What I learned today

[Diane]

I'm good. No worries. I've got a workshop full of solvents but decided to avoid them since there was a burn. Just thought you guys would enjoy a chuckle or two at my expense. I know I laughed at myself, that's for sure.

[kelkay]

Oh goodness, you did get in a mess, sorry to hear about that. I hate super glue in the liquid form. However I tried the gel form and love it. Why not try that next time, it won't run as much, that is for sure. Also I love Artic Fox, love the movement and the look of it.

[aged_sage]

FWIW. Some years ago, I saw one of the better known "Yankee Woodworker" types on TV do a demo on what to do if you glue your fingers together with CA glue. After applying a generous amount to the tip of his thumb and index finger and letting it cure, he took a lead pencil, coated it with Vaseline, inserted it into the loop formed by his glued fingers and then abruptly popped it out between the tips of his fingers. They were unstuck! Have had no reason to try it myself, so have no personal experience with it..

[James Smith]

aged-sage,

As a frequent user of CA glue, I am ALMOST tempted to stick my fingers together jsut to try that out. While it sounds like it would work, the thought of how stupid I would feel if it didn't is keeping me from giving it a try

If/when I do get my fingers stuck together again, I will give that a try and let you know how it works. Thanks for sharing.

Jim Smith

[Bass_Bug]

I always keep a bottle of CA de-bonder next to the CA bottles. Whenever I know I'll be going to Hobby Lobby, I check all 3 viscosities of the Hobby Lobby brand of Zap-a Gap in my desk along with the de-bonder. The de-bonder works much quicker then acetone in dissolving CA glue. That 1oz bottle of CA de-bonder will be the best $2.99 you ever spend the first time you need it!

[Eric-WD]

I don't mind the thought of gluing my fingers together, its accidentally gluing myself to the bench. Now that would be interesting, I can just see my son runnng for the camera before finding something to unstick me with.

Time to hit wally world for some solvent.

Eric

[popperfly]

Don't mean to laugh but you just made my night reading this story

I'm tying up a bunch of jelly beans (Jim Hatch's design) for a swap today and was trying arctic fox for the tails. I've never used it before. So I get a clump, clean out a lot of the under-hair and tie it onto the hook. It seemed unstable to me because the clump is still really thick with underhair even after I combed out a ton of the stuff. So I get the bright idea to put some superglue on it. I've got the hook out of the vise (why? good question) and holding the hook and fox in my left hand. With my right hand I put a couple of drops of thin CA glue where I tied in the fox. So what did I learn?

1. arctic fox is not my favorite tailing material
2. CA glue travels up arctic fox hair toward human fingers
3. CA glue gets hot when it works
4. Hooks get hot when the CA glue works
5. Fingers burn when the hot CA glue travels down the hair toward the fingers and glues the fingers to the hair and the hot hook.

Right now my left hand is typing this with some lovely white fur attached to a nice little burn.

I'm the happy idiot of fly tying. I'm thinking maybe ghost fiber or congo hair or anything without under-fur. And, oh, leaving the hook in the vise for the gluing part. D'oh.

[Ron Mason]

I'm tying up a bunch of jelly beans (Jim Hatch's design) for a swap today and was trying arctic fox for the tails. I've never used it before. So I get a clump, clean out a lot of the under-hair and tie it onto the hook. It seemed unstable to me because the clump is still really thick with underhair even after I combed out a ton of the stuff. So I get the bright idea to put some superglue on it. I've got the hook out of the vise (why? good question) and holding the hook and fox in my left hand. With my right hand I put a couple of drops of thin CA glue where I tied in the fox. So what did I learn?

1. arctic fox is not my favorite tailing material
2. CA glue travels up arctic fox hair toward human fingers
3. CA glue gets hot when it works
4. Hooks get hot when the CA glue works
5. Fingers burn when the hot CA glue travels down the hair toward the fingers and glues the fingers to the hair and the hot hook.

Right now my left hand is typing this with some lovely white fur attached to a nice little burn.

I'm the happy idiot of fly tying. I'm thinking maybe ghost fiber or congo hair or anything without under-fur. And, oh, leaving the hook in the vise for the gluing part. D'oh.

That is funny, remember that trick next Halloween and super glue artic fox fur to your finger nails.

[aged_sage]

aged-sage,

As a frequent user of CA glue, I am ALMOST tempted to stick my fingers together jsut to try that out. While it sounds like it would work, the thought of how stupid I would feel if it didn't is keeping me from giving it a try

If/when I do get my fingers stuck together again, I will give that a try and let you know how it works. Thanks for sharing.

Jim Smith

Jim:

You have identified why I have never tried it! The fact that none of my six boys would EVER let me live down also has had some bearing on it.

Frank