# Your opinion on Liquid Bandages

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 25, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-liquid-bandages/314098 "2005-07-25T19:44:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-liquid-bandages/314098/21 "2015-06-23T20:15:52Z")

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(Note this thread was started 10 years ago, so hopefully the OP is healed by now.)

For me, liquid stuff works fine for a cut that won’t be rubbing against clothes or anything else. Otherwise it comes right off. That’s a pretty limited use profile, so I usually stick with regular bandages.

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-liquid-bandages/314098/22 "2015-06-23T21:03:38Z")

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I like using it on my hands, particularly on the fingers, where I can wash my hands without having to go through a band-aid change every single time.

It still ends up peeling off fairly fast, but stays on at least a day, so I tend to re-do it nightly. Usually after a few days of that, the cuts no longer need bandaging anyway, so I just let it peel off on its own.

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-liquid-bandages/314098/23 "2015-06-23T21:04:44Z")

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> [@Duct\_Tape](#):
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> As a great first aid open wound protector it, as dipped from the container over time, of course gets lower in the bottle and it becomes thicker. When it is very thick on the application brush, the glob is difficult to “paint” with any satisfaction. I tried using a little isopropyl alcohol to thin it back to normal. No luck. Anyone know how to thin it before it’s too thick, and then have to throw away the remainder?
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> This stuff is great (when it is thin) and is good to also paint over skin flaps, small warts, and pre-blister spots on skin.
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> When applied to an open wound it will have to sting, a little…but just for a few seconds. Welcome the brief mild stinging as it is making things better.

If that bottle is 10 years old, buy a new one. :dubious:

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