<p>Well, maybe you could try using a nail in between the bricks. I personally have never glued legos together, so I am just giving an idea. Odd, right?</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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user2415
<p>Non acetone nail polish remover is used to remove glue and polish bit notnharm artificial nails. It's used tonremove pitch from cars without harming paint. After reading this, I guess it's about my only hope.</p>

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Lori-jean Titone
<p>Tough job.</p>
<p>You can <em>try</em> using some nail polish remover to try to start breaking down the glue.</p>
<p>From <a href="http://www.supergluecorp.com/removingsuperglue.html" rel="noreferrer">Removing Super Glue</a>, which they give for advice for people that accidentally glue their fingers together, this procedure <em>might</em> also work for the bricks.</p>
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<p>...even though Super Glue is incredibly strong, it has one weakness: acetone.</p>
<p>Acetone is often found in household nail polish remover, and a small amount on the end of a Q-tip or cotton swab applied directly to the glue should dissolve the bond without damaging the skin.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>A lot will depend obviously on how much glue was used inside the bricks, but perhaps a little crack and a small screw driver to help pry them apart and keep applying the acetone to the reachable edges can help break them apart.</p>
<p>I don't know if acetone will do something to the brick's color or structure, so proceed carefully.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>

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Yes, be very careful with acetone as it's been shown previously to ideal for melting bricks together
Zhaph - Ben Duguid
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@Kaylee yes, for images look towards the end of the [this article](http://thebrickblogger.com/2011/01/lego-glued-magnet-removal/)
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<p>When I was five my Dad used some kind of a good glue to put together a set together so I didn't loose any pieces. Putting the ethics of that action aside, I want to split the bricks from another and remove the glue. I tried heating up the set in boiling water but the glue didn't budge. Any ideas out there?</p>

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Unfortunately, knowing **which** kind of glue was used might be a crucial piece of information. And some may be impossible to remove altogether (Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone like [they use in LEGOland parks](http://bricks.stackexchange.com/a/1038/99), for example, as it fuses bricks together)
Joubarc
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See also [this answer](http://bricks.stackexchange.com/a/165) regarding glue.
cornbread ninja
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And why do we even have a tag [tag:glue] anyway?
Joubarc
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Don't remove the glue at all. What your dad glued up back then is now a relic.
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Removing glue from Lego bricks
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# Removing glue from Lego bricks

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-07-20)

When I was five my Dad used some kind of a good glue to put together a set together so I didn't loose any pieces. Putting the ethics of that action aside, I want to split the bricks from another and remove the glue. I tried heating up the set in boiling water but the glue didn't budge. Any ideas out there?

**Tags:** glue

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Unfortunately, knowing **which** kind of glue was used might be a crucial piece of information. And some may be impossible to remove altogether (Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone like [they use in LEGOland parks](http://bricks.stackexchange.com/a/1038/99), for example, as it fuses bricks together)  
> **username_2**: See also [this answer](http://bricks.stackexchange.com/a/165) regarding glue.  
> **username_1**: And why do we even have a tag [tag:glue] anyway?  
> **username_3**: Don't remove the glue at all. What your dad glued up back then is now a relic.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2012-07-20. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

Tough job.

You can *try* using some nail polish remover to try to start breaking down the glue.

From [Removing Super Glue](http://www.supergluecorp.com/removingsuperglue.html), which they give for advice for people that accidentally glue their fingers together, this procedure *might* also work for the bricks.

> ...even though Super Glue is incredibly strong, it has one weakness: acetone.
>
> Acetone is often found in household nail polish remover, and a small amount on the end of a Q-tip or cotton swab applied directly to the glue should dissolve the bond without damaging the skin.

A lot will depend obviously on how much glue was used inside the bricks, but perhaps a little crack and a small screw driver to help pry them apart and keep applying the acetone to the reachable edges can help break them apart.

I don't know if acetone will do something to the brick's color or structure, so proceed carefully.

Good luck.

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: Yes, be very careful with acetone as it's been shown previously to ideal for melting bricks together  
> **username_8**: @Kaylee yes, for images look towards the end of the [this article](http://thebrickblogger.com/2011/01/lego-glued-magnet-removal/)  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2013-03-06. Score: 1

Well, maybe you could try using a nail in between the bricks. I personally have never glued legos together, so I am just giving an idea. Odd, right?

Good Luck!


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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-03-20. Score: 0

Non acetone nail polish remover is used to remove glue and polish bit notnharm artificial nails. It's used tonremove pitch from cars without harming paint. After reading this, I guess it's about my only hope.


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