Removing glue from leather?

mike_plumbs

My neighbour recently managed to splatter white glue on my black leather coat and didn't tell me about it until after I had found it myself and confronted him about it. At this point it's already dried and he doesn't recall exactly what kind of glue it was. So, now I need a way to remove the glue without damaging the coat. The first thing I thought of was getting it dry cleaned but when I talked to them they told me that dry cleaning likely...

Originally asked by Demon on Stack Exchange (lifehacks) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Most likely, what you need is not at all a hack. You need to contact some shop in your area specialized in dealing with leather, and ask them to support you. Why? Because whatever will attack that glue for removal probably has the ability to destroy the leather too - either totally or partially - which you want to avoid. And my typical joke: you always have the alternative of using fire, scissors, or covering the entire jacket in glue :)

Full answer by virolino: https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/a/27845 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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