I grabbed a tube of superglue to make a quick, minor home repair. Last time I used the glue I had a really hard time squeezing it out. So I opened the cap and gave it a good squeeze. Yes, of course, the glue came gushing out all over my fingertips and hands. One finger on my right hand and two on my left were stuck to the tube. I acted quickly and ripped my right hand finger away before it was permenantly attached to the tube. Phew! But I was still left with two fingers stuck to the silly tube and hardened glue on every fingertip. At this point, Julia was scared and crying. She had heard me exclaim when the tube erupted, and she was more emotionally invested than me. She calmed down in front of the TV while I sought out the nail polish remover. I always buy the kind with acetone because it was so many purposes - I was hoping removing superglue was one of them. Calling Jonny and requesting a google search on the subject confirmed the nail polish remover remedy. So for the next 45 minutes I rubbed and soaked and scrubbed until my fingers were finally released from the tube. It took a little more time to get the rest of the stuff off my fingers and hands. But, as is obvious by my typing abilites, all is well once more. I think I'll pick up some latex gloves next time I feel brave enough to employ the super powers of super glue. Any other superglue stories out there?
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Not my story, but a good one: http://karawheeler.blogspot.com/2009/01/miracle-margarine.html
ha ha ha- so funny! A whole tube of superglue exploded in the side pocket of my backpack... I didn't know until I reached into it to find a pencil. Yep. Stuck to my backpack. It even stuck my wedding ring to my finger. And, after further thought, I think super glue is such that it might burn through latex... not positive, but it might. YES! lets hang out this weekend? Last weekend I was a slave to my computer- end of the term. But now I'm free!
Mine happened during a visit to my cousins it. When it became apparent that our stay was coming to a close, me and my cousin became frantic to find any reason to stay together. And our solution...super glue. We first tried to glue our noses together, and fortunately for us it didn't work. So we moved on to our hands. Sadly, in our case, the power of super glue to not come through and I quickly found myself in the car, cousinless, with crusty hands and a crusty nose.
Oh man. I fixed my fridge the other day, and i used a wipe to get off the excess superglue, and when I went to throw the wipe away, I got stuck to it. Of course, I ripped it off, but pieces were left, and then I got stuck about 3 more minor times. Sheesh! Very obnoxious.
I was once at work and used a really potentent superglue to try and fix my nail. I ended up gluing my hand to a binder. Pretty embarrassing when you are an executive secretary to the CFO.
I don't have any superglue stories...but that was a good one, thanks for the laugh!
I get my fingers stuck together or at least covered in that nasty glue every. single. time. I use that stuff. Why didn't I think of gloves?
Are you kidding me?? I think that I would be scared to death. I hate that feeling. It's kind of funny now that I know you aren't stuck anymore.
Ha yes. I had a tube of super glue stuck between my shirt and stomach once. It was awful ... but I just grabbed it and worked it off over maybe 10 minutes. No nail polish. Good to know, though.
I have some, but yes, there are many remedies. I think once I even actually had some super glue remover, which was heaven-sent at the time. You should squeeze a tad more carefully, methinks!
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