Superglue problem solving

[tIB]

22 minutes ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

Probably true, according to the video it wasn't an accepted idea in the medical industry until the 90s , which sounds about right to me , in the UK anyway,when I heard about it.

Ahh the 90s, when I was a young carefree, superfit , stud muffin.

I was suoerglued together more than once in the 90s thinking about it!

[HectorLooi]

When cheap superglue came out in the 90s, there was a spate of mischief using superglue. Like applying superglue to public toilet seats, park benches, grip handles on the subway....

Did you guys have similar incidents in your countries?

[ColinC]

4 hours ago, HectorLooi said:

When cheap superglue came out in the 90s, there was a spate of mischief using superglue. Like applying superglue to public toilet seats, park benches, grip handles on the subway....

Did you guys have similar incidents in your countries?

Sounds very un-Singaporean!  But yes I heard similar stories in the UK!

As for how to get the superglue off - I would be attempted to apply acetone with an oiler - I do this with WD40 when I have rusty bits stopping me taking the movement out.  A little care and patience and you might be able to break all the superglue without getting acetone near the dial and hands

[RichardHarris123]

Has it got a removable bezel ?

[Jon]

7 hours ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

I even thought I invented the use of it for sticking wounds together.

I read somewhere they used it in the Vietnam war to stick wounds together so they could get the f**k out of there quick style without the patient bleeding out

[Neverenoughwatches]

5 hours ago, HectorLooi said:

When cheap superglue came out in the 90s, there was a spate of mischief using superglue. Like applying superglue to public toilet seats, park benches, grip handles on the subway....

Did you guys have similar incidents in your countries?

Ahem....erm..yes i remember those things  happening . 

[mikepilk]

42 minutes ago, ColinC said:

As for how to get the superglue off - I would be attempted to apply acetone with an oiler

You need to be very careful. I recently tried to remove some glue from the back edge of a dial with some acetone on a cotton bud. I wasn't aware until I turned it over that some of it (or just  fumes) damaged the lacquer on the front.

[RichardHarris123]

I also read about Vietnam, used it for years on minor to moderate cuts. People kept telling me " you can't do that ". 

[Jon]

I recently had this little mishap when glueing a cork seal into a watch cleaning glass jar lid.

I thought all had gone well until I looked at my other hand I saw I had glued my finger to my palm... duh!

It took 20 minutes with a pit of acetone to gently pry my finger off

You can't make this stuff up

 

 

Edited March 23 by Jon

[tIB]

1 hour ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Has it got a removable bezel ?

Good question, sadly not - just a simple case/press in case back. It's an old accurist so nothing expensive or anything, just holds sentimental value. 

I've told my friend that I'll have a go at sorting it if it ever actually needs it, rather than make a mess of it in working order, albeit with a frosty crystal from the glue fumes. 

[AndyGSi]

51 minutes ago, tIB said:

Good question, sadly not - just a simple case/press in case back. It's an old accurist so nothing expensive or anything, just holds sentimental value. 

I've told my friend that I'll have a go at sorting it if it ever actually needs it, rather than make a mess of it in working order, albeit with a frosty crystal from the glue fumes. 

Being an Accurist it could be simple enough to get a replacement dial if needs be when the time comes.

[VWatchie]

On 3/22/2025 at 3:41 PM, Neverenoughwatches said:

Heat ( hairdryer )  generally doesn’t have much effect on superglue, certainly not the amount that wouldn't melt the acrylic crystal first

It would melt the shellac, I would think!? Perhaps not a problem with no power on the mainspring, but I'd still be worried doing it.

Edited March 23 by VWatchie

[Neverenoughwatches]

10 minutes ago, VWatchie said:

It would melt the shellac, I would think!? Perhaps not a problem with no power on the mainspring, but I'd still be worried doing it.

Good point H , 70 ° C 

1 hour ago, Jon said:

I recently had this little mishap when glueing a cork seal into a watch cleaning glass jar lid.

I thought all had gone well until I looked at my other hand I saw I had glued my finger to my palm... duh!

It took 20 minutes with a pit of acetone to gently pry my finger off

You can't make this stuff up

 

 

Been there many, many times Jon, without it my job in double glazing used to be slow, unpredictable and not pretty...hence I love the stuff.

[VWatchie]

2 hours ago, Jon said:

I thought all had gone well until I looked at my other hand I saw I had glued my finger to my palm... duh!

It reminds me of my then 13-year-old daughter, who had been nagging me for days to drill a couple of holes in the ceiling of her room for screws to hang her curtains. Eventually, she got tired of waiting for me and decided to take matters into her own hands—by grabbing a bottle of super glue and attempting to attach some sort of contraption to the ceiling.

Suddenly, I heard a desperate scream from her room, and 30 seconds later, I was on the phone with emergency services, trying to find out how dangerous it is to get super glue in your eye. She was in a terrible pain. I didn’t get a definitive answer, but they advised me to take her to the emergency room at one of Stockholm’s largest hospitals, Karolinska. A specialist ophthalmologist spent over an hour carefully removing the glue from her eye.

Fortunately, everything turned out fine. Had her vision been permanently affected, I would have had a hard time forgiving myself. So nowadays, I make sure to drill holes in walls and ceilings before any serious accidents happen.

[RichardHarris123]

I splashed 98% sulphuric acid on my face, the safety googles protected my eye. I washed it off within seconds, strange thing, it didn't burn, just left a white crescent under the googles.  Sucked all the moisture out of my skin. 

[tIB]

Frightening stuff above! Superglue and sulphuric in the eye does not sound at all pleasant. Very glad those were happy endings. 

[Jon]

On 3/23/2025 at 8:44 PM, VWatchie said:

Fortunately, everything turned out fine.

So glad your daughter's eye was alright after the emergency room incident

[Neverenoughwatches]

On 3/23/2025 at 8:44 PM, VWatchie said:

It reminds me of my then 13-year-old daughter, who had been nagging me for days to drill a couple of holes in the ceiling of her room for screws to hang her curtains. Eventually, she got tired of waiting for me and decided to take matters into her own hands—by grabbing a bottle of super glue and attempting to attach some sort of contraption to the ceiling.

Suddenly, I heard a desperate scream from her room, and 30 seconds later, I was on the phone with emergency services, trying to find out how dangerous it is to get super glue in your eye. She was in a terrible pain. I didn’t get a definitive answer, but they advised me to take her to the emergency room at one of Stockholm’s largest hospitals, Karolinska. A specialist ophthalmologist spent over an hour carefully removing the glue from her eye.

Fortunately, everything turned out fine. Had her vision been permanently affected, I would have had a hard time forgiving myself. So nowadays, I make sure to drill holes in walls and ceilings before any serious accidents happen.

Kids eh , we worry so much about them.  I'm pleased she was ok,  she's got your "get up and go do it myself"  attitude though H

On 3/23/2025 at 10:02 PM, tIB said:

Frightening stuff above! Superglue and sulphuric in the eye does not sound at all pleasant. Very glad those were happy endings. 

Somehow this is where threads can lead to , comparing injuries , reminds me of the scene on the boat in "JAWS"  when they trying to out-do each other's diving attacks .