I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
tape. The inventor got the idea after noting that guys on
construction jobs routinely slap duct tape on owies.

What a good idea! They'll stay stuck until they're ripped off even if
they get wet. I want me some of them!

The article said that women like them too, I forget why. It was in
the biz section of the 10/6 Mnpls Star-Tribune.

"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
tape. The inventor got the idea after noting that guys on
construction jobs routinely slap duct tape on owies.

What a good idea! They'll stay stuck until they're ripped off even if
they get wet. I want me some of them!


That reminds me of a similar product for combating "owies". Back in my high
school and college days, I did a lot of backpacking with friends. One of the
most important items in the pack were Dr. Scholls "Moleskins" which were
used to combat the inevitable blisters that would spring up on the first day
out. Back then, the adhesive used on these Moleskins was amazing stuff. It
was tenacious and thick, with an inverted square-dimpled pattern. If you put
this stuff on at the beginning of the trip, it would last the whole week
(and then some). It didn't matter how many miles we hiked, or even if our
feet got wet crossing a river, those Moleskins stayed right where we put
them. This was not just a matter of comfort; if the flesh on your feet was
rubbed raw, how could you hike several miles out of the backcountry (with a
heavy pack on your back, to boot)?

Sometime (IIRC, it was during my college years), Dr. Scholls changed the
adhesive on their Moleskins to something equivalent to Scotch tape. It won't
even stay in place for ten minutes before the motion of the boot rubbing
against it had it bunched up and pushed away from the applied area that
needed protecting. I don't know if this was because some consumers
complained about not being able to get the old stuff off easily, or if Dr.
Scholls simply wanted to sell more product (since you had to constantly
reapply the new style Moleskin).

I still hike and backpack (and now snowboard too), so I still need to fight
the occasional blister. Does anyone know of a better blister protector that
stays on the way the original Moleskins would?

In article , no-
says...


I still hike and backpack (and now snowboard too), so I still need to fight
the occasional blister. Does anyone know of a better blister protector that
stays on the way the original Moleskins would?

Duct tape. Seriously, it works well. Not as comfy as
moleskin, but it does stay put. OTH, I haven't had a
blister hiking since I switched to leather/nylon/Goretex
boots.

Ned Simmons

Heck at worst, all I ever do is put a piece of paper towel over the
cut, and whatever tape is handy, be it packing tape, duct, electrical
or what have you. Most times anymore I just grab the super glue seal
it up and bump on....Other times its always something that a bandaid
is not going to work on anyway.

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:57:11 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

===I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
===tape. The inventor got the idea after noting that guys on
===construction jobs routinely slap duct tape on owies.
===
===What a good idea! They'll stay stuck until they're ripped off even if
===they get wet. I want me some of them!
===
===The article said that women like them too, I forget why. It was in
===the biz section of the 10/6 Mnpls Star-Tribune.


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
"The original frugal ponder"
~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:30:30 GMT, (~Roy)
wrote:

Heck at worst, all I ever do is put a piece of paper towel over the
cut, and whatever tape is handy, be it packing tape, duct, electrical
or what have you. Most times anymore I just grab the super glue seal
it up and bump on....Other times its always something that a bandaid
is not going to work on anyway.

This is actually fairly important to us members of an aging society,
who are taking daily doses of blood thinners. That which used to
close up in seconds now tends to leave splotches all over the shop for
a few minutes.

Gunner


On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:57:11 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

===I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
===tape. The inventor got the idea after noting that guys on
===construction jobs routinely slap duct tape on owies.
===
===What a good idea! They'll stay stuck until they're ripped off even if
===they get wet. I want me some of them!
===
===The article said that women like them too, I forget why. It was in
===the biz section of the 10/6 Mnpls Star-Tribune.


==============================================
Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
"The original frugal ponder"
~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

Don't use a hot glue gun...

Right, but I *never* have band-aids in my shop, but *always* have duct
tape. Bird in the hand & all that...

I've done superglue after paying an extraordinary amount of money to the
ER doctor for my daughter's cut from an x-acto knife to put sterile
super-glue on her thumb.

