On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 7:23:54 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Acetone is a reliable and effective solvent for superglue. It is hard to
get as its handy for making various illegal drugs, but try.

I got 5 litre of acetone off e-bay OK.

In message , Harry Bloomfield
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Ian Jackson used his keyboard to write :
So it looks like I'm not the only one who suffers from this
apparently minor condition!

But 'irritating' these splits ain't. They are actually exceedingly
painful, and can be quite disabling. They can be quite deep, and
often seem to start beneath the skin, then work their way to the
surface. The tip of the affected digit then hurts like hell -
especially if you touchch anything with it.

I used to suffer from them quite a lot. I used to work in a lot of
unheated buildings and sometimes out in the cold weather on intricate
tasks.

With mine, I can go to bed all hale and hearty - but in the middle of
the night I'm aware of an increasing discomfort in a finger-tip. By the
morning, the split has worked its way to the surface.

Maybe my pain threshold is high, but they were more an annoyance to
me, than a major source of pain.

Even when the split is an open crevice, the application of superglue
only 'nips' for a second or two - and then rapidly subsides as the glue
goes off.

Although people often laugh at me when I tell them about using
superglue for fixing these splits, I have been using it ages. Some
varieties are easier to use than others. Probably the best choice is
one of medium viscosity, and which 'goes off' quickly to form the
artificial scab. But the effect is amazing. The pain is gone almost
immediately, and the split heals up in a day or two.

I did try that on cuts, when it first appeared. I would describe the
pain from that, as much worse that that of a split i the finger tip.

As I said, the superglue only nips for a few seconds. It's usually less
painful the split has been beforehand.
--
Ian

On 04/01/2019 19:04, wrote:
On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 7:23:54 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Acetone is a reliable and effective solvent for superglue. It is hard to
get as its handy for making various illegal drugs, but try.

I got 5 litre of acetone off e-bay OK.

Tried ordering hydrogen peroxide at the same time?

Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Mr Pounder Esquire
writes
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 02/01/2019 09:44, Andy Burns wrote:

Brian Gaff wrote:

I gather its the same stuff they glue wounds together with if they
do not need stitching.

Amazon helpfully points out that VetBond costs £5330 per litre, looks
like you add a zero for DermaBond that's approved for use on humans.

I can confidentally assure the readers that aeromodelling involving
scalpels, tissue and consumer grade superglue, is an excellent testing
ground for the suitability of tissue and superglue plasters to cover
bleeding gashes.

If you have ripped an artery, use whatever you have.


Even Amazon prime will take too long...

Are you still balsa bashing?
I did the hobby over 40 years ago.

About 60 years ago, was a keen balsa basher (model aircraft). Field
repairs would have been so much easier (even feasible) if only we'd had
superglue in those days - not only for almost instant repairs to broken
wings, but also for the backs of fingers that got deeply slashed by the
propeller when trying to flick-start a 'difficult' diesel engine.



And now you can not even buy ether for your diesel.