Help with nasty superglue attack

[penguin]

Help!

I was painting with my lovely W&N series 12 size 00, and I got the tiniest bit of superglue on the tip! It has bunged up the point, and I can\'t get it off Does anyone know what substance I could use to dissolve it off, or is there no hope?

Thanks

~Bill

 

[Simon123]

I\'ve had it too ;/ Wha i\'ve done was puting the tip of brush in acetone, maybe you should try this, it helped me

 

[Ogrebane]

Acetone may be the only thing but if I was you I would be looking to buy a new brush.

 

[Drake Farstrider]

That sucks dude. Try the acetone if that does not work buy a new brush.

 

[Wolf Fang]

the other thing you can try is hot water or a heat gun.. super glue HATES heat..

 

[mickc22]

Sorry Bill, new brush

 

[penguin]

Eep

I have tried acetone and that has helped, though the brushtip is a little bent... I\'ll try hot water too. Thanks guys

~Bill

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by mickc22
Sorry Bill, new brush

Yep! Sorry Bill but that sounds like a new brush to me as well.

Done the self same thing with a GW brush, but didn\'t spill any tears over that one though.

 

[vincenti]

Perils of the GLUE

Not only should you never keep super glue near your W& N no 7 brushes, you should NEVER, NEVER bite the bunged up glue top off with your teeth .I did that a few years back and after a few moments went to take a gulp of tea , you guessed it ,mouth would not open!After a few moments of panic finally managed to prize my jaws apart. GOD bless ..........VINCENTI

 

[Dragonsreach]

A good friend of mine (Who shall remain nameless) actually managed to glue a high elf to his tongue, just before his Cell Manager walked into his store. lol

Self same person was once called up on a Sunday morning , by a concerned mother, just at store opening time to ask \"how to remove superglue from her sons thigh\".
Her son had been glueing together figures at 06:30, Au Naturel.
Turns out the figures were Slaaneshi Deamonettes. :innocent:

 

[Kraan]

Don\'t bother using some solvent or other chem-liquid.
Try the easy way:chop chop

And if you can\'t have the brush back to normal: buy another one and keep this one for mini drybrushing

 

[Avelorn]

W&N are often of high quality.. so if you abuse it some with heat and such you might be able to save it with hairbalsam or brushconditioner. Just put it on for a couple of hours. Wouldn\'t give it that much of a hope though...

It might be useful still if the tip is bent or if some hairs are removed so don\'t throw it away.