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Pimpom

On 12/11/2017 8:24 PM, wrote:
On Monday, 11 December 2017 09:51:31 UTC, Pimpom wrote:
On 12/11/2017 1:56 PM, N_Cook wrote:
First time for me, leak down the thread of the tube under the spout
plastic, one glued on index finger.
A loose loop of leather-work cotton thread around the affected area,
tied off.
Teased out cotton wool , wound around over the thread, doused with acetone.
A matchstick in the loop , to Spanish Windlass.
Squash wool, wind a turn, repeat over some minutes until free

You don't really have to do anything if you accidentally glue a
finger with superglue. The skin constantly releases oil, sweat
and dead cells. The glue comes away along with these byproducts
after some time.

shhh, you're being too sensible.

This reminds me of an incident some 30 years ago. The plastic
lining in my father-in-law's fridge had a hole where a full glass
bottle had dropped on it. I took a tube of Loctite superglue and
a piece of plastic along the next time we visited. Back then, not
everyone around here knew about superglue and my brother-in-law
was skeptical about the adhesive. I put a drop on his forefinger
and told him to press it with his thumb for some time. Then I
asked him to try to separate them. The look on his face made me
burst out laughing.

Of course the fingers didn't stay stuck together for very long,
for the reasons I gave earlier.