How to Remove Hot Glue From Your Skin

Hot glue is used on a number of craft projects, and sometimes you can end up with the glue on your skin. Because of the glue's temperature, melted hot glue on your skin can be incredibly painful, and you may want to peel it off immediately. This could result in painful tearing of the skin, so take precautions before removing hot glue from your skin.

Things You'll Need

• Olive oil
• Cotton pad

Instructions

1. Cool the affected skin immediately in cold tap water or by rubbing an ice cube over the area. This will harden the glue and soothe the burning simultaneously.

2. Soak a cotton pad in olive oil, and dab it around the glue and skin.

3. Hold the oil-soaked cotton pad on the glue, allowing it to slowly break down and dissolve the glue.

4. Peel away dissolving glue gently. If you continue to meet resistance, apply a second cotton pad soaked in oil before trying again.

5. Apply a layer of antibiotic ointment to the skin where the burn occurred, but don't cover it with a bandage. Give it time to breathe.

6. Contact your doctor and ask for assistance if the glue does not dissolve easily, or if it has burned deeply enough into your skin to cause painful resistance when you attempt to pull dissolved glue away.

References

• Reka Hot Melt Glue Gun Instructions

Resources

• Glue Guns Direct