Removing Super Glue

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I noticed a small drop of super glue in two places on my fingerboard from inlaying. I'd prefer not to sand it down as the frets are already installed and the fingerboard is already nicely sanded to 400 grit. Any advice for removing superglue?

[mikhailgtrski]

Acetone should remove it.

[carousel182]

I've tried acetone for the same reason and it did'nt work at all. how much acetone should i be putting on it?

[soapbarstrat]

Scotch tape/razor blade combo is quite good at knocking down stuff, and leaving just a few thou to sand/file off. Also, if there's enough room between the frets you could file with the grain using a *small* file.

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[carousel182]

where do you get a file that small

[Daniel Sorbera]

You could always make one.

[Setch]

I'd just scrape it with a razor blade. Scraping leaves a finer finish than sanding or filing, so I wouldn't worry about following it up with anything else.

[jmrentis]

+1 on the razorblade

+1 on the scotch tape on razor blade

Another cool razorblade trick that I saw at frets.com I think and heard here once long ago was the razorblade/scraper concept. You basically sharpen a razor blade like a scraper, obviously much more gently though and you get a wicked little tool for stuff like this. It takes practice though, otherwise you might not get a very even hook on the blade. You only need to turn the hook on the blade really. Anyhow, I've had it work well for me when fixing itty bitty stuff like this. It takes less pressure and strength than the regular razor blade which helps to control and avoid making scratches and nicks with the razor blade. Anyone else use or try this? Is this what anyone here means when saying they scrape using a razorblade? J

Edited November 12, 2007 by jmrentis

[Jon]

When fretting a neck, I use CA glue to glue the frets in. After squeezing down the fret, I wipe it down with some acetone and it cleans up the board extremely well. I don't know how affective acetone is towards fully dried CA glue though.

[billm90]

acetone needs to soak into the glue for a bit, which is hard because the wood will soak it up, and it evaporates fast. depending on where it is, acetone could eat your inlays.