Review by woodenwarrior | posted 03-29-2015 02:24 AM | 4098 views | 2 times favorited | 16 comments | ![]() |
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- 3M Nexcare waterproof bandages
- Brand: 3M | Category: Safety Equipment
I’m pretty certain I’m going to catch crap for posting this product for review because it’s not necessarily a woodworking product but I believe that once you hear me out you’ll think twice and be willing to give the product a try.
Every wood worker gets boo-boos. It’s in the nature of our passion. I have yet to find a band-aid like product that will sufficiently cover the wound and stay stuck while still being able to use my hands in the motions I require when working the wood, especially in weird areas of the hands(ie, the palm of the hand).
Enter Nexcare waterproof bandages. My wife bought a box of these last week and they are worth every penny she paid. They resemble hospital IV covers and stay stuck right where they’re supposed to. I pinched a chunk of flesh off of my palm three days ago while dry fitting a cabinet. The bandage has yet to come off and continues to cover the wound perfectly discouraging blood from staining the wood I’m working on.
Every woodworker would do well to have these in their first aid kit.
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PASs
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#1 posted 03-29-2015 02:31 AM
I LOVE these bandages!!!
I’m on my 3rd or 4th box.
(That didn’t come out right did it.)
I think they also come with A&D ointment added as well.
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woodenwarrior
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#2 posted 03-29-2015 02:41 AM
It sounds like you need something more than a SawStop LOL! I am most definitely a believer! I wouldn’t post it if I didn’t think someone would get something from it.
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jumbojack
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#3 posted 03-29-2015 03:47 AM
Do you find it strange that we only cover wounds to ‘keep the blood’ off our projects?
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woodenwarrior
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#4 posted 03-29-2015 04:20 AM
I’m most definitely a “paper towel and duct tape” kind of guy. But if it allows me the freedom of movement to finish a project unimpeded, then I’m all for it.
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Handtooler
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#5 posted 03-29-2015 06:53 AM
I’ve used these in favor of other bandage products for a number of years. And. yes they are very flexible while allowing you to wash your hands of grime and to shower witout coming loose. last for several days with healing antibiotic ointment on the wound. At my age my skin is thin and I seem to puncture much easier than when I was younger. These and peroxide to the recue! Thanks for posting a review.
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helluvawreck
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#6 posted 03-29-2015 12:34 PM
It sounds like it would be good to have it in a first aid kit.
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SirFatty
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#7 posted 03-29-2015 12:57 PM
I work with a maintenance guy that uses superglue to seal his cuts.
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TheDane
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#8 posted 03-29-2015 04:59 PM
Au contraire … these fall into the category of Workshop Supplies (at least in my shop).
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abie
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#9 posted 03-29-2015 05:04 PM
Forget the bandages… use CA glue
It was developed for use in WWII to be an instant Bandage
I recently caught my thumb in a sander and wipped out my nail and some flesh.
poured on CA glue and the bleeding stopped..
Went to the ER and before I could find a parking spot the wound was healing so well, no pain that I chose to forego the Er and drove home
today a week later the wound is completely healed and no sign of trouble,
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Bluepine38
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#10 posted 03-29-2015 05:37 PM
I have the same old skin problem as Handtooler, I find the cuts heal faster with ointment and a bandaid, but
have had trouble keeping them on my palms and other spots, will be trying the Nexcare and remembering
to get a new tube of CA glue. Thank you for sharing.
-- As ever, Gus-the 79 yr young apprentice carpenter
Joe Andrews
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#11 posted 03-29-2015 11:39 PM
CA works wonders, but don’t make the mistake of using accelerator. I poked a screwdriver bit through my thumbnail once and figured I’d fill the hole with medium CA. Since it was taking a little while to dry, I hit it with accelerator. When CA fires off, it also heats up. A lot. Felt like someone stuck a hot soldering iron through my thumb! Couldn’t do anything but hop around and yell!
TheDane
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#12 posted 03-29-2015 11:44 PM
Which probably explains why the Army Medics only carried super glue and de-bonder!
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JoeinGa
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#13 posted 03-30-2015 12:01 AM
SirFatty … do we work together??? LOL I do that! (Because it works)
And as a side note, back in 2004 when I had triple bypass surgery, that’s what the surgeon used to close my chest! So I dont have a “zipper” like MOST heart surgery patients have, I have this lumpy, globby MESS on my chest.
But these look interesting enough that I’ll probably pick up a box next time we’re in the drug store.
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playingwithmywood
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#14 posted 03-30-2015 03:39 AM
you would need to do a review of Depends if you were going to catch crap
thanks for sharing I will have to pick some of these up
just hope I will not end up needing them
Bluepine38
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#15 posted 03-30-2015 03:06 PM
The problem with the depends is we would have to know ahead of time that we were going to do something
catastrophic enough to need them, and if we knew that, hopefully we would be intelligent enough not to
do it. I think I may have learned that much, at least I no longer think of cruise control on a motorcycle as
locking the throttle wide open.
-- As ever, Gus-the 79 yr young apprentice carpenter
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