Thread: Super Glue: Magic

I might be in the wrong forum but I gave myself a bleeder, and yes, superglue is magic!

My guess is I will shave off in a couple of days? (not sure how I'll get t off the fingers, my bad..)

Thanks Gents!

did you try styptic first? superglue is a good fix for deep cuts , I used it all the time at work , because unless you were missing body parts we just patched you and got back to work ,, plus the guys were tired of me stitching them up with fishing line ,, so superglue.. but unless its a real cut from shaving , nothing ive ever had needed more than styptic tc

Used alum bar, cold water, pressure, tissue... Spent a lot of time with less resorts.. small cut but bleed like heck.. the last resort, blood on floor, sink on my shirt,etc.. I think I caught the corner (spike, but not technically) on a non rounded blade.. I have taken the corner of that blade to my hone.. I don't suspect I'll do that again..

Oh yeah, I use it all the time for minor cuts and skin cracks on my fingers, but I've never used it for shaving nicks. I believe a spray form in the 60's was used in Vietnam to temporarily close wounds on the battlefield.

There is probably a market for it.. Lynn? TSS?

Use nail polish remover (acetone) to get the super glue off your fingers. Be careful, as it is extremely flammable.

Thanks much all. TC, what kind if work do you do, if you don't mind the question (sounds like fun for a desk jockey?)

retired 40 years oilfield from roughneck to drilling engineer it was a blast I,m missing it bad ive only been out 7 months tc

Superglue was developed as an optically clear adhesive for retrofitting jet bombers with a visual sight for gun runs in the late 60's. The crews undoubtedly figured out it was good for sealing cuts and that likely got picked up by the medical types. It still took until the early 2000's before medicine got it's own version (approved by gummint regulations) for use in the US. The big box stores sell it cheap compared to the 50 USD per dose in the ER.

There are also other internet legends about how the cyanoacrylate glues will kill you. They contain cyanide don't they? Or the methanol that it's dehydrated in will cause brain damage. Remember moonshine and prohibition and wood alcohol?

It does not work well on a "wet" wound. If the tissue leaks plasma, there are anti-cyanide thiosulfates that will eventually break down the glue and the wound will re-open. It's great for dry cracks in the fingers, fingernails etc but that alcohol will sting a little. The medical grade stuff uses acetone. Also as the glue cures it will be an exothermic reaction (lots of heat) so be careful with the amount you use, especially in a wet wound. Its the water that cures the glue, or humidity in the air. The alcohol or acetone simply keep water away from the molecule so it doesn't set in the tube. For a likely wet wound, I use steri-strips, like butterfly bandaids but surgical and glue the strip to either side of the wound. For a weeper on the face, a little kleenex and glue the kleenex to the skin, where the bleeding stops because the fibers in the tissue give the blood something to clot on. The glue holds the tissue in place if the blood won't.

Every time I have used it on a gaping cut, the cut re-opens in 2-6 hours.