Can Super glue burn you?

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Can Super glue burn you?

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Just sticking some parts to tooth picks when I noticed that the super glue nozzle was looking "gummed" up, so I grabbed some kitchen roll and gave it a wipe.

Immediately my fingers stuck - with a pain that felt like burning!

Not wishing a trip to A&E I quickly ripped them apart and the pain stopped. I've stuck my self to loads of things in the past, but never felt burning :scratch::
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Get some super glue de-bonder. You never want to rip your fingers apart when they are stuck. Then wash your hands afterwards.
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Acetone/nail polish remover is also a good debonder in finger cases.
Don't use it on plastic.. it tends to fog/damage the plastic.
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I have never had it burn my skin but it does burn my eyes from the fumes. Hate the smell. I have a bleeding problem from blood thinners I have to take. So when I need to stop bleeding on a cut or scratch I turn to the trusty ca glue because bandaids don't work. Works great.

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Larry48 wrote:when I need to stop bleeding on a cut or scratch I turn to the trusty ca glue because bandaids don't work. Works great.
I'd forgotten that it was developed for sealing wounds, so the burning thing makes even less sense now. I wonder if I had something else on my fingers that made it burn.
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HAVOC wrote:Get some super glue de-bonder. You never want to rip your fingers apart when they are stuck.
I normally would but this was like picking up a hot coal, and the the thought of super gluing a hot coal to my fingers was enough to make rip them apart
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CJSomerset wrote:Just sticking some parts to tooth picks when I noticed that the super glue nozzle was looking "gummed" up, so I grabbed some kitchen roll and gave it a wipe.

Immediately my fingers stuck - with a pain that felt like burning!

Not wishing a trip to A&E I quickly ripped them apart and the pain stopped. I've stuck my self to loads of things in the past, but never felt burning :scratch::
I know cotton and CA gets really hot, maybe that kitchen roll also, for some reason, reacted with the glue. Just guessing here!
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