A PSA for anyone else who gets
stuck
in this situation
in the future:
Some advice came in SUPER handy recently
when I – I mean, my friend –
had a huge
messy mishap
with a new bottle
of apparently extra,
extra-strong superglue
with an opening
that was much w i d e r
than normal.
When attempting to glue
some broken puzzle pieces
back together,
it got all over my her hands.
While – unsuccessfully – trying
to clean everything up,
my her fingers got stuck together.
Solidly.
Tugs
prying
pulling
and maneuvering
were initially futile,
but after many long,
frustrating minutes,
they separated.
After finally ripping them apart,
I – I mean, she –
tried to Google
how to remove super glue from skin
but couldn't open my her phone right away
because my her fingerprints
were covered
solidly
in
glue.
Another phone-opening method worked, thankfully,
and Google came to the rescue
with some suggestions.
Eventually, after a combination
of tons of warm water
many different types and brands of soap
(that did absolutely nothing),
a hard, dry Scrub Daddy sponge,
lots of acetone nail polish remover,
a slathering of lotion
some Vaseline,
a nail file,
and bouts of uncontrollable laughter
at the ridiculousness of it all,
the glue – finally – relented
and peeled off.
(Mostly.)