Klarinet Archive - Posting 000124.txt from 2011/02

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Help!
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:39:30 -0500

I have in the past used a product called New-Skin, probably the same as
Liquid Bandage, which lists an antiseptic (hydroxyquinoline) as its (only)
active ingredient and pyroxylin (probably the same as Duco cement) as an
inactive one. So I guess they've made an attempt to provide the stuff with
an antibacterial property. I had the feeling when I used it that healing was
actually slowed by inaccessibility to air, but that might have been a
misimpression. I'm going to try applying some cortisone cream and then
covering the crack with New-Skin and see what happens. At the least, I need
the New-Skin to fill in the opening, not just cover the surfaces, so I
imagine that, like any varnish or lacquer finish, I'll need to build it a
layer at a time. If that doesn't solve the immediate problem of the air
leak, I'll look for Susan's finger cots. Wrapping my thumb with plastic wrap
solves the problem (it's how I confirmed that the cracked thumb surface
*was* the problem), but keeping the plastic in place is a nuisance. The
finger cots should stay in place more easily.

Thanks, everyone, for your ideas. The slight irony is that I had an almost
identical cut on my right thumb about three weeks ago, but it had no real
effect on my clarinet playing, since that thumb only sits under the thumb
rest and doesn't have to close anything. So I figured when my other thumb
opened (I think it actually started with a paper cut) that "this, too, shall
pass" - until I couldn't get anything below chalumeau C to respond. Live and
learn!

Karl

-----Original Message-----
From: K S [mailto:krsmav@-----.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:54 AM
To: The Klarinet Mailing List
Subject: [kl] Liquid Bandage

Liquid Bandage is simply Duco Cement, repackaged in a medical-looking
container with the price multiplied by 10.

Keep it out of your eyes and don't suck your thumb ;-)

Ken Shaw
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