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Sticky situation...
I had a definite "oh shit" moment last night, & the sore hand this morning to show for it. I really am not safe to let out of my bed at times.
Background - I have collapsing arches in my feet. I get a new pair of custom-made insoles each year from the NHS so that I can walk without pain.
My practice over the last few years has been to keep the old pair for wearing in my slippers or in my sandals when I'm on the beach, so that I don't have to keep switching them between shoes & so that I don't ruin my "good" pair. /background
Unfortunately the 3 layers on my old pair were starting to separate, so I thought I'd do a quick repair job to last me until I can order my next pair in June. Out comes the super-glue, & the 1st repair went without a hitch. Picked up the left insole, squirted the super-glue on - & completely missed the insole & coated my hand!
I promptly starfished the hand & stuck it out in front of me (thankfully avoiding the airer full of clean clothes) & asked my sister to turn on the hot tap. Three quarters of an hour, several sinkfuls of hot, soapy water, & a lot of scrubbing with a scourer, my (somewhat red) hand was more or less free of superglue, rather than looking like it had the world's worst case of athlete's foot.
Looks like I'll be going through a lot of hand-cream over the next week, & trying to explain why I look like I'm wearing a dusty rose-coloured fingerless glove.
And yes, I did eventually fix the 2nd insole, & I managed to avoid gluing anything that shouldn't have been glued this time.
Background - I have collapsing arches in my feet. I get a new pair of custom-made insoles each year from the NHS so that I can walk without pain.
My practice over the last few years has been to keep the old pair for wearing in my slippers or in my sandals when I'm on the beach, so that I don't have to keep switching them between shoes & so that I don't ruin my "good" pair. /background
Unfortunately the 3 layers on my old pair were starting to separate, so I thought I'd do a quick repair job to last me until I can order my next pair in June. Out comes the super-glue, & the 1st repair went without a hitch. Picked up the left insole, squirted the super-glue on - & completely missed the insole & coated my hand!
I promptly starfished the hand & stuck it out in front of me (thankfully avoiding the airer full of clean clothes) & asked my sister to turn on the hot tap. Three quarters of an hour, several sinkfuls of hot, soapy water, & a lot of scrubbing with a scourer, my (somewhat red) hand was more or less free of superglue, rather than looking like it had the world's worst case of athlete's foot.
Looks like I'll be going through a lot of hand-cream over the next week, & trying to explain why I look like I'm wearing a dusty rose-coloured fingerless glove.
And yes, I did eventually fix the 2nd insole, & I managed to avoid gluing anything that shouldn't have been glued this time.
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