I have often turned to superglue to fix (the seemingly endless) things that break in our house. It has saved the day many times. From toys, to window coverings, to kitchen gadget, and even decorations.
And not once, in all my years of supergluing things, have I ever spilt glue on my hands.
(Can you see where this is going?)
……
Until now.
I pulled out my handy dandy tiny tube of Krazy Glue and started to squeeze the glue onto the toy… and I must have been stronger than I thought or there was an air bubble or something, because A LOT came out instead of a little. And, of course, my fingers happened to be right next to the object. A glob of glue dripped onto my fingers and I panicked. I smeared my three first fingers together instinctively, and felt them grow strangely warm and then start to bond together. In terror I quickly separated my fingers and ran to the sink. I started scrubbing them in the water with soap, but to no avail.
All of this happened in about 3 seconds.
I looked down at my sad little fingers. They were now white and hardened with glue. The feeling of tight skin made me feel claustrophobic.
I started angrily at my hands. What a stupid mistake. I picked up the bottle of glue and scanned the back for information.
“Caution: Bonds instantly with skin.”
Um, yes. That’s accurate.
After sulking for another minute (and silently vowing never to let my kids use superglue) I went to my source of endless information: Google.
I discovered that I can actually use Acetone nail polish remover to get it off. Excellent! So I ran upstairs and grabbed my nail polish remover only to read on the label, “Acetone-free”.
Groan.
I decided it was worth a try anyway. So I scrubbed and scrubbed. To no avail.
Then I remembered that I just purchased a fancy new nail polish remover for my jamberry nail wraps. They said it worked better than normal nail polish remover, so I justified in my mind that it would do the trick. And wouldn’t you know–it did! I scrubbed and scrubbed and it eventually all came off.
It was such a wonderful feeling to free my skin from the bondage of the glue. A feeling I never imagined before. But trust me, it’s satisfying.
Moral of the story: Never use super glue without gloves.
OR
Keep a bottle of acetone nail polish remover in your cupboard.
How is it that you NEVER did that before? I always end up with glue on my hands. Every. Single. Time. Not necessarily as much as that, but usually a spot of it that I just wait until it wears off. I’m impressed at your ability to avoid it for so long!
I was thinking much the same thing. I don’t use it very often, but I remember the last time I did, I got some (again, not much) on a finger. It wore off before very long, actually. And it isn’t all that dangerous as dangerous products go, since it was originally developed for surgical use (at least that is what I heard or read somewhere.)
Surgical use? That’s crazy! I had never heard that before. But I guess it kind of would make sense…
I don’t even have superglue in the house. But if I buy it I’ll have to pick up acetone nail polish also.