I did one of those frequent goofs yesterday. Glued the tips of my thumb and index finger together. I happened to have my debonder out on the desktop. “No sweat,” I thought. I managed to get a few drops on the join. Not only did it not work, after a minute or two it began to burn. Ouch! I finally had to call my wife down to the workshop and we took a scalpel and managed to cut the join apart with little loss of skin. But even the small amount of skin lost made the burning worse. That happened in the morning. It still burned in the evening.
My buddy’s daughter used ca on one eye a long time ago when she was about 7ish. She’s in her mid 20s now and can still recall the pain… oh my the pain!!!
Now you know Don . That’s why I keep a gallon of Lacquer thinner around . So I can just dip the affected fingers in there .Sorry you learned about de-bonder that way though . T.B.
Having spent some time building balsa models (R/C), I have gotten CA on my fingers a time or two. I used acetone to clean it off and it did a fine job. I am sure too much acetone on your skin hurts you. Now I rarely use CA.
Oh my god, NO! I would not recommend that AT ALL. Lacquer thinner is HIGHLY toxic and will permeate your skin instantly.
People don’t realize that your skin is the largest actual “organ” of your body. When you drop something on it or soak your skin/fingers in something, your skin absorbs it. Lacquer thinner is a known, and highly toxic, carcinogen. DO NOT continue this practice.
Even acetone is no better, but if you get your fingers stuck, you would be better to use a Q-tip and sparingly use the tip to gently dissolve the bond.
We who work around these highly-toxic chemicals for sake of producing the models that we love need to remember that these chemicals can build up and kill is over time. Please take this seriously, guys! [:O]