Krazy Glue - A knife knut's best friend!

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Full Tang Clan

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In a string of bad luck, I've cut myself badly twice in the last week and a half.

Once with a deep gash with a kitchen slicer, and today with an exacto knife! Both incidents were "stitch worthy" but today's was really bad. I was being lazy and trying to cut off a zip tie with an exacto knife, it slipped, swung across the front of me and sliced the index finger knuckle of my other hand.

Both incidences I used the ol' Krazy Glue, homemade stitch job. It works great! You just pinch the wound, drop on some Krazy Glue and it immediately clots the blood, seals it...best of all, you're not waiting in an emergency room for an hour!

Yeah, I know there are sanitary and health issues of putting glue in your wound, but when you've sliced yourself really bad at 11:00 at night, Krazy Glue is your best friend...
 
Owwww ... I hope you heal up quick and clean! :( Late at night, a little sluggish, that's when the bad ones happen.
 
Would there be any sanitary concerns with superglue? I would think that microbes can't survive in such a compound.
 
I think its a bad idea, besides for a few bucks they now sell a wound glue in the supermarket. I forget who makes it , but its made just for wound closure.
 
I read somewhere that regular super glue is toxic and that you should use only medical type super glue for such skin repairs.I believe it was in a bug out bag thread.tom.
 
can someone shed more light on the wound glue being sold? I can't find any where I am....I really need some of that. heard of "dermabond"...

yes, I was told the normal superglue is toxic...contains some cyanide compound. the medical grade glue is alcohol based.
 
I find that liquid bandage isn't strong enough. Superglue is too brittle. What I've found that works great though is a tad of superglue to close the cut, then liquid bandage on top of it to protect it. Works great. The liquid bandage is much more flexible so it doesn't crack, and it gives a buffer for the superglue so that doesn't crack either.

I got some extra-thin CA glue from Hobbytown that I'm going to try, but I'm in no hurry to cut myself again. :p
 
Crazy glue and that wound glue that is sold are the same exact thing- compounds of cyanoacrylate (ester, I think? Either that or resin). Same thing, buy whatever's cheap.
 
I've been using superglue for years. All my friends keep saying how horrible it is and how it will kill me, but come on... Little bit hear and there won't hurt none. I think I actually heard somewhere that superglue was originally developed for this purpose durring Viet Nam, or something. Can't remember the source on that, so it may be complete hooey.
-KC
 
"New Skin" is the brand I have, it's works like superglue (softer though) and it has a antiseptic mixed in...
 
Crazy glue and that wound glue that is sold are the same exact thing- compounds of cyanoacrylate (ester, I think? Either that or resin). Same thing, buy whatever's cheap.
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Same chemical, acetocynanoacrylate ester, yes. But differently made. The medical product is made in an FDA-approved sterile environment using USP (pharmacy)-grade chemicals and careful quality control. The general-purpose stuff isn't so carefully made.

How many of you have ever cringed to see someone tighteneing a screw using a knife blade? "Always use the right tool for the job!" you cry.

Same thing here. Always use the right tool for the job.

The medical-grade stuff only costs a few bucks more. Splurge. You're worth it.
 
I think I actually heard somewhere that superglue was originally developed for this purpose durring Viet Nam, or something...
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No, it was originally developed as an industrial adhesive. But, it was quickly adapted for use as an emergency wound treatment by the military and continues to be used both by the military and by civilian doctors to this day.
 
Toxic super glue :eek:

Reminds me of when I used to work at a furniture factory. If you cut yourself, you'd stick your hand into a bucket of thinner to clean it and then either slap some masking tape on it or spray it with a little laquer to keep from bleeding all over the wood.

I went back to visit the next year and all the people in the area were wearing rubber gloves and respirators in the "hazardous materials" area because the thinner and laquer were now considered hazardous. Sure wish I knew that before!
 
While I'm not advocating that Krazy Glue is a substitute for proper medical attention, I think there are some possible misconceptions, or outright misguided opinions in some of the responses here.

From a brief search on the internet, there are more favorable comments -- including those from medical professionals -- about using Krazy Glue for small cuts. Example: http://sportsmedicine.about.com/library/weekly/aa072000.htm

In addition, is there actual cyanide in Krazy Glue, Super Glue, and the like? Can anyone confirm this? I've only read a few opinions based on conjecture that says Krazy Glue MAY emit small amounts of cyanide GASES -- which you'll consume if you just use Krazy Glue to fix your broken cup. But guess what? THERE IS CYANIDE IN APPLE SEEDS. So, is everyone going to stop eating apples? Of course not. Cyanide is a naturally occurring chemical and not toxic in minute quantities.

Not to mention there are far more hazardous things floating around everyday that are probably worse for you than what you can get from Krazy Glue.

So let's not totally discount it like the uninformed urban legends about how eating "Pop Rocks" candy and drinking a Coca Cola will make your stomach explode. :rolleyes:
 
Full Tang Clan said:
In addition, is there actual cyanide in Krazy Glue, Super Glue, and the like? Can anyone confirm this?
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Yes. The cynano in acetocynanoacrylate ester is for cyanide. One of the ingredients used to make acetocynanoacrylate ester is cyanide. Now, once that cyanide is bonded into the acetocynanoacrylate ester molecule, it is quite harmless.

Sodium, for example, is quite dangerous, explosive even. And Chlorine is very poisonous. But, once the two are bonded together, the resulting Sodium Chloride is a very safe product called table salt.

But, this is where we get into the issue of medical- vs. industrial-grade acetocynanoacrylate ester. The medical-grade product is carefully monitored to assure that none of the raw cyanide gets into the finished product. The industrial-grade product isn't.



I've only read a few opinions based on conjecture that says Krazy Glue MAY emit small amounts of cyanide GASES -- which you'll consume if you just use Krazy Glue to fix your broken cup. But guess what? THERE IS CYANIDE IN APPLE SEEDS. So, is everyone going to stop eating apples? Of course not. Cyanide is a naturally occurring chemical and not toxic in minute quantities.
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In fact, there's cyanide in almonds. It's part of what creates almond flavoring, so much so that one one symptom of cyanide poisoning is an odor of almonds. As I recall, there's cyanide in cherries too.

Fortunately for use, cyanide does not build up in the body. If you eat a handfull of almonds every day you may, over the course of years, consume well over a fatal dose of cyanide. But you won't be hurt by it.

The big risk in using acetocynanoacrylate ester sold as a non-medical adhesive is that it was not manufactured to medical-grade standards. It is not sterile and it may not be chemically as pure as you might like. The medical-grade stuff doesn't cost that much more.
 
Thanks for clearing some of the misconceptions, Gollnick.

In addition, we can conclude that cyanide in small quantities is mighty tasty! :D
 
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