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Super glue yourself!

  • 21-01-2008 5:57pm
    #1
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭


    Well....I had heard that cornermen use super glue to close cuts on fighters. The other day I sliced myself very nicely while cutting some onion, but had one of those horrible flappy flappy bits at the top of my thumb that a plaster wouldn't cover, so I broke out the super glue (after it had stopped bleeding).

    Best decision _ever_.

    That is all.


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  • #2
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,592 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    yep, it's a favourite of golfers as well.


  • #3
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    What with all their vicious golf-buggy-rage related assaults?

    (honestly, can't see why golfers would need it)


  • #4
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,592 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    Khannie wrote: »
    What with all their vicious golf-buggy-rage related assaults?

    (honestly, can't see why golfers would need it)

    quite easy to cut your hands during a golf game, or to have a cut before hand and not want to wear a plaster as it reduces feel. so you use superglue to seal it instead. famously used by John Daly after surgery..


  • #5
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Thats what superglue was originally invented for.


  • #6
    Blackhorse Slim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Blackhorse Slim


    Just one thing - AFAIK, superglue is not sterile. There is a medical superglue that is used in hospitals that is sterile, but I don't know whether it is for sale to the public.

    BTW, as a guitar player I've heard of guitarists putting superglue on their fingertips to protect them when using heavy gauge strings, although I haven't done it myself.


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  • #7
    tony 2 tone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭tony 2 tone


    Blackhorse Slim wrote: »
    Just one thing - AFAIK, superglue is not sterile. There is a medical superglue that is used in hospitals that is sterile, but I don't know whether it is for sale to the public.

    BTW, as a guitar player I've heard of guitarists putting superglue on their fingertips to protect them when using heavy gauge strings, although I haven't done it myself.

    The difference between normal and medical super glue is that the medical one is less likely to cause allergic reactions/have a lower toxicity.


  • #8
    Musashi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭Musashi


    The active ingredient in regular super glue and medical grade superglue are the same, it is the carriers which are different. The chemicals regular superglue use are more toxic. Regular superglue also gives off more heat when it's curing, a few drops is no big deal but a good amount of the glue gives off a fair bit of heat.
    I have often used superglue to seal cuts on myself, just do not use it internally! Make sure the wound is well cleaned and sterilised, and use the glue to join the skin on the outside. The biggest danger is that you would seal infection in your cut and cause a serious problem. I like steri-strips better but would use superglue again if it was all I had available.


  • #9
    de_shadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 113 ✭✭de_shadow


    there are several "liquid" plasters available over the counter I've used the TCP one got it in boots.


  • #10
    nice1franko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭nice1franko


    KTRIC wrote: »
    Thats what superglue was originally invented for.

    yeah I heard that too. for patching up soldiers in vietnam i think. mental


  • #11
    Kastro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 822 ✭✭✭Kastro


    i was bitten by my ma's parrot last week.. nice and seep it was and right on the knuckle too... out with the glue and it worked a treat.


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  • #12
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Kastro wrote: »
    i was bitten by my ma's parrot last week.. nice and seep it was and right on the knuckle too... out with the glue and it worked a treat.

    That would make me nervous that I was sealing some nasty gear in. Haven't had cause to use it in a while, but I still consider super glue a winner. I'll have a look into those over the counter jobbies.


  • #13
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Weightlifters use it all the time too... It's very easy to tear your hand open on a sharp bar and impossible to put a plaster on it so superglue becomes the only option!


  • #14
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    My father had his ear almost completely severed from his head in a road accident about 10 years ago. Doc in the hospital just glued it back in place, right as rain now, no scars or anything.


  • #15
    fitz0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭fitz0


    irlrobins wrote: »
    My father had his ear almost completely severed from his head in a road accident about 10 years ago. Doc in the hospital just glued it back in place, right as rain now, no scars or anything.

    lol. I know its not something to laugh at but can you imagine going into the hospital with your ear half off.

    Doctor: "hmm I see" *turns around*
    Man : "Doctor what are you doing???!"
    Doctor: "Oh Im just gonna glue it back on, nothing to worry about."

    But yeah I got a pretty nice cut on the side of my head from a window and the doc just put glue along it and it was the best.


  • #16
    mumhaabu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭mumhaabu


    Super Glue Yourself! American Pie 2 RFLMAO!


  • #17
    mthd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭mthd


    mumhaabu wrote: »
    Super Glue Yourself! American Pie 2 RFLMAO!

    RFLMAO!


  • #18
    AStranger
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭AStranger


    yeah iv been glued back together a few times :D

    No seriously tho, cracked my head off a desk back in school and had a gash on my head glued back together by the local docter, and more recently while workin in a butchers i cut my thumb while slicing some steak (fairly deep too, nearly lobbed off the tip) and had it glued back together in the ER.


  • #19
    Slig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭Slig


    nice1franko wrote: »
    yeah I heard that too. for patching up soldiers in vietnam i think. mental

    Dogsoldiers?


  • #20
    Dude111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭Dude111


    Khannie wrote:
    Well....I had heard that cornermen use super glue to close cuts on fighters. The other day I sliced myself very nicely while cutting some onion, but had one of those horrible flappy flappy bits at the top of my thumb that a plaster wouldn't cover, so I broke out the super glue (after it had stopped bleeding).
    Pretty smart of ya mate BUT HOW DO YOU GET THE GLUE OFF WHEN ITS NOT NEEDED ANYMORE??

    :D


  • #21
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,027 ✭✭✭Wossack


    2 years later, I'd say the glue has worn off at this stage


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  • #22
    Hoins
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭Hoins


    Sliced the top of finger with a stanley blade in work nice n deep.. Threw a bit of super glue on it and happy days didn't get infected or nothin


  • #23
    the baron
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭the baron


    Trust me, this is highly toxic if you have a weak immune system you could be in right trouble, superglue was originally invented for exactly this task in a war situation, but that is medical grade, the stuff you buy in the shop is the nasty stuff that junky's can sniff to get high, in other words its toxic!!


  • #24
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭9bred4


    the baron wrote: »
    Trust me, this is highly toxic if you have a weak immune system you could be in right trouble, superglue was originally invented for exactly this task in a war situation, but that is medical grade, the stuff you buy in the shop is the nasty stuff that junky's can sniff to get high, in other words its toxic!!

    Can I just ask how you came about this thread 5 years later?


  • #25
    the baron
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭the baron


    Just signed up and was reading through some threads and there it was. Can I ask why you find this so fascinating?


  • #26
    joollyparo
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭joollyparo


    Okay i don't know whether to laugh or not.


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