URGENT: Anyone know how to get Krazy glue off of skin? - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

Nick Koan · 2004-02-18, 12:17 AM

Just as the title says. My left forefinger is currently glued to my left thumb. I was working on a model of a Jaguar XK 120 rally car and the damn bottle fell over and got onto my fingers.

Typing with one hand sucks.

EDIT: Aparently warm water and soap can get my fingers unstuck, but there is still the residue of Krazy glue...

EDIT2: warm water, soap, and a lot of spare time seem to be doing the trick.

STIwish · 2004-02-18, 12:29 AM

ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

that is too fucking funny.

ArthurS · 2004-02-18, 12:29 AM

I don't mean to laugh, but thats great. Thats why I quit building models a long time ago when pencils and paper started sticking to my desk.

STIwish · 2004-02-18, 12:35 AM

I always thought it was because you got your hand stuck to your penis.. wait.. no... thats a movie, nm

Nick Koan · 2004-02-18, 12:59 AM

its all good now.

Dean · 2004-02-18, 10:36 AM

Fingernail polish remover, or the more manly acetone. A Steel wire brush works too.

dknv · 2004-02-18, 10:37 AM

You're lucky you just stuck to yourself, and not something metal!

sperry · 2004-02-18, 11:01 AM

Just so you don't feel too bad, I'll share my story:

I was building an R/C glider a few years back (around '99, '00 IIRC). I was working on the crucial join between the two wings, so I was holding a 2 meter long wing frame, right at the middle. Unfortunately the glue I was using wasn't going exactly where I wanted it to go, and I didn't notice that it had drooled down all over and under my thumb on the hand I was holding the wings with.

I finally got things glued up and tried to set the wings down and realized that I had *really* glued the crap out of my thumb to the wing. I started laughing about it, since I knew it was gonna take an hour or so to exacto myself free. And that's when the chemical burn started.

Crazy glue can be pretty bad in small amounts, but when you get a lot on your skin, you're fucked. That glue heated up somthing fierce as it reacted with my skin and the wood of the wings. I thought about smashing the wing off my thumb so I could douse it in the bathroom sink (which wouldn't have done any good), but since I spent a month building it, I just took the burn.

I tried cutting myself free right away, except the pain hurt so much my knife hand was shaking, and I couldn't safely cut. So I waited. Worst 10 minutes evAr.

Finally when things calmed down, I was able to go about cutting my thumb free. I had to leave a good layer of skin on the plane. When I was finally free, my thumb was the bright pink of fresh skin, except for the deeper blisters from the 2nd degree burns. The wings had my thumbprint clearly glued on it.

I eventually sanded all the skin and excess glue off the wings, and my thumb healed completely in a few weeks. But I'm much more careful with super glue now.

AtomicLabMonkey · 2004-02-18, 11:16 AM

That hurt just reading about it.

Dean · 2004-02-18, 12:25 PM

Scott, i didn't kow you were into RC gliders. I have 10 or so in my garage with varying amounts of super glue fingerprints built into them as well.

I haven't flown them in about 10 years, but keep threatening to get a couple new radios and fart around with them again.

Kind of like Frisbee Golf we never got around to playing last year. Did we? Or did you guys just go without me?

Remind me to tell you the story about getting my huge 11' wingspan fiberglass plane sucked into a cloud!

Nick Koan · 2004-02-18, 12:43 PM

Scott, ow.

sperry · 2004-02-18, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean

Scott, i didn't kow you were into RC gliders. I have 10 or so in my garage with varying amounts of super glue fingerprints built into them as well.

I haven't flown them in about 10 years, but keep threatening to get a couple new radios and fart around with them again.

Kind of like Frisbee Golf we never got around to playing last year. Did we? Or did you guys just go without me?

Remind me to tell you the story about getting my huge 11' wingspan fiberglass plane sucked into a cloud!

That's awesome Dean! Next time I'm in the bay, I'll grab my glider and radio to bring back here. We should go flying! ..wait, when are we gonna have time for that? Screw it, I'll bring it back anyway... then all I need to do it repair the damage from my last crash (tree != safe landing).

I got an R/C plane too, but it's never been flown.

Dean · 2004-02-18, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sperry

I got an R/C plane too, but it's never been flown.

Gas or Electric?I did gas for a while, but they are to messy. I have an electric glider I flew a lot, and an electric stunt plane that is way to small, fast and jittery for my taste. Like an X-Mod in the air. no room for errors since you can't see it at any real altitude.

dknv · 2004-02-18, 01:57 PM

Dean, your quote inclusions don't look like they work.
nevermind, maybe it was my eyes.

sperry · 2004-02-18, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean

Quote:

Originally Posted by sperry

I got an R/C plane too, but it's never been flown.

