Posted by Pops1532 on December 27, 2013 at 11:17:15 from (98.227.133.60):
In Reply to: Ot: sliver question. posted by JayinNY on December 27, 2013 at 08:20:05:
I've been a carpenter for 35+ years. I use my utility knife to remove slivers. Sometimes I even put in a fresh blade to cut/dig the sliver out.
If it's deep you can let it fester and squirt the sliver out. Problem is if it starts to heal you'll have to open it up again to squirt the sliver out.
Metal slivers don't usually work their way out like wood slivers so you have to go in after them.
Worst one I ever had was a metal sliver went through my thumbnail. I dug around it with a new utility knife blade but couldn't get it. I had to take the knife blade and separate my thumbnail from the skin under it, then pulled the sliver out from under my thumbnail with the blade. I apparently made some strange squealing noises while performing that little operation.
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