How to remove bonded metal fixings from a glass table top - cheap method

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If you wanted to re-purpose the glass, removing these can be a real b****rd. I'll show you how it can be easy...ish. This is a free/cheap method using only a tea lite candle.
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This is exactly what I was looking for! I just got a new table for which I wanted a glass top and found one the exact same size but with the same aluminum disks glued on to it. Thanks for the video.

rrshankar
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I was facing the same issue and try to remove this glue but not succeeded and once saw this video - now it is resolved. Thanks and really helpfull video.

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THANK YOU for this video! Super grateful. I had 2 round side tables whose legs were wobbly and falling apart, and thanks to your instructions I was able to remove the metal fixings and have re-purposed the glass tops by placing them on various round vintage items I had. It worked GREAT and I'm glad I did not have to throw away perfectly good glass pieces! Oh, and it only took 8 minutes each with the candle, and I used Nail Polish remover to remove the excess glue and it worked great!

stevensharpe
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Thank you so much for this video. It helped me tremendously. One thing I did that worked even faster… I did not have a candle so I used a sterno. This worked even faster (about 5 minutes) and when pushed slightly with a wooden ruler, they all slid off quite easily. Thanks again for sharing.

fitnessrevolution
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Thanks for the informative video. Timing seems to vary a lot so keep an eye on things. I put the tea light about the same distance as shown and set my timer for 20 minutes. I came to have a look at the progress after about 10 minutes and the fitting had fallen into the candle with very little residue but I had numerous blobs of splattered wax to clean up. LOL

gramhawke
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I know this is an old post but I just stumbled upon it while researching methods for removing aluminum square blocks from the corners of 3'x 3' 3/8" thick tempered glass. After watching this video I had another idea since I did not have any tea lite candles on hand. I removed mine with a soldering iron which gives a very controlled and precise/targeted heat source. My aluminum blocks had a threaded hole in the center so I put the tip of the soldering iron in the threaded hole and I used a clamp to manage the cord and support the soldering iron. Took 5-10 minutes and a couple light taps with a stuby hammer and the blocks slid away. Residue easily cleaned up with acetone. No damage or marring of glass or the blocks.

duanemellott
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You are a genius, ‘make do workshop’ 😀
That method is absolutely fantastic, and with a squeezing too, the aluminium part can be be removed afterwards with astonishing ease, requiring to hardly apply any force.
I’m very grateful 😉
By the way: in order to remove the remaining glue, just using regular nail varnish remover does the job perfectly in less than 2 minutes.
Kind regards from Belgium.

AviationMusic
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Wow! Great tip! I used a torch to heat up the metal for about 10 seconds, then used a pair of channel locks to twist it off. Super easy!!!

steinson
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Fantastic fix! We’ve been struggling forever trying to take off similar leg supports that you removed from our coffee table that we’re repurposing! Nothing worked, and we were afraid to put pressure on the supports so that we wouldn’t break the glass. You’re the BEST!! Well done!

diannes
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Really easy and cheap method..mine came off in 15mins i placed the candles close..after removing the metaols let the glass in room temperature for 15 mins, dont put acetone on hot glass...
Thanks once again bro.

pranshu
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brilliant, i knew the power of tea light candle, but never knew it can be used in this way,

jjjnathan
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Thanks so much for this video! I had a glass table top break and apparently the company I bought this table from makes these proprietary-sized adapters and refuse to sell them or new tops, so I couldn't buy them anywhere. I ended up using your video as inspiration and ran it under some scalding hot water to loosen the glue and it popped right off!

SoopoidShmezzle
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Thanks so much for this video! Because of it I was able to salvage the aluminium circles off from a glass table I found on the side of the road! I really needed circular pieces like them for a project of mine so this helps tremendously!

I ended up applying a bit of acetone to hopefully loosen up the glue first and then hitting the aluminium with a butane torch (not literally lmao) and they popped off from the heat after about a minute or 2!

maeday
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Amazing . I have the exact same glass with the exact same aluminum circles that need to be removed. thanks for posting this

tedmart
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Thank you for this (although I was on edge for your wrist as you were prising them off!)
I have a set of glass & metal bathroom scales, which are stuck in exactly the same way and I want to re-purpose them, as a surface, for my Polymer Clay modelling, so getting on with that today.
Cheers!

madasaboxofrogs
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oh my god ! thanks. This is the very simple and fast method compare to hair dryer. Done my work !!

jarirjafni
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After the glue melts a little bit u can use a strong thread or thin wire to pry it from glass.

hemantmamgai
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Would love to see how the rest of this project turned out. Thanks for the candle tip will definitely be using this!

FAITk
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Thanks so much for posting. I was baffled as to how to get them off.

thehollis
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I found the same coffee table all Glass and have a under storage also made out of glass. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO I'M GOING TO DO EXACT SAME THING

shakmohammed