Fanjeera
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I had heard that acetone is one of the best solvents for removing stubborn glue which is what my Ghostbond XL always is. So being tired of Autoglym's toxic smells, uneffectiveness and higher price, I tried it on my full Swiss lace human hair piece.
I soaked it for an hour and some (or probably all, diffusely) of it was light purple when I poured it in the toilet. The color strange and scared me (because my piece costs almost 900€!). It didn't remove the glue residue very good I think: it turned it white and stiff. Washed with dish washing liquid, rubbed a little bit more with microfiber cloth and shampood, but all the white residue still stayed there. The base maybe felt a little bit dry.
(Most of the glue I mirror slided off, though, and some most stubborn places I rubbed with acetone on a microfiber cloth. So there were no big clumps left anyway.)
What do you think happened to it that caused the acetone to turn from transparent to light purple? The piece has always had an annoying slight purple hue though. Could it have removed some of it?
Why might the glue residue (I guess it's that) have turned white and stiff?
Is acetone really a good strong solvent? Has anyone ever used it before in this kind of a way? I am too poor to start using Ghostbond's own solvent -- there has to be something regular that could also do the job. Autoglym still does some of the job though.
Some pictures of the base after towel drying so you could see the white: http://imgur.com/a/y0X74
Would you even call this a clean piece? Does yours look similar after cleaning?
Thanks!
I soaked it for an hour and some (or probably all, diffusely) of it was light purple when I poured it in the toilet. The color strange and scared me (because my piece costs almost 900€!). It didn't remove the glue residue very good I think: it turned it white and stiff. Washed with dish washing liquid, rubbed a little bit more with microfiber cloth and shampood, but all the white residue still stayed there. The base maybe felt a little bit dry.
(Most of the glue I mirror slided off, though, and some most stubborn places I rubbed with acetone on a microfiber cloth. So there were no big clumps left anyway.)
What do you think happened to it that caused the acetone to turn from transparent to light purple? The piece has always had an annoying slight purple hue though. Could it have removed some of it?
Why might the glue residue (I guess it's that) have turned white and stiff?
Is acetone really a good strong solvent? Has anyone ever used it before in this kind of a way? I am too poor to start using Ghostbond's own solvent -- there has to be something regular that could also do the job. Autoglym still does some of the job though.
Some pictures of the base after towel drying so you could see the white: http://imgur.com/a/y0X74
Would you even call this a clean piece? Does yours look similar after cleaning?
Thanks!