I can’t believe that it happened to me again. I got my finger stuck with Super Glue. I’m glad I’m not the only one who has a problem with Super glue: this is a problem that callers often ask about.
This morning I was trying to glue one of my grandsons’ toys back together. The foot on one of the pirates from Peter Pan’s pirate ship was almost broken off and I thought I should glue it before the grandkids come for another visit. I was extra careful with the super glue because years ago I managed to glue my thumbs and index fingers together and had to have the neighbor come over to rescue me. I was being very careful this time. The first bottle of glue I found in the junk drawer was old and dried up. Squeezing as hard as I could did not help get any glue out of the container. I rummaged around and found another tube and gave it a healthy squeeze. This tube was not dry and I had a large drop come out of the tube. I used the back of my thumb nail to press the pirate’s foot up. I thought that this would prevent any glued fingers. Unfortunately, glue ran over the foot and down my thumb. Now the nail was glued to the skin underneath the nail. Fortunately for me, I did have a large bottle of finger nail polish remover that contained acetone. This is one of the products recommended for removal of super glue. Super glue can be removed with fingernail polish remover, acetone, super glue remover, or goof off.
You may need to soak your finger directly in one of these products—as I did this morning. For removal of lighter glue stains, a cotton ball or Q tip soaked in remover will work.