Still, gotta love it. Duct tape (et al) may end up being in the top-10
inventions of the modern age.

Don Foreman said the following on 10/7/2005 12:57 AM:
I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
tape. The inventor got the idea after noting that guys on
construction jobs routinely slap duct tape on owies.

What a good idea! They'll stay stuck until they're ripped off even if
they get wet. I want me some of them!

The article said that women like them too, I forget why. It was in
the biz section of the 10/6 Mnpls Star-Tribune.

John Hofstad-Parkhill wrote:

.. I *never* have band-aids in my shop ..

Why not, John? Just pull out a few of the fabric 1" bandaids and stick 'em in
one of your toolbox drawers. I keep 'em there, it's real handy.

GWE

Don Foreman wrote:
I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
tape. The inventor got the idea after noting that guys on
construction jobs routinely slap duct tape on owies.

What a good idea! They'll stay stuck until they're ripped off even if
they get wet. I want me some of them!

The article said that women like them too, I forget why. It was in
the biz section of the 10/6 Mnpls Star-Tribune.

They're not yet on the Band-Aid website, but It'd be a hoot if they have
little silhouettes of hand and power tools printed on them, like the
kid's Band-Aids with cartoon images.

http://www.bandaid.com/kids_prod.shtml

Waitaminit! They're not on the Band-Aid website because they're not made
by Johnson & Johnson. And they're not labeled "Band-Aid" because that's
J&J's registered trademark.

Looks like 3M, another big conglomerate is the one making 'em:

http://www.strangenewproducts.com/20...-bandages.html

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
tape.


Look for "Band Aid Tough Strips". Great band aids! They will stay on short
of soaking your hand in solvent! After you peel them off you need to use
solvent to remove the residue!
Greg

Grant Erwin wrote:

John Hofstad-Parkhill wrote:

.. I *never* have band-aids in my shop ..


Why not, John? Just pull out a few of the fabric 1" bandaids and stick
'em in one of your toolbox drawers. I keep 'em there, it's real handy.

GWE

Especially important to keep a stock of the fabric fingertip bandages.
It always seems the chunk that's missing is at a place which a regular
band-aid doesn't stick well. Avoid plastic band-aids at all costs as
they never stay on. Fabric will stay on long enough for things to stop
leaking.

As to the duct tape...in a pinch, yes but the glue residue that it
leaves is probably as bad to get off as having the cut in the first
place. And then there's the hair thing...

Koz

In article , Koz says...

Especially important to keep a stock of the fabric fingertip bandages.
It always seems the chunk that's missing is at a place which a regular
band-aid doesn't stick well.

The knuckle ones are handy as well. Useable in a pinch as fingertip,
when you run out of the fingertip ones in the box.

I finally got tired of trying to hunt down bandaids when I dinged
myself in the shop, so now there's a shelf by the sink with
antibacterial ointment, the best selection of bandaids in the house,
my shop toothbrush, and various other odds'n-ends. All by a
bright light and a mirror, soap, and water.

Jim


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"Don Foreman" wrote in message
...
I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
tape. The inventor got the idea after noting that guys on
construction jobs routinely slap duct tape on owies.

What a good idea! They'll stay stuck until they're ripped off even if
they get wet. I want me some of them!

The article said that women like them too, I forget why. It was in
the biz section of the 10/6 Mnpls Star-Tribune.

I use electrical tape, especially for cracked skin in the winter.

On 7 Oct 2005 12:45:22 -0700, jim rozen
wrote:

In article , Koz says...

Especially important to keep a stock of the fabric fingertip bandages.
It always seems the chunk that's missing is at a place which a regular
band-aid doesn't stick well.

The knuckle ones are handy as well. Useable in a pinch as fingertip,
when you run out of the fingertip ones in the box.

I finally got tired of trying to hunt down bandaids when I dinged
myself in the shop, so now there's a shelf by the sink with
antibacterial ointment, the best selection of bandaids in the house,
my shop toothbrush, and various other odds'n-ends. All by a
bright light and a mirror, soap, and water.

