# Melted plastic on glass.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melted-plastic-on-glass/519941>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melted-plastic-on-glass/519941 "2009-12-04T03:44:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mlai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@mlai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlai)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melted-plastic-on-glass/519941/21 "2009-12-05T07:24:00Z")

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As someone who makes plastics for a living, I vote for acetone. It dissolves most common plastics you’d come across (or swells them, making them easier to dissolve) and doesn’t touch glass.

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**Author:** ![beo.thuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@beo.thuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beo.thuck)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melted-plastic-on-glass/519941/22 "2009-12-05T10:14:03Z")

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Call the manufacturer for advice?

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