David Ashby - Moderator Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 A new topic suggestion and here it is.... Edited By David Ashby - Moderator on 26/08/2019 14:09:24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Is it ready yet or is it stuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 Posted by Martian on 26/08/2019 14:08:09: Is it ready yet or is it stuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I can get it on my fingers just opening the bottle. THis why I keep acetone on the workshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Twist your fingers against each other if you've stuck them together. Superglue has no strength in torsion. Then hot soapy water will get it off. Avoid acetone at all costs. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Foxfan, Q: How often - when using hot soapy water - do you end up with burnt fingers? Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Our water heater system is rarely that hot, Chris and actually, since I do the washing up mainly, I find that water is ideal and by the time I've done the washing up with a scourer pad the glue has gone. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I voted rarely. Superglue is not my go to glue. I much prefer aliphatic or epoxy. Sadly over the years I have become intolerant to the fumes. I have to don a full face mask whenever I do use it. At least I have an excuse for my slow builds.. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I can take the glue fumes, but never use the accelerator. That'll have me tight chested and wheezing immediately. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I find the level of fuming depends on the brand, though if you spill a significan't amount of any brand thin CA it will make your eyes water. Especially if it's on your trousers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Oh that's curtains for the trouser cloth if you spill CA on 'em. Discs of rock hard crud that fall to bits in one wash! Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levanter Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I have joined myself to my models many a time. Worst episode was when the top came off and a big splash glued my shorts to the chair and me to my shorts. It wasn't the stickiness that was the problem it was the heat generated causing burning. The parquet floor was not improved either. Most irritating feature is when my smart phone does not recognize my fingerprints. Levanter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Posted by Foxfan on 26/08/2019 14:20:39: Twist your fingers against each other if you've stuck them together. Superglue has no strength in torsion. Then hot soapy water will get it off. Avoid acetone at all costs. Martin How do you twist fingers on the same hand together without breaking them. Anyway, you have to man up and yank. Superglue on fingertips is a very effective contraceptive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Two things superglue sticks better than anything else, your fingers and the top on the bottle! Its also quite good at ruining a new carpet! Please do not ask how I know! Domestic management was not best pleased! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I,m reading a book about superglue...I cant put it down.. ken anderson...ne...1...sticky dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paul d Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Posted by Tom Sharp 2 on 26/08/2019 18:13:13: Very good Ken, I am getting quite attached to your jokes. I'm glued to them, there must be a bond between us....I'll get my coat.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Now glued to coat. i once spilled superglue on a whippit. Minor scalds. Beloved didn't even shout. Then you know the do dah is above your neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Don, you would have to be very cack-handed to glue two fingers together rather than thumb and finger and surely you can twist finger against thumb? I know I'm double jointed in the thumb area, but I can twist most. maybe not the little finger, but then I don't get CA on that. Have you noticed they always put the stuff in round-arsed pots? Like lemonade. What we need is the miniature version of the Pussers rum decanter. Can't fall over. Designed for ships at sea. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Foxfan, I can do cackhanded. It starts with a quick wipe of excess from a spare finger, and then a second wipe of excess from a second finger, badly wiped off on trousers. What can go wrong. In fairness, being pedantic, you made no mention of thumbs in your post. I agree, my trade did a conical flask for that purpose. To find a CA bottle, on its side, plan glued to building board in a pool of glass, is disheartening. Bad language results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I didn't need to make it that complicated the other day. Two fingers holding a piece of wood in place, 'I'll just put a drop of CA on there to tack it'. Glue floods out, index and middle fingers bonded to each other and to the Black Magic I'm fettling. I knew there was a reason that I usually stick to PVA. Coat please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 That Bob, is called microdermabrasion treatment. When you peel yer fingers off, be grateful the airframe doesn't charge you 50 quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Harris Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Everytime time for me along with blood on pretty much every model I have built. Edited By Richard Harris on 26/08/2019 21:19:37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 More than the BM cost me! Don't arf get some funny looks paying at the supermarket checkout with rather knobbly and woody growths on your fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Z Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Posted by Peter Miller on 26/08/2019 14:16:27: I can get it on my fingers just opening the bottle. THis why I keep acetone on the workshop Guaranteed certainty ! As Peter, I keep Acetone on the workbench. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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