Copydex is also weakened by hot water boiling poured over the cloth, before the application of thinners, and may help. Love this! Would really recommend this glue for crafts of all sorts. I use it for paper crafting and making envelopes, it does have wuitr a strong scent but regardless of that it's incredibly strong,which I wanted. Once the copydex is removed, you might have a "Clintonesque" lighter piece if fabric left behind, which may be just as bad as the original problem. I'd relegate them to modelling trousers, you don't want to be wearing the wrong trousers!

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Unlike many other rubber cements, it consists of latex dissolved in water. As such it is relatively non-toxic and so is frequently used in primary schools. It also contains ammonia [2] to stabilise the rubber solution. This is the source of its characteristic smell. Might be all right with fibre brushes, but do not do this with any brushes that are nylon, they will melt at boiling point or distort all over the place ruining the brushes. Course grade art shop brushes for oils are all right, they use natural hair, but art shop brushes may be nylon and melt.

I now have an embarrassing ‘Clintonesque’ stain on the front of my trousers, just where you do not want such a stain. I only discovered that I had a problem when I spotted a white blob on the floor. I immediately applied lots of water and rubbed with cloth. Some came off, a lot didn’t. I googled for methods. The photo shows the only hopeful one I found.

So far I have been able to lift underlay that I've wanted to move with much difficulty and without the aid of water or other solvent. I find that the dried copydex can soon be gathered into a ball and removed. It appears to prefer its own company rather than the material it is attached to. I think that's what I like most about it. Find sources: "Copydex"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( September 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Are you seriously telling me that there are railway modellers out there who do not keep several pairs of old trousers specifically to wear whilst modelling? It's a dirty hobby.SIZE=12pt] Please do visit us at [/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Unit E, The Sidings, BD24 9RP.... right behind Settle Station.[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Copydex is a common latex-based rubber cement in the UK. It can be easily recognised by its characteristic "fishy" odour. It has been owned since 1986 by Henkel. [1] Uses [ edit ] Acetone should help shift it, or Carbon Tet, but that is banned to the public. Another way is extreme cold, liquid nitrogen, or liquid propane, or dry ice, but these are a pretty drastic solution. It renders the latex rubber into a powder that comes away from the cloth. It might affect the polyester cloth base as well.....