Jim
Another thing that works quite well is the latex impregnated gauze
tape that you wrap around your fingers to improve grip and avoid
abrasion. The stuff sticks to itself well but not too well to skin.
Enough to stay put but it comes off easily at the end of the day. I
use it instead of bandaids on my fingers during the work day and put
on real bandaids after work
ERS

Don Foreman wrote:
I noted in today's paper that 3M is introducing bandaids based on duct
tape. The inventor got the idea after noting that guys on
construction jobs routinely slap duct tape on owies.

What a good idea! They'll stay stuck until they're ripped off even if
they get wet. I want me some of them!

The article said that women like them too, I forget why. It was in
the biz section of the 10/6 Mnpls Star-Tribune.

My daughter gave us some of this stuff
http://www.bandaid.com/liquid_bandage.shtml
When my wife got a small cut on the end of a finger (a very dificult
plae to bandage) we tried it. It worked great. Even going swimming
didn't bother it.

Ted

"John Hofstad-Parkhill" wrote in message
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snip---


Still, gotta love it. Duct tape (et al) may end up being in the top-10
inventions of the modern age.

Red Green would be so proud! :-)

Harold

"jim rozen" wrote in message
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| In article , Koz says...
|
| Especially important to keep a stock of the fabric fingertip bandages.
| It always seems the chunk that's missing is at a place which a regular
| band-aid doesn't stick well.
|
| The knuckle ones are handy as well. Useable in a pinch as fingertip,
| when you run out of the fingertip ones in the box.
|
| I finally got tired of trying to hunt down bandaids when I dinged
| myself in the shop, so now there's a shelf by the sink with
| antibacterial ointment, the best selection of bandaids in the house,
| my shop toothbrush, and various other odds'n-ends. All by a
| bright light and a mirror, soap, and water.
|
| Jim

You know, I did that, but my kids decided that they needed a bandaid for
every bruise, bump, and owie so I gave up on keeping bandaids, even in my
first aid kit, by my workbench, or in the bathrooms. My wife was yelling at
me the other day for not having any. I told her I'd get her some electric
(the electricians' preferred leak fixer) or duct tape, but she didn't sound
thrilled. Showed me later that she used scotch tape. Like that's an
improvement.
If I have any bandage tape, the white stuff, I usually just use that.
Most of my leaks just need closing up until they can heal within an hour or
so, so that usually works fine. My superglue is usually too old and thick
to use for biological repairs, though.

In article et, carl mciver
says...

| I finally got tired of trying to hunt down bandaids when I dinged
| myself in the shop, so now there's a shelf by the sink with
| antibacterial ointment, the best selection of bandaids in the house,
| my shop toothbrush, and various other odds'n-ends. All by a
| bright light and a mirror, soap, and water.
|
| Jim

You know, I did that, but my kids decided that they needed a bandaid for
every bruise, bump, and owie so I gave up on keeping bandaids, even in my
first aid kit, by my workbench, or in the bathrooms.

I've only got one kid, and she's more a help than a hindrance. So she's
more likely to be helping me bandage myself than swiping my supplies!

My feeling at home (and at work) is whenever we wind up short of a tool
and a supply, the answer is to buy a whole bunch of them, and leave
them everywhere. They you wind up saying 'what's with all those
7/16 wrenches all over the damn place,' not 'where's the damn 7/16
inch wrench!!?'

Jim


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"jim rozen" wrote in message |
| I've only got one kid, and she's more a help than a hindrance. So she's
| more likely to be helping me bandage myself than swiping my supplies!
|
| My feeling at home (and at work) is whenever we wind up short of a tool
| and a supply, the answer is to buy a whole bunch of them, and leave
| them everywhere. They you wind up saying 'what's with all those
| 7/16 wrenches all over the damn place,' not 'where's the damn 7/16
| inch wrench!!?'
|
| Jim

Yeah, that's it! give 'em license to put them on everything! The
rabbit busted it's nose again? Keep applying bandaids until the damn thing
either dies or one stick!
That is an appealing option, though. My wife just bought some and has
them hiding in her purse. The girls just found that out, though....