Cyanoacrylate glue
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firebirdparts
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Acetone works wonders on it. I'm not too sure why they don't suggest that for "stuck fingers". Anyway it is a great wound care item as you all know.
mike93lx
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Probably because acetone is not something you want to out on your skin if it can be avoided and I bet not a lot of people have acetone kicking around, other than nail polish remover
niget2002
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I always worked under a ceiling fan that blew the fumes away. It was a carry over from doing pcb soldering. I've always been under the assumption that if I can smell it, it's probably not good for me
Sorry to hear about the issues you went through.
I use the Loctite linked below. It's pretty easy to find locally- Wal Mart probably has it. The reason I use it isn't that it's necessarily so much better than anything else, but it lasts nearly forever- as long as you put the cap back on the container and store it vertically. I cut the plastic packaging so that I can remove the container, and hang it from the pegboard hook hole that's used for store display. I'm not going to say it lasts forever, but it lasts a long time- for me, more than a year. For my usage, tubes dry up shortly and I always ended up throwing most of it away.
As far as the "best" super glue, PF has done tests on various brands IIRC.
cabranch47
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I keep my opened tubes in the refrigerator. Seems to last a lot longer without drying out.
jonesg
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I bought a face mask with 2 chemical cartridge filters, works ok but if I had any CA on my fingers it would get me when I removed the mask, also grinding on old wood joints glued with CA produces the same gas again.I always worked under a ceiling fan that blew the fumes away. It was a carry over from doing pcb soldering. I've always been under the assumption that if I can smell it, it's probably not good for me
Sorry to hear about the issues you went through.
The cure was prednisone , it shuts the kidneys down, then the danger is renal failure which is fatal too .
It has to be tapered down slowly to allow the kidneys to resume function again.
some people develop epoxy allergy too.
niget2002
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That's my biggest fear. I'm doing everything I can to try to keep this from happening while working with fiberglass.
CSRPenFab
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I used to have a side gig making custom pens for collectors. My finishing process used lots of CA glue. The process after turning/sanding a wood blank was to apply 10 coats of Medium CA, followed by a spray of activator after each coat, while the lathe was turning. Then you'd repeat it again with 10 coats of Thin CA. Then you'd polish the built up CA layers into a jewel like finish with several grades micron sanding pads. Then you'd polish it on a buffer with compound.
I learned pretty quickly to keep a bottle of CA solvent handy on the lathe bench after I glued all four fingers to the palm of my hand one day!
I learned pretty quickly to keep a bottle of CA solvent handy on the lathe bench after I glued all four fingers to the palm of my hand one day!
Toxictom
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I haven't tried this trick using super glue and baking soda but I am going to one of these days.
oldmachinenut
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Is your first name Chet?
“Chet’s nuts roasting on an open fire”
SlappyWhite
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I glued some pants on with it.... when I was a kid I was building a model F14, I ran out of the thicker model glue version so I grabbed the regular super glue. I had the model in my lap while I was working on it. Some (much) dripped down and soaked through my jeans on my thigh basically gluing them on. Fun times.
Jinks
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jonesg
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they sell CA debonder now.
pima67
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Years back while in the checkout line, I noticed an Enquirer headline: "Intruder superglues screaming woman to toilet seat" Didn't buy it to see if it was true.
Zeke
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It just foams.
Repairing a chipped ceramic container we use to hold keys, I managed to glue my right thumb, fore finger and middle finger together while at the same time glueing my left index finger to the ceramic container.
Thankfully my wife was home to go get acetone. We used an acetone soaked piece of dental floss to gently "saw" between my index finger and the ceramic container, and later between my fingers.
I have used super glue hundreds of times without incident, but that time was really a mess. I came out with no injuries other than her laughing at me.
Thankfully my wife was home to go get acetone. We used an acetone soaked piece of dental floss to gently "saw" between my index finger and the ceramic container, and later between my fingers.
I have used super glue hundreds of times without incident, but that time was really a mess. I came out with no injuries other than her laughing at me.
slowtwitch73
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I've done similar on stacked leather knife handles.
CSRPenFab
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Nice. People unfamiliar with a CA finish swear it was multiple coats of polished lacquer or epoxy. The CA finish was quite durable, but takes some practice to get right and avoid crazing or cloudiness.
roc_on_the_rocks
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What's the advantage of CA there?
rlitman
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It isn't generally used as a finish. Rather, super thin CA soaks into the wood, hardening the wood into a solid acrylic wood fiber matrix devoid of air that's as impervious as a finished piece, but with grain fully exposed on the surface so there is no layer above to obstruct it, clear or not.
CSRPenFab
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It stabilizes the very thin turned wood blank that is about 1/16” thick after turning and it provides a very strong and high gloss finish that really highlights the wood.
WillyBoy
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Very pretty PenFab, what kind of wood is that?
manwithtools
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Particularly important with a highly figured or burl wood like that example. Beautiful work BTW. Wife and I used to do some of the same, not quite to that level of custom workIt stabilizes the very thin turned wood blank that is about 1/16” thick after turning and it provides a very strong and high gloss finish that really highlights the wood.
CSRPenFab
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Honestly I made 100’s of pens so I’m not totally sure, but I think it’s a Buckeye Burl.