G-flex fixes everything: including broken fingernails?

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#1

Sorry. Apologizing in advance… I broke my thumbnail while fixing my canoes (j190 and Outrage) and it won’t grow out: it keeps splitting and getting caught on things. I use so much

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G-flex I ought to have stock in it. Did anyone ever hear of using it on a fingernail? Would it hold? And would Terry Monville and the Gougeon Brothers mind?:grimacing:
Any other ways to fix a nail?

#2

don’t touch the stuff. You can get sensitized with severe allergic reactions.

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#3

A dab of Super glue in the crack every day will bind it together until you grow it past the bottom of the split.

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#4

tiny bit of g-flex only on the nail will probably work, it’s true the B-part of G-flex can cause severe allergic reactions. I. have used super glue, also my wife gave me a can of “Hard of Hooves” nail strengthener this winter, works fairly well, but it’s more an issue of dryness and changes in collagen production as you get older.

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#5

thanks guys! It’s funny, I trust the good sense of the people in this community more than recommendations of the internet or aquaintances… (maybe I need some superglue on my brain…)
The Krazy Glue is holding up pretty well, and the nail doesn’t hitch when I’m paddling now

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#6

Yes, super glue is the way to go. I use G-Flex Thickened on paddle edges and really like the stuff. I am also allergic to uncured epoxy. It is like a bad case of poison ivy. So, I dress to completely cover myself and double glove because once a small amount of glue gets on a glove it gets spread around. When done I pull off the outer gloves, so I don’t spread the stuff and am careful of the clothes until any epoxy has hardened.

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#7

They also sell something called nail wrap that you can use with the superglue to build up fiberglass layers.

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