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Re: Using cyanoacrylate (super glue) to fix cuts in the workshop - a recent test

J. Clarke <jclarke.use...@snet.net.invalid>

clu...@lycos.com wrote:
> Wally <wa...@wallyworld.com> wrote:

>>About a half hour ago I  caught my ring finger (no ring) on a piece of
>>ground off wire and ripped that puppy open.  I soaked a paper towel
>>with blood while I hunted down one of the Dollar Store 5 for $1 tubes
>>of superglue.  Another paper towel and I dried off the blood as best I
>>could and squirted on the superglue.  In a few seconds it had quit
>>bleeding.  Its been about 20 minutes since I treated it and it doesn't
>>hurt at all - I'm typing with it.  The superglue and blood reacted to
>>make a strange plastic looking clump, but it seems to be working fine.
>>Now, if the finger doesn't fall off...

> It won't but the superglue you bought likely has methyl alcohol in it
> that can cause necrosis.  The medical grade stuff doesn't use methyl
> but the price is a real nose bleed. ;)

What leads you to believe that it has methyl alcohol in it?

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