Thread: How do you remove a splinter?

One thing I havn't heard of for years is "drawing ointment" my mother had this little jar of evil smelling black ointment, suposedly for encouraging splinters to the surface. I never saw anybod use any.

Dynamite!!!!!!!!!!! Works every time.

I think it was called "Thars"
A poultice of ordinary sugar mixed up with some soft bath soap under a bandaid will help draw out the real difficult ones overnight.

Originally Posted by echnidna

I think it was called "Thars"
A poultice of ordinary sugar mixed up with some soft bath soap under a bandaid will help draw out the real difficult ones overnight.

No , Echinida, it was call Burgess.

came in small round hardwood containers. (containers most probably hand made?)

Here's a real life story of removing splinters heard on ABC radio today that puts all us tweezers, needles and bandaid using woodworkers to shame. For the full story go to http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegrap...s/s1377356.htm

Leon Ashby, Kongorong, SA

Recently, I got a gidgee stick stuck through my foot which is a common occurrence when you’re muster stock in scrub. When it happened to me the stick broke off and wasn’t visible from the outside of the boot. Although in agony I kept working for a couple of hours and finished the job. Then when I got home and took the boot off, I saw how big the stick was and that it almost came out the other side. We rang the hospital and found out the there was no doctor at the hospital that day and the nurses wouldn’t be allowed to pull the stick out without a doctor present. I didn’t want another 10 hours of agony, so I got some pointy nosed pliers and pushed them into my foot to get a grip on the stick and eventually pull it out.
A month later, I showed the latest young doctor my foot because some fragments of the stick were working their way out in dramatic fashion. She sat me down and recommended I head off to the Longreach hospital and have a couple of days off getting the fragments cut out.
I said it wouldn’t be possible because I had to keep water up to the stock in the drought and there was no one else here to do it. She couldn’t believe my response. I’m sure she thought I was mad.
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i dig out the big ones

for the ones you cant see put Vegemite on it then cover with a bandaid and leave on overnight.most times the splinter will come out

then you can wipe your finger on your toast in the morning:eek: