Supergluing your fingers together

[N_Cook]

Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly glued
to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first but no
effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I was
concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls of
acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a rotating
wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector worked, but anyone
elses experiences/advice for the next time? Anyone ever glued one hand to
the other ?

 

[Meat Plow]

Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly
glued to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first
but no effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I
was concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls
of acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a
rotating wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector
worked, but anyone elses experiences/advice for the next time? Anyone
ever glued one hand to the other ?

I glue large cuts together. From what I've heard/read Cyanoacrylate was
developed as a substitute for stitching wounds together on the
battlefield during the Vietnam war. Little wonder it bonds skin so
thoroughly. It's also used in its medical counterpart for some surgeries.

Back to gluing cuts. I was sharpening a large hunting knife and managed
to cut the side of my right thumb to the bone. Cut was about 2.5cm and I
could see bone and other structures underneath. Didn't look like I cut
anything else and my thumb still worked ok so rather than getting it
stitched I used a grade of cyano we use for guitar work. Got the bleeding
stopped, wasn't much to begin with. Applied the glue and the cut was
closed immediately. I put cloth tape around the joint so the thumb
wouldn't flex as that was where the cut occurred. A week later the cut
had healed well enough to remove the tape. Now I have a scar but it is a
straight line. Be happy to upload a pic of it.

 

[N_Cook]

I glue large cuts together. From what I've heard/read Cyanoacrylate was
developed as a substitute for stitching wounds together on the
battlefield during the Vietnam war. Little wonder it bonds skin so
thoroughly. It's also used in its medical counterpart for some surgeries.

Back to gluing cuts. I was sharpening a large hunting knife and managed
to cut the side of my right thumb to the bone. Cut was about 2.5cm and I
could see bone and other structures underneath. Didn't look like I cut
anything else and my thumb still worked ok so rather than getting it
stitched I used a grade of cyano we use for guitar work. Got the bleeding
stopped, wasn't much to begin with. Applied the glue and the cut was
closed immediately. I put cloth tape around the joint so the thumb
wouldn't flex as that was where the cut occurred. A week later the cut
had healed well enough to remove the tape. Now I have a scar but it is a
straight line. Be happy to upload a pic of it.

re sig
Its also used for the chance of CSI lifting murderer's fingerprints off the
skin off dead bodies. That is one of the reasons that a tent goes over a
body outdoors. So heaters can go inside and evaporate Cyanoacrylate in a
confined space.

 

[William Sommerwerck]

From what I've heard/read, cyanoacrylate was developed as a

substitute for stitching wounds together on the battlefield during
the Vietnam war.

It was actually developed by Kodak in 1942, and was originally used to
splice film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate

 

[Meat Plow]

It was actually developed by Kodak in 1942, and was originally used to
splice film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate

Well dammit I won't have that story to tell my grand children.

 

[Gerard Bok]

Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly glued
to either side of a connecctor.

To dissolve cyanoacrylate you need (warm) water and patience.
Or rather: patience and warm water as the most important
ingredient should go first.

One other thing to notice: superglue may be a marble in some
cases, it has very poor resistance to water.

Anyone ever glued one hand to the other ?

We may be sloppy but not that stupid ;-)
You may however drop by the nearest convent and ask 'Why?'.

 

[Smitty Two]

Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly glued
to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first but no
effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I was
concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls of
acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a rotating
wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector worked, but anyone
elses experiences/advice for the next time? Anyone ever glued one hand to
the other ?

They do make a specific solvent for CA; we keep a bottle on hand at the
shop. I have no idea what's in it, but it works very well on skin and
other things, too. We do a couple of assembly jobs involving CA and by
the time you've worked with it for a few hours at a time, you're pretty
much guaranteed to have the stuff all over at least 9 of your fingers.
The solvent cleans it right up.

Physiologically it's pretty innocuous stuff. Besides gluing cuts
together well, I've heard of people mistaking it for a bottle of eye
drops, and it hasn't done any real damage. Inconvenient to have your eye
glued shut for a while though.

 

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Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly glued
to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first but no
effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I was
concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls of
acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a rotating
wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector worked, but anyone
elses experiences/advice for the next time? Anyone ever glued one hand to
the other ?

I've made a few mistakes, but have avoided that one.

The second best story I've heard about 'Superglue' mistakes occurred
back in the '60's. One of the plastics engineers described the events
like this.

'Joe' was assigned to do a 'miracle of plastics' demonstration for an
open house the company was hosting. One part of his presentation
involved putting a couple of drops of Eastman 910 at one end of a
strip of rubber, overlapping the other end, then stretching the rubber
until it broke. This demonstrated that the bond was stronger than the
original material. While this was going on, one 10 year old boy was
watching this, obviously fascinated.

Eventually 'Joe' had to take a break. He starts to head to the Men's
room, then realized that he should put the Superglue away. He heads
back to the table, and spots the ten year old applying Superglue to
both hands. At this point the kid looks up, spots 'Joe' heading for
him. The kid quickly clenches his fists, jams them in his pockets,
and vanishes into the crowd. After thinking for a few seconds, Joe
heads back to the Men's room.

===========================================

The best story involves 'Carol' and her live-in boyfriend, 'Matt'.
'Matt' had a way with women. It was a way that didn't involve much
consideration for their feelings, kind words, or affection. 'Carol'
is getting tired of having 'Matt' around, but hadn't quite reached the
point where she was ready to throw him out.

