down without looking and bam I have super glue all over the back of my 3Gs.
Can anyone suggest a way to get this off??
:( :(
 
Ugh I did this to my Blackberry one time. Self-repair gone horribly wrong. Goof-Off works wonders. Should be at any hardware store.
 
So I'm guesing I shouldnt try nailpolish remover on it?

May have to just wait untill morning and head to a hardware store. Really dont want to leave it that long though.
 
nail polish remover is like battery acid for the majority of plastics... I wouldn't recommend it.

can you not carefully pick it off with your nail? The smooth surface of the plastic shouldn't allow the glue to grip all that strongly...
 
zeeflyboy said:
nail polish remover is like battery acid for the majority of plastics... I wouldn't recommend it.

can you not carefully pick it off with your nail? The smooth surface of the plastic shouldn't allow the glue to grip all that strongly...
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Tried picking it off. Is stuck on strong.

:(
Ok then no nail varnish remover.
Damn it.
 
Since it's a glass back I would let it dry and use a razor blade?

Very careful of course......


zeeflyboy said:
nail polish remover is like battery acid for the majority of plastics... I wouldn't recommend it.

can you not carefully pick it off with your nail? The smooth surface of the plastic shouldn't allow the glue to grip all that strongly...
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The loctite remover could be a good bet... just read the back of the packet carefully to see if it mentions use on plastics.
 
For what it's worth, I used nail polish remover on the back of my 3G to get superglue off. It worked, and no problems at all.
 
frikfrak said:
For what it's worth, I used nail polish remover on the back of my 3G to get superglue off. It worked, and no problems at all.
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Did you water it down at all?

Also can anyone confirm whether the 3G and 3Gs used the same plastic?

zeeflyboy said:
The loctite remover could be a good bet... just read the back of the packet carefully to see if it mentions use on plastics.
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Just wish it wasnt midnight so I could go get it now.
 
frikfrak said:
For what it's worth, I used nail polish remover on the back of my 3G to get superglue off. It worked, and no problems at all.
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lucky, I've even seen it melt/warp a car headlight when my friend used a bit to try and get rid of some really stubborn insect marks. Incidentally goo off worked a treat for the other headlight...


To the OP - if you do use nail polish remover as the above suggestion use it very, very sparingly.
 
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