Supergluing your fingers together

[N_Cook]

David <postings@REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote in
message newsostings-04297C.21275105092010@news.bigpond.com...

In article <i5o8e6$9qk$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
"N_Cook" <diverse@tcp.co.uk> wrote:

Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly
glued
to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first but no
effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I was
concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls of
acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a rotating
wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector worked, but
anyone
elses experiences/advice for the next time? Anyone ever glued one hand
to
the other ?

If you had posted to one of the model plane club groups you would have
felt very much at home - in that hobby it is endemic

David - with glue free fingers at the moment

I think I will try introducing a dot of dye to the next tube I open ,as well
as store in airtight bottle with silica gel. Won't be able to change the
viscosity (lack of) but at least I might be able to see it. I was melding
part of one socket into another to make a match to a non standard plug and a
nice tight fit but that super capilliary action took the unknowing excess of
glue about half an inch travel to where there were holes to the outside,
where my fingers were.

 

[Ian Jackson]

In message <postings-04297C.21275105092010@news.bigpond.com>, David
<postings@REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> writes

In article <i5o8e6$9qk$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
"N_Cook" <diverse@tcp.co.uk> wrote:

Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly glued
to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first but no
effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I was
concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls of
acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a rotating
wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector worked, but anyone
elses experiences/advice for the next time? Anyone ever glued one hand to
the other ?

If you had posted to one of the model plane club groups you would have
felt very much at home - in that hobby it is endemic

In my youth, I was a keen aeromodeller. When out flying, you often had

to do the inevitable 'running repairs', using balsa cement. This, of
course, took relatively ages to dry, compared with superglue, or even
contact adhesive (neither of which had been invented, of course). I
would have given my right arm for tube of superglue.
--
Ian

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

AZ Nomad wrote:

Has anybody ever found an application where superglue works well
except on human skin? I find the crap brittle as hell and have yet to
see anything glued with it last more than a few weeks before breaking.

Glue tiny parts to a lathe turning plate. As long as you are just turning
the parts with light force, they stay on. A small tap removes them.

--
Paul Hovnanian paul@hovnanian.com
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Have gnu, will travel.

 

[GregS]

In article <slrni80d99.pl9.aznomad.3@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net>, AZ Nomad <aznomad.3@PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote:

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:20:39 -0700, Dave Platt <dplatt@radagast.org> wrote:
Surprising I've never done it before . Thumb and second finger firmly glued
to either side of a connecctor. I tried methylated spirits first but no
effect seemingly. Then dilute acetone as nail varnish remover. I was
concerned about being too long on the skin so some cotton wool balls of
acetone around both areas and a Q-tip soaked in acetone, with a rotating
wedge-like motion, cautiously wedging skin from connector worked, but anyone
elses experiences/advice for the next time?

Keeping a bottle of superglue debonder around is a cheap investment.
If you go to a hobby store which carries a selection of cyanoacrylate
glues (usually of different viscosities and bonding speeds) you ought
to find a supply of debonder in the same rack.


Has anybody ever found an application where superglue works well
except on human skin? I find the crap brittle as hell and have yet to
see anything glued with it last more than a few weeks before breaking.

Superglue works much better on some things when you
use the accelerator. It comes in a separate spray bottle.
I often try to use it as a tempoary hold, and then use silicone rtv
or other glue. Silicone withstands movement, and superglue does not.
I also see JB Weld easily breaking with some vibration.

It did work good for me months at a time, gluing rubber motor mounts
on my 64 mustang. I made it cross country.

NASA used to supply superglue in a large plastic bottle, with a large
top which never got clogged. The trouble was worrying about spilling
it.

greg

 

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:44:48 GMT, zekfrivo@zekfrivolous.com (GregS)
wrote:

Superglue works much better on some things when you
use the accelerator. It comes in a separate spray bottle.

Sorta. It does seem to make a better joint, but it also really speeds
up the hardening. About 2 to 4 seconds is what I see. That may be
too fast depending on what you're doing. The accelerator is usually
Toluidine, a form of methylbenzine.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluidine>
Alcohol does much the same thing, and is much cheaper and safer.

Also safer is baking soda. Just dust a little on the joint and it
hardens almost instantly.
<http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/10/stuff_eng_tech_ca_glue.htm>

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[Smitty Two]

In article <Fuadnfb9KvdY6hvRnZ2dnUVZ_rGdnZ2d@posted.isomediainc>,
"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:

AZ Nomad wrote:

Has anybody ever found an application where superglue works well
except on human skin? I find the crap brittle as hell and have yet to
see anything glued with it last more than a few weeks before breaking.

Glue tiny parts to a lathe turning plate. As long as you are just turning
the parts with light force, they stay on. A small tap removes them.

Also good on the mill.

 

[William Sommerwerck]

Has anybody ever found an application where superglue works well
except on human skin? I find the crap brittle as hell and have yet to
see anything glued with it last more than a few weeks before breaking.

About 35 years ago I accidentally "leveraged off" the metal "pointer ring"
on a metal knob on a Pioneer product. It wouldn't stay in place by itself,
so I glued it back with superglue. It's still there.

My guess is that the fastness of the joint depends on how clean the surfaces
are, and how much glue you use. The less you use, the more likely the bond
is to survive.