How do you get dried superglue out of skin?

Quick someone, my fingers are stuck together!

Acetone is the standard solvent for “superglues”.

It is found in classic nail polish removers, but check the label as some are now made with other solvents. Don’t breath the stuff and don’t let it drip on anything else, e.g., synthetic clothing or painted surfaces.

Or if you don´t have acetone at hand and are in a hurry, press your fingers togheter firmly and start rolling them against each other slowly, they should unglu after a minute or so; but that it easy and slowly.

I was wondering why the big deal - just wait a while, it’ll fall off - but you’ve apparently glued your fingers together, which is more of a social problem than shiny fingertips. I’ve always figured if it happened to me, I’d soak my hand in hot water for a while. I can’t say whether it would get your fingers apart or not, but I always find that to be very relaxing anyhow, so how could it hurt? :wink:

ditto ftg’s response…when I was in highschool back in the late 70’s I worked at Sherwin-Williams. I bet I had half the women in town buying acetone by the 1/2 pints. Only a buck for enough nail polish remover to last a LONG time. Acetone is used in paint strippers and such, MEK is usually found as well.

I’ve never bought any, but I understand “Superglue remover” is also sold.
MoF I never found that superglue would glue anything BUT fingers together.

Just a thought, anybody know whether or not Go/Jo has any effect on SuperGlue?
or WD40 maybe?

I was told (by a model builder) that nitromethane is effective as dissolving cyanoacrylate glues. Exactly where to get some would be the question. Perhaps at a hobby shop.

Make that “at dissolving”

Xema responds to an OP regarding a skin condition…very apropos IMO

(no offense intended) :slight_smile:
BTW I answer drinking threads quite often.

Well, in truth, it’s pronounced “Zeema”.