FrontlineAntiques Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 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 guessregardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 We have all had Ghastly Learning Experiencesthough 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 As a last resort try nail polish remover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrontlineAntiques Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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