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Keith
Keith SuperDork
10/14/08 12:02 p.m.

So c'mon, how many of us have used the real thing?

Duct tape bandages

I usually use blue shop towels wrapped around the leaking component, personally.

Salanis
Salanis SuperDork
10/14/08 12:05 p.m.

I have a box of those. In a pinch, I prefer electrical tape over duct tape.

ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
10/14/08 12:20 p.m.

wife bought me those.. never used them.. just for looks..

I like electrical tape for a bandage aas well.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH Dork
10/14/08 12:39 p.m.

I've had to make office band aids before (there were no real band-aids available at the time). Scotch tape and a little folded piece of paper towel. All that because the document tray company can't file down the razor-sharp edges those things come with.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn Dork
10/14/08 12:41 p.m.
Keith wrote: So c'mon, how many of us have used the real thing? Duct tape bandages I usually use blue shop towels wrapped around the leaking component, personally.

So it's basically a regular band-aid that just looks like duct tape? How manly is that? Either go with the real stuff or just let the blood drip.

foxtrapper
foxtrapper SuperDork
10/14/08 12:57 p.m.

Another electrical tape bandage fan. TP or paper towels as wadding, depending on leakage flow.

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago Reader
10/14/08 1:02 p.m.

I favor super glue for a bandage. Holds the cut closed and is damn hard to take off

Salanis
Salanis SuperDork
10/14/08 1:03 p.m.

Mandaids!

MitchellC
MitchellC Reader
10/14/08 1:13 p.m.
thatsnowinnebago wrote: I favor super glue for a bandage. Holds the cut closed and is damn hard to take off

Get the gel, let it set for a few minutes, and get back to work.

914Driver
914Driver Dork
10/14/08 1:30 p.m.

My wife came home with a box of these and then weirds out when I put one on a boo boo.

http://www.medibadge.com/Batman_Band-Aids_P4107C48.cfm?UserID=799523&jsessionid=d03020cdc166$BFA$D5$

Per Schroeder
Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director
10/14/08 1:35 p.m.

I've got some that look like strips of bacon. kinda neat, but then people think you're more screwed up than you actually are..as they look like big nasty scabs.

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
10/14/08 1:41 p.m.

Bacon bandages. 'Bacondages'.

I'm the electrical tape/paper towel type myself, not as hard to get the glue off.

SoloSonett
SoloSonett Reader
10/14/08 1:50 p.m.

ummm baaacon

bandages? we don't need no stinkin bandages.

SVreX
SVreX SuperDork
10/14/08 1:51 p.m.

I'm generally more concerned about staining whatever I'm working on, so any old rag will usually do.

Is that manly or stupid? Don't answer that.

Keith
Keith SuperDork
10/14/08 1:55 p.m.

914Driver, I use Incredibles bandaids when I need something more permanent than a strip of blue towel wrapped around a finger. Mmm Elastigirl!

walterj
walterj HalfDork
10/14/08 3:37 p.m.
seann
seann Reader
10/14/08 5:08 p.m.

I've never used duct tape. I've used super glue but it left a nasty scar.

Opus
Opus HalfDork
10/14/08 10:25 p.m.

Last major cut (angle grinder cutting wheel on knuckle), It was too open for any of the above. Used Zip ties at the base of the finger to stop bleeding for 10 minutes, put regular band aid on and then continued with the cutting and welding. If still bleeding after cut zip, apply another and repeat. Took 2 tries and finally stopped. Also wore Nitrile gloves over the Zip tie.

rebelgtp
rebelgtp HalfDork
10/14/08 10:43 p.m.

I have used actual duct tape as well as super glue to close up wounds.

924guy
924guy HalfDork
10/14/08 10:50 p.m.

larger heat shrink tubing (not so good), rubber hose wrap(better,) crazy glue is the best though... cut the tip of my finger open (mostly off) a few years ago, and couldnt get the bleeding to stop, finally went to the hospital and they crazy glued it. when i got the $400 bill and questioned the $180 dose of crazy glue, the reply?? "Oh, its medical grade.... " ugh.. looked like the store grade stuff to me... i once made a finger cast out of one of those cheap exhaust repair kits, it didnt last too long though and i went back to a popsicle stick and duct tape...

Salanis
Salanis SuperDork
10/15/08 1:08 a.m.

Super Glue was originally developed for surgical purposes.

MitchellC
MitchellC Reader
10/15/08 3:06 a.m.

And don't get the "medical" version; it flexes a lot more. The general purpose stuff dries fast and hard. It'll seem like it will never come off, but as soon as the cut heals/dead skin peels off, the glue will come with it.

foxtrapper
foxtrapper SuperDork
10/15/08 4:56 a.m.

When I've tried to use super glue on wounds all I get is superglue in the wound, where it hurts like heck. It burns going in, and then lays there life a plastic knife.

confuZion3
confuZion3 HalfDork
10/15/08 3:18 p.m.
Salanis wrote: Super Glue was originally developed for surgical purposes.

Which is why skin is about the only thing it will actually bond. It never bonds the components you are actually trying to repair or build ---- well, sometimes, it bonds those components to your fingers . . .

ThunderCougarFalconGoat
ThunderCougarFalconGoat New Reader
10/15/08 10:17 p.m.

I had a (thankfully small) bottle of superglue burst on me as i was working on some models. Couldn't move my left hand for about 6 hours til i was able to scrub enough of it off with a scrub sponge. Luckily I'm right handed, or my sex life might have been seriously effected!

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