Comments on: Tuesday’s Tip: Removing Superglue

By: brent

brent — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:57:53 +0000

don’t stick things to yourself. that’s not clever.

I think it might come off by itself as it is glued to skin and the skin will eventually come away.

try getting the wd40 in under it and see if that helps.

see someone about it.

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:29:07 +0000

I have a serious problem. Can someone offer me advise please. I had a fallen toe nail that I wanted to keep for a bit longer so that it wouldn’t look ugly for an upcoming trip so I super glued it on. Alot of it. Not nail glue either but reg stuff. Will it ever come off and will my poor nail underneath still continue to grow? Want it off I but am afraid to try to pull. Please help :-/

By: brian

brian — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:08:03 +0000

the hot water works, but using pumice stone speeds it up.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:09:20 +0000

Glad to hear it got your foot sandal free! :)

By: Mark Thrash

Mark Thrash — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:48:45 +0000

All:

I usually do not reply on these forums, but I just glued my foot to a sandal that I repaired with Loctite…the Petroleum Jelly worked like a charm in 5 minutes or less. Just the Equate Wal-Mart brand.

Thank you!

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:57:03 +0000

Maybe I’m pushing the subject matter envelope a bit. For me, this trick has saved me a lot of time when I do get superglue on my hand. The less time I spend picking superglue off my fingers the more time I have to do other things. :)

By: b cram

b cram — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:06:38 +0000

Marc B,

Was just thinking it might be hard to get anything done with fingers (and / or eyes) plastered with SuperGlue? Just a thought …. :) :)

B Cram

By: marc b

marc b — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:27:46 +0000

That is a great resource for those who fiddle around with super glue, but I am kind of puzzled as to how this relates to productivity. Having a dry spell? lol

By: drawgs

drawgs — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:20:43 +0000

works! thanks!

By: interesting

interesting — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:47:43 +0000

hmmm thanx!i just made a model and my fingers are stuck together 3 ways!

By: Vinod

Vinod — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:05:34 +0000

I usually use medical spirit to get rid of super glue. If its on my fingers only I just get myself a “prune fingers” by placing my hand in a warm bowl of water for some time and the glue just peels off.

By: chgoguy7

chgoguy7 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:01:16 +0000

DW-40 works wonders in removing superglue not only from skin, but from many other surfaces as well (although certainly not recommended to put in one’s eyes!).

Check out the following PDF for 2000 uses for WD-40: http://www.wd40.com/pdfs/WD-40_2000UsesList.pdf

By: brent

brent — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:32:03 +0000

huh.

there you go.

I get superglue on my hands all the time – I’m a product engineer, always making fiddly little prototypes.

I wonder if this works for Loctite too… it’s a bit different to your superglue…