I am such a dickhead. Spill a tiny smear of gorilla glue on my laptop. Try and dissolve the glue with acetone, the only thing that removes gorilla glue. Just spreads and smears the tiny blob everywhere. How the frick to I clean up my x220? It looks like an actually gorilla has shit on it??
That's gorilla cum, innit?
Dudes please help... my x220 is ugly
I assume this is a joke product, what the frick is magic eraser?
its a very funny product but it will work well, no joke
magic eraser
That’s not glue
stop fapping to AI CP
kek
>Try and dissolve the glue with acetone
anon i...
acetone eats plastic...
Acetone on plastic, you fricked up. Sand the white shit off the frame, buy new caps?
at least you learned what else besides gorilla glue acetone fricks up
based. nuke that e-waste
Throw it in the trash and get a modern laptop. A decade old dual core is worthless. If you must have an autistic stinkpad, consider a t480.
>no numpad
just throw it in the trash. time to put it where it belongs.
This area makes me think that
is the case; it's re-solidified glue. You could try a non-solvent based adhesive remover. Gorilla glue is used in the medical field, and there are products available on the market which can remove it without irritating the skin.
forgot pic
See how it seems to have chipped and we can see pristine lenovo chassis underneath?
shiet nigguh
Yes you are right. Thanks anon. Any specific you would recommend for non solvent glue removers.
I like https://yurekpharmacy.com/shop/Smith-&-Nephew-Remove-Adhesive-Remover-Liquid-p552136576 because it has a fresh pine scent, and it's a bit oily making it more manageable. I don't know how well it dissolves gorilla glue. I'll go test it.
Thanks mate. Gonna try and get one from a hardware shop tomorrow. I am sure they will give me some brand or another and tell me what is what.
Tried it, doesn't work.
That will look like shit after hours of work. At this point, you can focus on removing the color instead of the glue. Try rubbing some oil or some petroleum based lubricant on it or WD40.
Palmrest for X220 costs like 5 bucks if you take just plastic without touchpad and fingerprint scanner(but with hole for it, if you use it). Installing it takes 40 minutes and no skill whatsoever. I bet you won't bring it to acceptable condition anyway.
Cyanoacrylate adhesives (which it appears to be that you used--gorilla glue is just a brand and they have a few different adhesives) can be dissolved with acetone, yes. But I believe that Thinkpads are either ABS or a PC/ABS blend for their outsides, so there is a risk that the solvent you used will dissolve that as well. That said, it takes longer for the solvent to work on the ABS than it should on the CA, but I still wouldn't use that if I were you. Ironically enough, water is not compatible with CA and can (over a long timespan) help to loosen the bond but you'll still need to get at it with an abrasive media to remove the remaining spread around glue and bloom.
The cracks you see are likely from the solvents attacking areas where internal molded in stresses were in the plastic. CA glue would work on those, but you have to be careful about how you apply it and clean it up after it cures with a razor blade or craft knife and sand it down.
If I were you, I would disassemble the laptop and isolate the part that's fricked, submerge it in a bath of water and wet sand off the areas with 400+ grit sandpaper until it looks right again. Maybe take it up to 800 grit. Fill in any cracks that developed with CA glue again and sand those down. It's not going to look pretty or anything like the original, but it will look a lot better than what you've done to it so far.
Most people learn this lesson in one way or another: do NOT wipe CA glue around to try to clean it up. Let it cure and then cut that shit off or pry it up or whatever else after it hardens, otherwise you end up with what you have now.
go to hobby lobby and by a roll of vinyl and slap a sheet of hot pink over it
or a big sticker
well at least it was only an X220
Flash do a version, check your local pound shop.
Excellent. Will nip into a b&q or something tomorrow.
>OP didn't THINK before using the wrong solvent on his ancient ewaste THINKpad
rly makes u think
>he put acetone on plastic
bruh moment
buy a second Thinkpad and replace the plastic shell...
Actually, buy a defect Thinkpad and then just transplant the plastic case. You can probably find a broken one for a few bucks
>acetone on plastic
at least its not a macbook
if anon had an aluminum laptop the acetone wouldn't have destroyed the case
and the fricking keyboard?
ha ha.... noo
yeah but it could have damaged his $400 skinny jeans
Shit man that looks bad. Time to get a new laptop. Either that or do it to the whole laptop and give it a post-apocalyptic aesthetic.
another wound on the same thinkpad... The Thinkpad will never die
>spills one tiny drop of glue
>decides to smear it all over the machine to clean it
kek
Just get a new palm rest from ebay
>x220
Not worth fixing
the back of the laptop is not made out of plastic, moron. its painted magnesium
could try wrapping it with black plastic wrap