Got Hot Glue on my CD

[Potatogamer966]

Got hot glue on it and not sure if the disc even is gonna work anymore, and it's already dried up. Is the disc done for?

[Levent]

Yeah, hot glue is hot enough to warp the plastic and if you try to pull the blob off its most likely going to rip the data layer off.

[Potatogamer966]

9 minutes ago, Levent said:

Yeah, hot glue is hot enough to warp the plastic and if you try to pull the blob off its most likely going to rip the data layer off.

So would this amount be bad enough?

[manikyath]

a lot of cleaners will loosen hot glue like it was never there, so as long as the plastic of the cd itself wasnt compromised this is an easy fix.

 

for lack of anything more suitable, deodorant will take care of it for you.

 

18 minutes ago, Levent said:

its most likely going to rip the data layer off.

the data layer isnt on the underside of a cd afaik

[Levent]

54 minutes ago, manikyath said:

the data layer isnt on the underside of a cd afaik

Yes, picture was added later on.

[Needfuldoer]

The glue landed on the bottom of the CD, which is the thickest plastic. (The data on CDs is held on the extremely thin foil layer on top. DVDs bury that data layer under plastic, but it's almost unprotected on CDs.)

 

Isopropyl alcohol will break a hot glue bond. Soak a cotton ball or wadded-up tissue with the stuff, then kind of massage it on around the edges of the glue. It should start to loosen up. (Don't soak the whole CD.)

[ToboRobot]

I'd stick it in a freezer for bout a half hour and try to peel it off before I tried cleaning it with any solvents.