Gotta love liquid Band-Aid! :)

WadeF

WadeF

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For anyone out there who keeps their knives scary sharp, liquid band-aid is sometihng you should keep around the house. I always curse myself when I'm careless and cut myself because I should know better. Well, I still from time to time cut myself. Most of the time these cuts wouldn't have occured with a dull or less than scary sharp knife. However, since I keep my knives scary sharp it doesn't take much to give myself a nice slice.

I just got out some cottage cheese and it had a hard plastic seal around it. So I whipped out my 710 and sliced it, but I BUMPED the edge into my thumb that was holding the container. Just a bump, but that's all it took.

The cut doesn't really hurt, but you know you sliced yourself. The good thing about being cut with a scary sharp knife is the cut is very clean. This is where the liquid band-aid works so well. Since it's a clean cut it seals and holds together very well with liquid band-aid. A big nasty tear cut from a not so sharp knife may result in needing stiches, a bandage, etc.

Also liquid Band-Aid doesn't burn like some products such as "New Skin" I think it's called. Man, that stuff burns like a mother. :)

So I highly recommend this product to anyone who from time to time slices themselves open.
 
I have used regular super glue to close up cuts before, and it works wonderfully. I only used it on super clean cuts from my very sharp knives, and 1 drop of superglue has held them together until it healed. When superglue dries, it pretty much turns into acrylic plastic, which is inert to the body. I would'nt pour it into a gaping wound, but during the Vietnam war super glue was documented for saving many lives when in a emergency. Is the medical grade of superglue that doctors use in place of stiches available to the public?
 
rusty edge said:
I have used regular super glue to close up cuts before, and it works wonderfully. I only used it on super clean cuts from my very sharp knives, and 1 drop of superglue has held them together until it healed. When superglue dries, it pretty much turns into acrylic plastic, which is inert to the body. I would'nt pour it into a gaping wound, but during the Vietnam war super glue was documented for saving many lives when in a emergency. Is the medical grade of superglue that doctors use in place of stiches available to the public?
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Yeah, you can use super glue, and even duct tape, but the liquid band-aid has some other stuff in there that helps promote healing and prevent infection I believe. It's like super, super glue. :)
 
I've used the Liquid BA stuff too. Cut the tip of my ring finger pretty deep w/ a sharp knife a bit ago. Just cleaned it out under water, and put some liquid BA on it. Then I put a regular bandaid on it to keep it shut, like a stitch. Over nite it healed enough to just put the Liquid BA on it. It healed to the point where you can't see a scar unless you really look close. I like the Liquid BA too. Good stuff.
 
Kind of a funny thing. I've gradually inproved my sharpening skills. I know as when I cut myself now, I've noticed the cuts are nice, smooth and clean versus the rougher cuts I've tolerated in the past. Such is knife knut life. :cool:

Anyone know where I can get some Liquid Band-Aid? This stuff sounds better than dealing with bandages and tape.
 
It's Band-Aid brand and you should be able to find it at most drug stores, super markets, wal-mart, etc.
 
The molecule in the liquid bandage is very very similiar to standard super glue. IIRC it is a shorter monomer making it less damaging to your skin. In a pinch normal super glue is fine.
 
My wife passed out today and fell and in the process of getting a hell of a concussion and short term (I hope) amnesia, managed to split her ear lobe. The ER doc glued it shut with the hospital version of Super Glue (like he told me $ 1.99 at the hardware; $ 50 at the ER). Does the job and leaves no scarring as sutures would.

There have been numerous threads about this in the past, all favorable. Probably everyone of us Knife Knuts ought to have a bottle of it sitting right next to the Sharpmakers, Edge Pros, Tuff Glide cloths and Miltec.
 
Also liquid Band-Aid doesn't burn like some products such as "New Skin" I think it's called. Man, that stuff burns like a mother.
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I hear ya loud and clear on that one brother! I used the "New Skin" on a cut recently and thought it was sealing the cut by cauterizing it.:eek: :thumbdn:

I'll be stopping by the store and picking up the Liquid Band-Aid. Thanks for the tip!
 
misque said:
I hear ya loud and clear on that one brother! I used the "New Skin" on a cut recently and thought it was sealing the cut by cauterizing it.:eek: :thumbdn:

I'll be stopping by the store and picking up the Liquid Band-Aid. Thanks for the tip!
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The solvent for the colodion in New Skin is ether as I recall. That's why it burns like crazy. Wouldn't pay to be smoking when you're putting it on either or you could really be cauterizing yourself.
 
misque said:
I hear ya loud and clear on that one brother! I used the "New Skin" on a cut recently and thought it was sealing the cut by cauterizing it.:eek: :thumbdn:

I'll be stopping by the store and picking up the Liquid Band-Aid. Thanks for the tip!
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Haha, that stuff really burns. It's like $1.99 or something cheap compared to the $7-8 the liquid band-aid costs, but it's worth the extra money, unless you want to feel like a man and groan in pain. :) I tried applying the new skin a couple times to make the seal thicker and it burns each time because the solvent (ether as someone said) disolves whatever was there on your cut and lets the solvent back into your cut, haha. I bought it because I couldn't find the liquid band-aid one time.
 
Yeah, the stuff is great. I don't cut myself too often and usually just a band-aid will do, but i"ve had a few long cuts that needed it.

One of the worst cuts I've recieved came from a knife I no longer own (large Sebenza), so I hope it doesn't do the same to its new owner. Some time ago I had just sharpened and cleaned it when the phone rang. I sat the knife down, in the open position on my desk, next to my mouse. After the phone conversation I forgot all about the knife. Several hours later when I came back to my desk, the knife was still there, open next to the mouse.

I put my hand on the mouse and moved it just a little and felt a sting. I had a nice two inch slice on the back side of my hand. Not a deep cut at all, barely bled much, but too long of a cut to put a band-aid on and expect to stay. So, out with the liquid stuff.

Worked great, and healed pretty quick with no scar.

I've also used super glue and it works just as well.
 
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