# How do you get dried superglue out of skin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 18, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745 "2004-02-18T05:11:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arturius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Arturius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arturius)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/1 "2004-02-18T05:11:42Z")
Quick someone, my fingers are stuck together! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/2 "2004-02-18T05:16:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/3 "2004-02-18T05:22:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/4 "2004-02-18T08:06:56Z")
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? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/5 "2004-02-18T08:26:29Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/6 "2004-02-18T14:04:10Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/7 "2004-02-18T14:05:22Z")
Make that “at dissolving” ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/8 "2004-02-18T20:58:14Z")
**Xema** responds to an OP regarding a skin condition…very apropos IMO (no offense intended) 🙂 BTW I answer drinking threads quite often. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-dried-superglue-out-of-skin/229745/9 "2004-02-18T22:06:25Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > **Xema** responds to an OP regarding a skin condition…very apropos IMO Well, in truth, it’s pronounced “Zeema”.