Thought for the day....

[FrontlineAntiques]

Had a terrible accident this morning with an exploded tube of superglue and my new parade mounted Hindenburg crosses ribbon

is there anything i can do? its set rock hard and has caused a darkened stain. My mother always said i shouldnt have nice things... :speechless:

[Alex K]

Oh dear!! I believe that normally super glue can be softened with very hot water, what it will do to the ribbon unfortunately is anyones guess

regards

Alex

[JimZ]

Well, how about taking the superglue as far away from your collection as is humanly possible.

I dare not ask what it was doing so close!

And as far as I know, that ribbon will never be the same again. You may try to use thinners but that will simply ruin the ribbon completely. And I doubt if warm water will be of any use at all.

Edited July 15, 2009 by JimZ

[Guest Rick Research]

We have all had Ghastly Learning Experiences

though mine were from the Time Before Super Glue

Lesson learned, eh?

I can only hope it was a single 74 year old Cross and not an entire mounted group wrecked? Lone Hindenburgs, while the loss of one is sad, are not in short supply yet...

though 'tis incidents like this that keep removing surviving untouched original items every single day. :catjava:

[Tom Y]

As a last resort try nail polish remover.

[Kev in Deva]

Small comment:

Hindenburg Cross circa 1934+ I believe so how is the ribbon 100 years old?

Hindenburg ribbon is not to hard to find, there is even a good repro out there at the moment.

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

[FrontlineAntiques]

Morning

The nail polish remover took off the thick of it, but the ribbon is still rock hard and stained.

Thanks for all your help. Lesson Learned. :unsure: