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Aug 15, 2019 08:15:23   #
jerold222 Loc: Southern Minnesota
 
In the Midwest, it was the old time Watkin's Petro Carbo for drawing out slivers, and it is still available.

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Aug 15, 2019 08:30:34   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
jerryc41 wrote:
A couple of days ago, I got a splinter under the nail of my pinky. Actually, I didn't realize it was a splinter. I just thought that something poked me under the nail. I tried several techniques to remove it, but nothing worked. Then I remembered that when I was a kid, we always had something called drawing salve. I went to the drug store and bought a tube of it under its modern name - ichthammol. I put it on my finger, covered it with a couple of band-aids, and waited a day.

My finger stopped hurting shortly after applying it. I removed the band-aids just now, and was able to pull the splinter out with a pair of tweezers. There was barely any wood sticking out from under the nail, but it came out easily, and it didn't hurt at all.
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I prefer to just leave the offending splinter in under my fingernail or a few days. When it gets infected and pussy I squeeze it hard in a vise which causes the pus and splinter to come out. Feels much better afterward.

Dennis

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Aug 15, 2019 09:36:16   #
jayd Loc: Central Florida, East coast
 
Potato shavings then bandaid

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Aug 15, 2019 09:48:26   #
Michael1079 Loc: Indiana
 

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Aug 15, 2019 09:54:02   #
steve Loc: Iowa
 
The Amish around here have their own formula for Drawing Salve. Nasty ingredients which includes horse
manure. LOL

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Aug 15, 2019 10:14:00   #
Dannj
 
dennis2146 wrote:
I prefer to just leave the offending splinter in under my fingernail or a few days. When it gets infected and pussy I squeeze it hard in a vise which causes the pus and splinter to come out. Feels much better afterward.

Dennis


Kinda like banging your head against the wall for a few minutes. Hurts like hell for a while but feels sooooooooo good when you stop😊

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Aug 15, 2019 10:30:52   #
StanMac Loc: Tennessee
 
Does the drawing salve actually cause the skin/flesh to push the splinter out of the skin, allowing one to then get a grip on it to pull it out?

Stan

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Aug 15, 2019 10:41:51   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
Iodine would turn the wood blue for easy pickins

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Aug 15, 2019 10:52:32   #
Jazztrader
 
Great tip, Jerry!

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Aug 15, 2019 11:57:27   #
jaycoffman Loc: San Diego
 
Great hint Jerry--I can't remember how many times I've been plagued by slivers that I couldn't reach. I'm going to get some ichthammol and add it to my first aid kit.

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Aug 15, 2019 12:16:29   #
bigalw Loc: Essex - UK
 
Back in the 60’s I managed to break a piece of glass, of which a small shard went into my right index finger, in them days I was undertaking a lot of repairs jobs on vehicles, and every time I tightened a not or bolt, wowwwweee (pain) so I went to the hospital, X-RAY, nothing there sir (bs) I can’t remember now but it must have 30 or 40 years later a small whitehead appears on my finger (I don’t mind a bit of pain) so I squeeze the top of my finger and wala out comes the sliver of glass, about 2mm in diameter and 7 or 8mm long, I think there might still be a tiny piece in there, BUT, I’m old enough now to get others to do that sort of work for me, if nothing else a lesson learned

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Aug 15, 2019 12:24:38   #
Terrymac Loc: LONDON U.K.
 
Jerry that splinter looks quite a size compared with the tweezers.

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Aug 15, 2019 12:27:40   #
wildbill43 Loc: North Carolina
 
jerryc41 wrote:
A couple of days ago, I got a splinter under the nail of my pinky. Actually, I didn't realize it was a splinter. I just thought that something poked me under the nail. I tried several techniques to remove it, but nothing worked. Then I remembered that when I was a kid, we always had something called drawing salve. I went to the drug store and bought a tube of it under its modern name - ichthammol. I put it on my finger, covered it with a couple of band-aids, and waited a day.

My finger stopped hurting shortly after applying it. I removed the band-aids just now, and was able to pull the splinter out with a pair of tweezers. There was barely any wood sticking out from under the nail, but it came out easily, and it didn't hurt at all.
A couple of days ago, I got a splinter under the n... (show quote)


I found in the many years I have been here that an easy way to remove splinters ( not sure about under nails) is to coat the area with wood glue. Wait til it dries good, then peel off the glue, which will also pull out the splinter.

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Aug 15, 2019 13:20:13   #
kerry12 Loc: Harrisburg, Pa.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
A couple of days ago, I got a splinter under the nail of my pinky. Actually, I didn't realize it was a splinter. I just thought that something poked me under the nail. I tried several techniques to remove it, but nothing worked. Then I remembered that when I was a kid, we always had something called drawing salve. I went to the drug store and bought a tube of it under its modern name - ichthammol. I put it on my finger, covered it with a couple of band-aids, and waited a day.

My finger stopped hurting shortly after applying it. I removed the band-aids just now, and was able to pull the splinter out with a pair of tweezers. There was barely any wood sticking out from under the nail, but it came out easily, and it didn't hurt at all.
A couple of days ago, I got a splinter under the n... (show quote)


Have used it myself. Works well.

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Aug 15, 2019 14:24:20   #
Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida
 
Nice work Jerry.....splinters can really fester and become awful at times.

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