Removing hot glue?

Wendy Cochran
by Wendy Cochran
How do I move old hot glue that has gotten hard over the years off vintage glass decor?

  8 answers
  • Jason T. Lee Jason T. Lee on Jul 17, 2017

    a razor blade for the glass or heat with a heat gun on wood or metal

  • William William on Jul 17, 2017

    Try soaking on very hot water to soften the glue. You could also place cloth dipped in hot water over the glue to soften it. Then just peel it off.

  • Gracie Gracie on Jul 17, 2017

    Maybe put a blow dryer over it for a minute to soften it up and then scrape it off.


  • Sunny C Sunny C on Jul 17, 2017

    Hello Wendy; I would soak the items and that way then the glue would be much easier to get off.

    What exactly are you trying to get the glue off of???

  • Elizabeth Mitchell Elizabeth Mitchell on Jul 17, 2017

    You can buy "Glue Gone" to soften the glue if glue is on glass.

  • V Nichols V Nichols on Jul 17, 2017

    You can use a razor scraper, or you can use paper towel and a hot, dry iron (which is the same way you get wax out of carpet). If it's hot glue it should be able to be reheated to remove.

  • Dfm Dfm on Jul 17, 2017

    try freezing it.

  • Wendy Cochran Wendy Cochran on Jul 18, 2017

    thank you, I started with the hair dryer. That did nothing. I don't think it was hot glue. Who knows what it was, it came from my mother. I got it off with careful scraping and Goo Gone.