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The crack was painful, and was close to tear the living flesh too, which would have left me almost incapacitated for the trek.
So, what did came to my desperate mind, as the life saving solution?
Instant glue!
I put a few drops of my faithful magic glue in the crack, pressed the sides, and rested for about fifteen-twenty minutes to be safe that the glue took.
I walked the next six hours of the trek, heel like new, with no pain at all...
This instant fix was realy what saved the day, but I wouldn't recommend using this trick on a crack that already teared the living layers of the skin, just on dead skin.
Info on the internet says that cyanoacrylates are virtually non toxic though, just mild irritants to the skin, so I guess that it would had burned a little if the wound was open.
Better to clean and desinfect the crack first too.
Remember that all instant glues are not made equal.
Some cheap chinese glues' adhesive power is more imaginary than real...
Also, instant glues come in two forms: liquid and gel.
I cannot recommend enough the gel form, and if you had problems with overspill of liquid instant glue from tricky little tubes, and had to quickly search for something to whipe the surplus, ending with glue on your fingers or worse, you know what I mean.
It is infinitely easier to put just the right quantity with the gel form, and it works better than liquid if you have non perfectly matching surfaces. Besides, no more spill on the applicator itself, making it easier to cleanly close (and reopen) the tube.
Personally I always carry a little tube of Loctite Super Attak Gel glue, and that thing works.
Edited by IVAN, 04 September 2006 - 04:41 PM.
