Thread: Super Glue

This weekend I tried a SE for the first time. Didn't go very well!

Later in the day I cut my finger repairing the scales on a W&B. The dang thing just wouldn't seal. I have heard many times but hadn't tried Super Glue on a cut. It worked great.

That lead to a further thought...If I am going to keep trying that SE has anyone tried Super Glue for a post shave treatment?

Tim

superglue is as modern and unnecessary as electric razors. try needle and thread for historical authenticity

no really, if it's that bad I'd go back to the Gillette cartridges

I have tried superglue many times. I am not a fan. Especially when I'm working in the shop and likely have solvent on my hands. The stuff burns like the dickens. Any more I'm back to bandages or if it is really bad I keep a suture kit in my desk. (I do not recommend this)

As for the SE. What happened? If it was the Gem blades I can understand as they don't like my skin either.

It wasn't a bad cut. I wash my hands a lot and the bandaid would get wet etc. I used the gel type glue and put a dab on top. Not much probably got in the cut and i didn't feel a thing.

The razor was a Star with Gem blades. I didn't slice myself but my neck was full of red polkadots when I was done. I never have had anything close to that with a straight. Then on Sunday I sharpened up a Rolls Razor and irritated Saturdays wounds and added a few more. This morning I used a W&B and there wan't even a hint of red contrast when lathering up the for the second pass. I don't know what I was doing wrong but I like the straights so much I don't know if I want to learn.

Tim

I use superglue on all manner of small cuts, including shaving nicks, workshop mishaps, and fingers that are cracked from cold dry weather. Absolutely does not sting, in fact it kills the pain of the weather-cracking. Use the little bottles that have a brush applicator. Try not to glue your fingers together; everything will be fine.

I've been using superglue as a liquid suture for the past ten years. Just make sure you clean/disinfect the cut before sealing it. If you have any germs in the cut at the time of application, the superglue will seal it in.

I use the thin superglue for cuts. It cures faster. Superglue keeps solvents out. Band aids don't.

Oops, double post

Commercial superglues use methanol to keep the water out of the glue. Thats one reason it stings. Medical grade stuff is dehydrated in acetone. Water starts the curing process. The chemical reaction with water is why using the glue can burn. It really does generate heat. Under normal conditions like gluing two pieces of non organic stuff together the humidity in the air is enough to cure things.

Isn't anyone going to bring up the myths that the methanol will give you brain damage or the cyanide radical in the glue will kill you?

I have heard that the methanol will give you brain damage and the cyanide radical in the glue will kill you.

And there are those among us about whom a little extra brain damage would pass entirely unnoticed.