Recently I purchased a TMNT Shredder action figure from 2007, It came at a great price! I only paid 2$ for the thing, but sadly the helmet is glued on. Im not sure what glue it is but i imagine super glue, ive heated the helmet up and tried to pry it off but it accomplished nothing. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated!
Well, paint thinner or mineral spirts, but I have found that enamel thinner works for removing or weaking glues and various adhesives, but be careful simply because it can eat away some of the plastic or paint.
Have you ever used that stuff to weaken the glue used inside the figure, on the pegs? Torso cracking is one of the most frustrating things we do, but if we can dunk the figure in mineral spirits or something to dissolve the glue, we could crack open torsos easily.
Are you using boiling water or a hair dryer to heat up the part? I use a hair dryer and I've usually been able to break stuff loose even after super-gluing it together, it just takes applying enough heat and working the part loose, which sometimes requires I repeat the heating process a few times. I'm not familiar with the TMNT figures, is the helmet actually a separate piece?
For this particular figure it is indeed separate, the seller just glued it for lord know what reason, I've tried it with a hair dryer. I may try repeating this process, perhaps the water technique might help since it would actually flow into the helmet, how hot do you reckon I can get it before it actually damages my figure?
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Thank you for your response and help