Ungluing tamiya cement

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Ungluing tamiya cement

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I glued pieces with tamiya regular cement (white cap). But due to my damn cat they set in the wrong alignement. is there anyway to unglue it like CA glue ?
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It actually bonds two pieces together....can you slip a sharp blade between the pieces
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It melts the plastic together, so may indeed need to cut apart
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digger303 wrote: Sun May 07, 2017 1:41 am It actually bonds two pieces together....can you slip a sharp blade between the pieces
It's what i tought but asked before going ahead with the cutting.
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I've found you can sometimes drop some TET on the join, wait about 30 secs and then start prizing them apart, just keep adding TET as you go!
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Cymru wrote: Sun May 07, 2017 4:59 pm I've found you can sometimes drop some TET on the join, wait about 30 secs and then start prizing them apart, just keep adding TET as you go!
Sorry about my ignorance, but what is TET ?
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Garion77 wrote: Mon May 08, 2017 11:36 am
Cymru wrote: Sun May 07, 2017 4:59 pm I've found you can sometimes drop some TET on the join, wait about 30 secs and then start prizing them apart, just keep adding TET as you go!
Sorry about my ignorance, but what is TET ?
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