Gas or Electric?I did gas for a while, but they are to messy. I have an electric glider I flew a lot, and an electric stunt plane that is way to small, fast and jittery for my taste. Like an X-Mod in the air. no room for errors since you can't see it at any real altitude.

The plane's gas (a .40 2-stroke) with a 2 meter wingspan. It's a trainer w/ a high wing, so it's supposedly easy to fly, but the field I joined closed the weekend before I got the plane for my 14th b-day.

The glider's a 2 meter polyhedrial. I've got an electric lift motor for it, but I only used it with the motor once before crashing it into that tree. Usually I'd fly off hills and climb thermals or ground-effect updrafts.

Dean · 2004-02-18, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dknv

Dean, your quote inclusions don't look like they work.
nevermind, maybe it was my eyes.

I fixed it.Deleted a '"' by mistake. Gotcha...

2004-02-18, 12:17 AM	#1
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	URGENT: Anyone know how to get Krazy glue off of skin? Just as the title says. My left forefinger is currently glued to my left thumb. I was working on a model of a Jaguar XK 120 rally car and the damn bottle fell over and got onto my fingers. Typing with one hand sucks. EDIT: Aparently warm water and soap can get my fingers unstuck, but there is still the residue of Krazy glue... EDIT2: warm water, soap, and a lot of spare time seem to be doing the trick. __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2004-02-18, 12:29 AM	#2
STIwish EJ251 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 894	ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!! that is too fucking funny. __________________ STIwish

2004-02-18, 12:29 AM	#3
ArthurS EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 3,707 Car: 2011 Chevy Battle Wagon	I don't mean to laugh, but thats great. Thats why I quit building models a long time ago when pencils and paper started sticking to my desk. __________________ Captain Murphy: I dub thee Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, beater of ass. Be a hitter, babe.

2004-02-18, 12:35 AM	#4
STIwish EJ251 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 894	I always thought it was because you got your hand stuck to your penis.. wait.. no... thats a movie, nm __________________ STIwish

2004-02-18, 12:59 AM	#5
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	its all good now. __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2004-02-18, 10:36 AM	#6
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Fingernail polish remover, or the more manly acetone. A Steel wire brush works too. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2004-02-18, 10:37 AM	#7
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	You're lucky you just stuck to yourself, and not something metal!

2004-02-18, 11:01 AM	#8
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Just so you don't feel too bad, I'll share my story: I was building an R/C glider a few years back (around '99, '00 IIRC). I was working on the crucial join between the two wings, so I was holding a 2 meter long wing frame, right at the middle. Unfortunately the glue I was using wasn't going exactly where I wanted it to go, and I didn't notice that it had drooled down all over and under my thumb on the hand I was holding the wings with. I finally got things glued up and tried to set the wings down and realized that I had really glued the crap out of my thumb to the wing. I started laughing about it, since I knew it was gonna take an hour or so to exacto myself free. And that's when the chemical burn started. Crazy glue can be pretty bad in small amounts, but when you get a lot on your skin, you're fucked. That glue heated up somthing fierce as it reacted with my skin and the wood of the wings. I thought about smashing the wing off my thumb so I could douse it in the bathroom sink (which wouldn't have done any good), but since I spent a month building it, I just took the burn. I tried cutting myself free right away, except the pain hurt so much my knife hand was shaking, and I couldn't safely cut. So I waited. Worst 10 minutes evAr. Finally when things calmed down, I was able to go about cutting my thumb free. I had to leave a good layer of skin on the plane. When I was finally free, my thumb was the bright pink of fresh skin, except for the deeper blisters from the 2nd degree burns. The wings had my thumbprint clearly glued on it. I eventually sanded all the skin and excess glue off the wings, and my thumb healed completely in a few weeks. But I'm much more careful with super glue now. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2004-02-18, 11:16 AM	#9
AtomicLabMonkey Nightwalker Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 4,063 Car: '13 WRX YGBSM	That hurt just reading about it. __________________ "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.. you're locked in here with me."

2004-02-18, 12:25 PM	#10
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Scott, i didn't kow you were into RC gliders. I have 10 or so in my garage with varying amounts of super glue fingerprints built into them as well. I haven't flown them in about 10 years, but keep threatening to get a couple new radios and fart around with them again. Kind of like Frisbee Golf we never got around to playing last year. Did we? Or did you guys just go without me? Remind me to tell you the story about getting my huge 11' wingspan fiberglass plane sucked into a cloud! __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2004-02-18, 12:43 PM	#11
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	Scott, ow. __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2004-02-18, 01:57 PM	#14
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	Dean, your quote inclusions don't look like they work. nevermind, maybe it was my eyes.