FYI Removing super glue from fingers

[Puffnstuff]

Today I tried repairing the handle on my plastic bath brush that had snapped in half using super glue. As luck would have it the two pieces slipped while I was applying pressure and I managed to get some of the glue on my thumb. I didn't have any nail polish remover handy so I tried fast orange with the abrasives which didn't do anything. Then after looking about I saw that several people recommend salt as a natural remover. With this in mind I grabbed a container of Morton salt and proceeded to the sink. I ran a small amount of water into the basin so I could dampen my thumb and then proceeded to apply the salt in small quantities and rub. After about 30 seconds of rubbing the salt had completely removed the super glue from my skin so it does work so next time you get some on you grab some salt to get it off.

 

[Miramonti]

Thanks for the tip, and for not telling us how you broke the bath brush.

 

[TheGardener]

This is why they make disposable latex gloves.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Or you could be a real man and use acetone.

It'll melt your sissy gloves too.

Available in the cosmetics section of any drug store. Personally, I prefer the large jar and sponge applicators, but pouring it straight out of a bottle onto a shop towel works too.

 

[JEDIYoda]

you could have used a blow torch.....

 

[Imp]

Why would you want to do that... now you won't leave fingerprints.

 

[renz20003]

Lacquer thinner work well and it will get you high in a pinch.

 

[Elixer]

Razer blade also would work.
And what is up with the advertisement for Mortons, you shilling for them now?

 

[Puffnstuff]

you could have used a blow torch.....

Could have but I like my fingers.

Razer blade also would work.
And what is up with the advertisement for Mortons, you shilling for them now?

Just what I was using but since Walmart has raised their prices I'll be dropping back to great value when it's all used up. Regular Morton salt is now $.84 versus $.54 when I bought that container. Great value is $.40 for regular or iodized all day long. I use the salt in my nasal rinses and it works quite well for keeping my Eustachian tubes clear.

 

[Jgtdragon]

I just use hot water.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't use super glue. I've never had any luck getting it to hold anything together. I use two part epoxy, or some other kind of fix.

When I was a kid, I liked smearing white glue on my hands, letting it dry, then peeling it off. Very satisfying.

 

[Puffnstuff]

The only two part bonding agent I have is jb weld and it doesn't work on plastic. I'm too cheap to buy a new bath brush so I just wanted to bond the lanyard end back on to hang it up on the shower.

 

[OverVolt]

Yeah this type of stuff is always fun. The salt probably has a higher mineral hardness than the glue and so it erodes it away through abrasion.

Other methods probably involve your more standard solvents that make the glue soluble so you can rinse it away..

 

[Puffnstuff]

Fast orange has abrasives yet I couldn't get the glue off after several minutes of trying even using a firm plastic brush. The salt was practically instantaneous and yes it was quite abrasive but after a few seconds all of the glue had dissolved from my thumb.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I got "great stuff" all over my hands once. The only recourse is to try to get the worse of it off, then for the rest you just wait till your skin cells die off and it will fall with it. That was not fun. Basically a can exploded in my hands. They really are meant to be used all in one shot, and not a couple sprays then stored. That was my mistake.

As a side note, if you get acoustic sealant on you or other surface, rubbing alcohol works great to clean it.

 

[Number1]

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[who?]

Plastic such as polypropylene is too smooth for adhesives.

 

[Ichinisan]

1. Is it even possible to use superglue without getting it on yourself?

2. Is it even possible to get a second use from a tube of superglue?

 

[Ichinisan]

Or you could be a real man and use acetone.

It'll melt your sissy gloves too.

Available in the cosmetics section of any drug store. Personally, I prefer the large jar and sponge applicators, but pouring it straight out of a bottle onto a shop towel works too.

OP said he didn't have any nail polish remover (AKA "acetone").

 

[NoCreativity]

When I was a kid, I liked smearing white glue on my hands, letting it dry, then peeling it off. Very satisfying.

Indeed.

 

[vi edit]

I just take some ultra fine grit sandpaper and sand it off.

 

[Thebobo]

Lacquer thinner work well and it will get you high in a pinch.

Yea basically acetone?

 

[renz20003]

Yea basically acetone?

Just based off smell, completely different. Chemically I have no idea.

 

[NathansLove]

I never use super glue either-E 6000 is great, but it stinks before it dries.

 

[WHAMPOM]

1. Is it even possible to use superglue without getting it on yourself?

2. Is it even possible to get a second use from a tube of superglue?

1. you store it upright in the freezer.

2. you make sure the tip is wiped clean before screwing the cap on.