Removing super glue from your hands....

[fat-tony]

as silly as it sounds, you take fine sandpaper after it dries and gently rub the paper acrossed the glue on your fingertips. Dont ask me why I even tried it, but it works great!!


(mjmods have been getting glue all over my fingers)

[BeanAnimal]

The rest of us use acetone...

[fat-tony]

don't knock it till you try it :)

[all-apologies]

haha sweet.

[BeanAnimal]

You may have also noticed that taking a shower and letting your hands get nice and wet allows the stuff to peel right off.

[fat-tony]

yeah.....note real effecient to take a shower in the middle of gluing a prop to carbon rod though ;)

[BeanAnimal]

Nope... that is why a can of acetone comes in handy.

[fat-tony]

lol yeah, but i figure one high from the super glue is enough......

[all-apologies]

hahaha keep em comin guys

[Tang Salad]

I usually just leave it on for a few days and tell people I have a mild case of leprocy.

[lllosingit]

Ok call me dumb but how do you get the sandpaper between the fingers you glued together :rollface: and how do you get the sandpaper off your fingers once the glue dries :confused::D

[fat-tony]

lol...if you glued your fingers together, you have bigger issues. after the glue dries out it works really well

[PrivateJoker64]

Ever see American Pie 2?
LOL

[lllosingit]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8383755#post8383755 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fat-tony
lol...if you glued your fingers together, you have bigger issues. after the glue dries out it works really well
When I was in junior high school a kid brought five or six little tubes of super glue to school and gave me and our freinds a tube, We were just messing around and one of my buddies thought it would be funny to glue the chalk board eraser down, Long story short it didn't work...the funny part was one of my other buddies put the tube in his pocket and must not have gotten the lid on tight enough, The end result was his jeans glued to his leg and three fingers glued together.......can you guess who got blamed for the ruined eraser? LOL

[Keelay]

Sweet fellas. I was used to using the cyanocrylate solvent at a previous job I had. Yes, they do make a special solvent for it!

Tonight, I just happen to get some superglue on my wifes new laminate countertop. Yes, is was DIY reef related, so yes I'm in even more trouble than I would have been otherwise.

I will try the acetone first since i happen to have that. I do have an extra piece of the counter top. I might do a test run - apply superglue let it dry. Apply acetone hope everthing comes off without a mark.

[UprightJoe]

If you can stand to just wait a couple of hours, the oil that your skin produces will release the superglue all by itself. Of course, chances are it'll drive you crazy before then.

[UprightJoe]

Oh, and Keelay, I'd check a hidden corner of the countertop before you use acetone on the surface. You don't want to find out that acetone wrecks the countertop finish.

[Nano Chris]

Lol, i was working on our bathroom the other day and i got liquid nails on my hands all over them, stuff still on them, hope to get it off soon it feels weird, i have took and washed my hands over and over, so eventually it will come off.

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8383181#post8383181 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BeanAnimal
The rest of us use acetone...

I use acetone too.


BOston Aqua Farms makes a product they call "super glue remover" that has a smell slightly different than acetone, similar though. I'm not sure what it exactly is, but it works MUCH better than your standard nail polish remover grade acetone.

[Keelay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8385074#post8385074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by UprightJoe
Oh, and Keelay, I'd check a hidden corner of the countertop before you use acetone on the surface. You don't want to find out that acetone wrecks the countertop finish.

Yep - planning on it. I actually have a section of the counter top left over where I did the cut out for the kitchen sink. I'm going to test it out on that.

I know how much more trouble I'd be in if I did any more damage to it!

[skriz]

so your saying that I don't have to walk around with my fingers glued together anymore?
:D

[Fluxion]

Keelay, if your countertop is from one of the major manufacturers (Wilsonart, Formica, Pionite or Nevamar) you won't have any problems. We use cyanocrylate adhesives to fill seams on edgbanding on laminate doors in my cabinet shop and we use acetone on the stuff every day. I have never heard of it hurting the laminate.

[Kap212]

My sister did this a few years ago and had 2 finger superglued together. She called poision control for any ideas they would have. It turns out that if you rub the glued area with Vegetable Oil thet there is something in the oil that disolves the glue. I have tried it and it does work.

Greg

[ccscscpc]

I use nail polish remover!!! Works great.

[BeanAnimal]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8393445#post8393445 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ccscscpc
I use nail polish remover!!! Works great.

Acetone: AKA nail polish remover... one in the same.

[ddenham]

try more super glue, then post details how this works out.

[Keelay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8392484#post8392484 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Fluxion
Keelay, if your countertop is from one of the major manufacturers (Wilsonart, Formica, Pionite or Nevamar) you won't have any problems. We use cyanocrylate adhesives to fill seams on edgbanding on laminate doors in my cabinet shop and we use acetone on the stuff every day. I have never heard of it hurting the laminate.

Sweet. Thanks for the info.

-Kyle