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Jeff Wisnia

wrote:
I own a glass table with metallic lower part (legs etc). The top glass
plate is attached to the four metal rings with some powerful
transparent glue. Therefore, when you're watching the table you can
actually see these metal rings and the table's lower metal parts
through the top glass plate.

I badly need to remove the top glass plate, but don't know how to
dissolve this glue. Does anyone know which glue is usually used for
this purpose and what can be used to dissolve it?

I tried acetone, but it doesn't have any effect.

Thanks in advace!

It's likely a cyanoacrylate glue (aka "super glue").

Methylene chloride disolves it, but watch out how you use it, it's toxic
stuff!

Nitromethane works, but is a little less effective as a solvent, though
less toxic.

You might try inverting the table and building modeling clay dams around
the legs, then pour some solvent into the moats and wait for it to work.

Do that OUTSIDE please, for your body's sake.

HTH,

Jeff

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