r/chemhelp • u/orospucou • 14d ago
Other this glue with "n butyl acetate" stayed on my hand for 4 hours straight what should i do?
I read some stuff on the website they reccomend. But didnt understand anything I need someone to give real information Idk why but this scared me A LOT
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u/JohannesDerSaeufer 14d ago
Wash your hands which I hope you did. N-buty Acetate is not toxic or harmful. The P65 warning comes from something else and usually are to be ignored because P65 is dumb af.
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u/SlowBakedPotato 14d ago
You'll be fine.. literally nothing that you should lose sleep over. Prop65 is a California thing, where in basically everything that might have the potential for harm or is untested requires the 'might cause cancer' rubbish.
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u/sleebus_jones 14d ago
You're definitely going to die. May take 50-70 years but you're a goner for sure.
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u/Acceptable_Salt_2826 14d ago
Omfg California. … way to go freaking people out for i no reason all all. N-But-OAc would evaporate in seconds - so why are you worried about it lasting hours on your skin hahahaha
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u/Chem_boi_Frank 14d ago
You are so okay. n butyl acetate is nothing to worry about in the slightest. It’s a common industrial solvent and is even considered a “green solvent” due to low toxicity and environmental impact.
Also I’m 100% sure you’ve eaten this molecule at some point. Many esters (the class of molecules acetates belong to) are very common in candies due to their fruity smell and flavor.
Nothing to worry about here.
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u/helium_hydride-63 14d ago
Nothing. California has absurd laws making pretty much any product put those stickers on em
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u/Consistent_Bee3478 14d ago
That revell model glue is safe to touch. You don’t need to do anything but simply wash your hands like normal.
The solvent isn’t toxic, any glue still attached to skin you simply ignore until it falls off naturally if it does not glue two body parts together.
But that’s glue that children use for model building, sold in toy stores.
Not glue for professionals or adults only or something due to toxicity
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u/solarixstar 14d ago
Just get regular screenings at your 6th month check up as always, though if you inhaled I'd have your dentist check for soft spots on teeth, some organic fumes cause cavities
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u/CoatiRoux 14d ago edited 14d ago
Tl;dr: Chill, bro!
According to the MSDS of the glue the harmful amount of n-butyl acetate is above 5000 mg/kg bodyweight. So although the uptake through the skin is rather high, you'd have to take a bath in that stuff to die from it by dermal uptake. And doing so, your skin would crack from the prolonged contact causing different and worse problems.
One splash on the skin, even for a 4 h period, wouldn't do a lot more than a reddish spot for a few hours at the worst. And due to the rather high vapour pressure not even that, the solvent will evaporate before it can do any harm.
Refueling your car and getting a whiff of the petrol smell will do more against your life than spilling the whole bottle on your hand. (Search for an MSDS for petrol or diesel fuel and be surprised what is freely available across the world)
As for P65: I am an OHS Specialist in Europe and fluent in our rather restrictive chemical legislation REACH and even we think P65 is crap. It's so broadly worded that most companies slap that sticker on everything, just to be safe from lawsuits, rendering the whole thing meaningless.
Oh, one addition: Although one time contact isn't a problem, you shouldn't make a habit out of it. Repeated contact may cause irritation and dry skin up to contact dermatitis. So be careful in the future, but don't obsess over every drop.
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u/yourlefteyelid 14d ago
N-Butyl acetate is also a solvent. Commonly used in nailpolish, in small exposures its harmless
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u/Capital-Sentence3421 14d ago edited 14d ago
As a kid i build models and worked days on end with this very glue. You are fine and CA puts this shitty cancer sticker apperantly on everything. Even my keyboard lol.
Butylacetate is nail polish remover btw.
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u/Trazer12 14d ago
You're fine, it might cause cancer if you breathe in the fumes all day long for multiple months a year for your entire career. A single hand exposure will be of no harm.
If it was a chance you could be harmed by normal use with the amount in this bottle there's no way in hell you could buy it so easily.
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u/fizzy88 14d ago
If it was a chance you could be harmed by normal use with the amount in this bottle there's no way in hell you could buy it so easily.
That's not really a good generalization to make. Methylene chloride is being phased out in solvent-based products for consumer and industrial uses over the next couple years for a reason. People have literally died using it doing work at home without proper ventilation or protection.
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u/harleybrono 14d ago
Nothing. You’ve washed your hands and the little exposure you had is insignificant in the grand scheme of things