Cut your hands up?

straightpilot · Post by **straightpilot** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:00 am

I cut my hands - especially my fingers - up all the time, working on airplanes. But bleeding on them is frowned upon. What to do? I used to tape my cuts up with electrical tape and continue on, but that's not very convenient on the end of a finger that you might want to use.

You're gonna think this is nuts, but what I do now, when I slice myself up, is go over to the sink, clean the cut area up, give it a good squeeze to flush the crud out with blood, then dry it off with a paper towel and wait for the clear stuff to stop flowing as much.

Then, I open up the Krazy Glue and put a couple drops on the cut to seal it, and form an instant, tough scab, which is sorta fun to pick at, too. Then, back to work. I find that the cuts rarely get infected (turn red) when you clean and seal them like this.

Krazy Glue is a pretty crappy glue, but I found it sticks your fingers together really well. Light bulb went on.

Am I the only person that does this?

The Old Fogducker · Post by **The Old Fogducker** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:20 am

I'm big on hobbies .... model airplanes and trains especially, and have used the CA family of glues since they were widely introduced to the public market in roughly the early '70's.

The CA glues were originally used in the medical world for surgical repairs, so you've stumbled onto something that Doctors have been doing since roughly the Korean War.

I do the same thing if I cut myself at the model flying field and don't have any first aid materials available.

Also, you mentioned fun to pick at the glue .... after a night of building, I too enjoy the pleasure of knibbling away at the dried glue on my fingers .... srt of like my dog when he starts biting away cleaning the fur between his toes if he's gotten into mud ... LOL.

Here's some info you may find interesting .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate ... be sure to read the safety items.

Krazy Glue is horrible stuff ... in model airplanes, the quality of glue is excellent and it comes in various viscosities, from super-thin to a gel for different applications ... have a look at the brands below.

Be careful with this stuff though, it can glue your fingers together very, very quickly, as I've done several times. ..... no fun at 3 in the morning!

The Old Fogducker

http://www.jetglues.com/index.shtml

http://www.greathobbies.com/productinfo ... id=DYM5400

ArcticKat · Post by **ArcticKat** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:43 am

straightpilot wrote: Am I the only person that does this?

Nope. There is a medical glue used for closing minor wounds as an alternative to getting stitches. It's called Dermabond. If this is a regular occurance for you it might be a good idea to look into finding some.

Then again....Just looked up a link for you.

http://www.nextag.com/dermabond/products-html

At almost 50 bucks for a tube you might as well stick with the Krazy Glue.

Good thinking!!

As a side note, if you run into trouble with Krazy Glue it is water soluble, so just soak the affected area to remove the glue.

straightpilot · Post by **straightpilot** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:24 am

Krazy Glue it is water soluble

Maybe while it's still liquid, but after it dries I don't think any amount of water is going to budge Krazy Glue. I use acetone for that. Also for fiberglas, contact cement, etc.

ArcticKat · Post by **ArcticKat** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:58 am

Either/Or...From the Super Glue Website:

Skin
Immerse bonded areas in warm, soapy water. Peel or roll skin apart; a spatula or teaspoon handle or even a pencil will help. Remove cured adhesive with warm, soapy water (may take several applications). Fingernail polish remover with an acetone base has also been successful for removal of cured adhesive from skin.

The Old Fogducker · Post by **The Old Fogducker** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:54 am

You should try very slowly slicing your accidently bonded fingers apart using a nice new X-Acto blade at 3 AM after 4 beers using a jeweler's loupe ... now that's a fun way to unstick the glue, and you get the bonus of studying anatomy and learning where your pain receptors are located ... LOL.

I've since learned of the various debonders such as acetone, handy around the house nail polish remover, and there is specific debonder ... (likely acetone in a small bottle.)

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/De ... D=MEUM68DB

Schimunga · Post by **Schimunga** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:28 pm

Fogducker--That's a funny one. One question though, is the beer for numbing the pain receptors so it doesn't hurt or just to make it interesting when using the blade?

The Old Fogducker · Post by **The Old Fogducker** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:11 pm

Schimunga wrote:Fogducker--That's a funny one. One question though, is the beer for numbing the pain receptors so it doesn't hurt or just to make it interesting when using the blade?

Actually neither. You have made the error in thinking the beer came after the gluing of the fingers and before using the X-Acto knife ... the several brewskis came before the incident, and may have been a strong contributing factor to my having glued them together in the first place .. LOL.

When it came weilding the blade, I can only be thankful it was my left hand that was glued, so I was at least able to use the knife with my right hand. Otherwise, there would have been a lot more blood and pain than there was.

OFD

iflyforpie · Post by **iflyforpie** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:19 pm

I always used crazy glue for cuts back when I worked on airplanes for a living. Good for instant guitar calluses too...

ottopilot · Post by **ottopilot** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:43 am

Guess what is the first thing you do when you drop Krazy glue in your eye from above your head....blink....then Panic!!!!! A guy from work did this. A great day after they figured out his eye would be OK. Turns out a good rinsing and some drops sorted it all out. He will never live it down.

frozen solid · Post by **frozen solid** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:17 am

I did that. I was working on a model and a drop of glue shot into my eye. My buddy rushed me to the hospital, where they stuck a suction-cup-like doohickey to my eyeball and attached it to a bag of saline. This flushed it out. Then they stained my eye to see here the crystallised glue had hacked it up. Some drops and a couple of days away from flying, and it was all fixed up. Boy did it hurt. I wonder if it was "Ottopilot" who took me to the hospital?

ArcticKat · Post by **ArcticKat** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:59 am

frozen solid wrote:I did that. I was working on a model and a drop of glue shot into my eye. My buddy rushed me to the hospital, where they stuck a suction-cup-like doohickey to my eyeball and attached it to a bag of saline. This flushed it out. Then they stained my eye to see here the crystallised glue had hacked it up.

FYI, Sounds like a Morgan Lens treatment and a fluorescien exam. Glad to hear there was no permanent damage. The moisture on the eye likely prevented the glue from adhering very well.

flyinggreasemonkey · Post by **flyinggreasemonkey** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:40 pm

Sealing wounds is exactly what cyano acrylate glues were designed to do. They were meant for the Vietnam war.

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