An Australian teenager has faced court for allegedly defacing a large blue sculpture of a mythical creature by sticking googly eyes on it.
Amelia Vanderhorst, 19, appeared via phone at Mount Gambier Magistrates Court in South Australia on Tuesday charged with one count of property damage.
In a statement at the time of the September incident, the local council said CCTV footage showed a person putting artificial eyes on the artwork which locals have nicknamed the “Blue Blob”.
This is on whoever removed the eyes.
There are like two dozen ways to completely dissolve most adhesives.
Or what, did she epoxy them on there?
Unless the blobs are some gel solvent they used for removal before prying them off with a shovel, i’d say it’s some form of contact cement.
A little patience and some isopropyl, maybe a heat gun would have likely let them remove it without harm. Whoever did the removal wasn’t trying to be careful, they gauged it as someone else’s problem.
Cooking oil does a great job for a lot of adhesives, and won’t damage surfaces like many solvents will. It’s also a great way to get animals unstuck from glue traps.
May I inquire as to which oil you mean — canola? As the staple oil varies by region, so I can’t be sure which one it is for you.
It doesn’t really matter, just whatever you have in your pantry. For some adhesives it does need to sit for a while, though.