Any tips for deflocking where there is chunks of dried glue?

[Cron Sacchariferous]

Can someone please give me some tips when deflocking pony heads where there is excessive amounts of dried crusty glue? Its always at the very top of the forehead, where I seem to have the most issues. I never ran into any issues before where there was a fair amount, but sometimes its just overflow to the point where there are mountains.  Some people sure love glue!  Ugh...

[Lorelei Redfern]

ok so  i might be able to help i got a best wishes att he flea market last year and i'm currently restoring her.. wel  on her  no  and her body nd her legs..   was this Silver crazy  glitter glue  what i did  was    took a magic eraser.   adn hot water  and ran her leg  under the hot water fo r amoment then  scurbbed  a  bit of th glue till it  got looser. and softer and  pried off the glue with my finger.  i manged to get all the glue off her.  with the magic eraser  my nails   and the hot water. hope it helps!

[DappleCafe]

If there's not any decoration to worry about, some nail polish remover might eat away at the glue pretty well.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

I always deflock with acetone.  Keep away from paint but otherwise you're good.

[hathorcat]

I don't deflock very often to be honest. But I soak the pony in boiling water and sugarsoap as thats normally the best way to start the glue softening. Then use acetone or paint stripper with a nail brush to remove the glue and flocking. However always make sure to take all the necessary precautions when using such chemicals - i.e. ventilation, protecting your skin/eyes.

[rybett]

Sugarsoap?   

[StarlightGaze]

I hear there are some non-toxic household things you can use to unstick glue, like alcohol, cooking oil, vinegar, and baby oil.

[hathorcat]

Sugarsoap?   

Hmmm...something you may not have in the US to be fair. Its a bit of an old fashioned product. You can pick it up here in DIY or hardware shops. Sugarsoap is also good at shifting yellowing on plastic and I have used it on some of the harder plastic pony items over the years but primarily I have used it to loosen flocking glue in the past.

[CarnationTwirl]

Sugarsoap?   

Hmmm...something you may not have in the US to be fair. Its a bit of an old fashioned product. You can pick it up here in DIY or hardware shops. Sugarsoap is also good at shifting yellowing on plastic and I have used it on some of the harder plastic pony items over the years but primarily I have used it to loosen flocking glue in the past.

According to wikipedia the closest North American equivalent is tri-sodium phosphate.  Which funny enough doesn't always contain actual TSP.
I've seen this at every hardware store.

[hathorcat]

Not sure whether wikipedia is always the most reliable source of info But to be honest having a quick google the same information you have listed seems to be what many other sites says.

I would just advice to be careful the first time anyone uses it - unless you are buying a product with the same chemical base as sugarsoap I cant testify to what it will do. But if its similar hopefully it has all the same good effects and no bad unexpected ones

[partypony566]

100% acetone is the only thing and easiest thing to get rid of glue don't bother using nail polish remover, it's too watered down.

[Cron Sacchariferous]

Thanks for all of your help guys, I will try out some of this that all have mentioned. Hopefully it will work out!

[rybett]

Sugarsoap?   

Hmmm...something you may not have in the US to be fair. Its a bit of an old fashioned product. You can pick it up here in DIY or hardware shops. Sugarsoap is also good at shifting yellowing on plastic and I have used it on some of the harder plastic pony items over the years but primarily I have used it to loosen flocking glue in the past.

According to wikipedia the closest North American equivalent is tri-sodium phosphate.  Which funny enough doesn't always contain actual TSP.
I've seen this at every hardware store.

Interesting!  Thanks much!