That changed one night when 'Matt' decided to go drinking after work
rather than come home. Eventually ''Matt' showed up drunk, smelling
of beer, cigarette smoke, and cheap perfume. And 'Matt' wanted to
have sex. When 'Carol' objected, 'Matt' slapped her a few times until
she changed her mind. Afterward, 'Matt' promptly goes to sleep on his
back. 'Carol' has had enough, she grabs the bottle of Superglue,
applies some liberally to both of 'Matt's' hands, glues them to his
genitalia, then call the police to report that her boyfriend has raped
her.

PlainBill

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per N_Cook:

Anyone ever glued one hand to
the other ?

IIRC, buncha years ago there was a robber somewhere who, after
robbing somebody at an ATM machine, would super glue the victim's
hands to the machine.

 

[Meat Plow]

Yup... although the off-the-shelf cyanoacrylate has some amount of
toxicity to skin cells, and is not ideal for this purpose. A lot of
people do use it as an emergency / field dressing, though... I
understand that rock climbers often carry a tube.

Medical skin glue is based on a slightly different cyanoacrylate (butyl
rather than methyl, IIRC) and is easier on the skin cells. It's not
widely available, though, except as a medical or vetrinary adhesive in
expensive single-use ampoules).

Hmm I'll have to remember that. Didn't seem to prove very toxic to my
cut. Skin had mended around 10 days after. I probably wouldn't use it
if I cut my finger off though

 

[Meat Plow]

Per N_Cook:

IIRC, buncha years ago there was a robber somewhere who, after robbing
somebody at an ATM machine, would super glue the victim's hands to the
machine.

I know of a friend's friend whose disgruntled wife fed up with his
drinking used CA to glue the man's penis to his stomach while he was
passed out drunk.

 

[Adrian C]

As for ungluing fingers, there is super glue remover. Lacking that,
acetone or hot water works.
<http://www.ehow.com/how_116797_superglue-skin.html>
<http://www.supergluecorp.com/removingsuperglue.html>
Of course, it's kinda difficult to type these URL's if your fingers
are glued to a connector.

I've shortened them here if that is any assistance ;-)

http://tinyurl.com/rgzsu

http://tinyurl.com/2f8lzl

 

[Meat Plow]

I've used it in that way, as well, with no apparent adverse reactions. I
suppose different people may have different levels of sensitivity to the
stuff.

Absolutely. My mom is very allergic to aspirin. I'm not. I think as you
said the same holds true for these type of chemicals. However in larger
amounts other than a tiny droplet or two I spread along the 2.5cm cut all
bets may be off. If you are a surgeon and are using it internally you
would want the least possibilities of toxicity. If I were out in the
field and gashed my hand wide open many miles from help I'd opt-in the
CA

 

[PeterD]

Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly glued
to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first but no
effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I was
concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls of
acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a rotating
wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector worked, but anyone
elses experiences/advice for the next time? Anyone ever glued one hand to
the other ?

Acetone, and generally it won't hurt you if you don't inhale it all...

 

[Meat Plow]

Has anybody ever found an application where superglue works well except
on human skin? I find the crap brittle as hell and have yet to see
anything glued with it last more than a few weeks before breaking.

Any application that does not apply a sheer force. I use it to glue new
guitar frets into a slotted fretboard. It's a CA designed for that
application though. Also good for guitar nuts. Can't imagine something so
popular that didn't work.

 

[Sjouke Burry]

Any application that does not apply a sheer force. I use it to glue new
guitar frets into a slotted fretboard. It's a CA designed for that
application though. Also good for guitar nuts. Can't imagine something so
popular that didn't work.

I collect stones. When something breaks, superglue works very well.

 

[William Sommerwerck]

Any application that does not apply a sheer force.

When I worked at a hi-fi store, we used to super-glue tone-arm bases onto
the metal surface of the Lux turntable arm mount (rather than cutting screw
holes into the surface). This allowed the mount to be reused for a different
arm, simply by holding a block of wood against the tone-arm base and
striking it with a hammer.

 

[N_Cook]

I use it on optical things often, because it's easily removed, like Duco
cement except stronger and faster-setting. As long as you use just a
little, it doesn't cause too much nasty frosting nearby.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal
ElectroOptical Innovations
55 Orchard Rd
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
845-480-2058
hobbs at electrooptical dot net
http://electrooptical.net

How do you use "just a little" with the viscosity almost of liquid helium
and coming in aluminium tubes of a gauge almost the same as tin cans it
seems impossible to squeeze out a small drop, only. I must adopt the storage
in small airtight bottle with (non cotton) sachet of activated silica gel
inside. Hopefully then it will be more amenable to squeezing out just enough
to wet a needle point to transfer to the intended.

 

[David]

Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly glued
to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first but no
effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I was
concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls of
acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a rotating
wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector worked, but anyone
elses experiences/advice for the next time? Anyone ever glued one hand to
the other ?

If you had posted to one of the model plane club groups you would have
felt very much at home - in that hobby it is endemic

David - with glue free fingers at the moment

 

[N_Cook]

If you had posted to one of the model plane club groups you would have
felt very much at home - in that hobby it is endemic

David - with glue free fingers at the moment

I think I will try introducing a dot of dye to the next tube I open ,as well
as store in airtight bottle with silica gel. Won't be able to change the
viscosity (lack of) but at least I might be able to see it. I was melding
part of one socket into another to make a match to a non standard plug and a
nice tight fit but that super capilliary action took the unknowing excess of
glue about half an inch travel to where there were holes to the outside,
where my fingers were.