How to get cyanoacrylate glue out of clothes without ruining them
Cyanoacrylate nail glue hardens into a stubborn white residue that resists standard scraping, soaking, and washing methods like acetone or laundry detergent. This leaves people with crusty stains that make brand-new clothes look ruined and unwearable.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Scraping the glue off
- 2Using acetone nail polish remover
- 3Soaking in dishwasher and laundry detergent
- 4Washing and air drying
- 5Using the freezer trick to chip away at the gum
- 6Dabbing with a towel damp with rubbing alcohol
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“i accidentally got cyanoacrylate nail glue on the front of it. Ive scraped it, used acetone nail remover, soaked it in dishwasher and laundry detergent, and washed it.”source ↗
“The spots are still there and are white now. Does anyone have any idea on what I can do or is this a lost cause?? Im getting desperate.”source ↗
“I really wanted to help my boyfriends daughter fix her brand new sweat pants and I made them worse lol and I’m normally good at getting stains out 😅”source ↗
“It was a lot worse, I did the freezer trick and was slowly chipping it away, but they got mixed in laundry and got washed, thankfully I noticed and didn’t put them in the dryer”source ↗
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