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20th August 2018, 10:51 PM #46GOLD MEMBER
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Not sure what CA you guys are using, but I had a fresh cut on my finger and accidentally got the cheap shop CA glue on it and when the glue hit the blood, it burnt like hell. I seem to remember Daisensi saying the medical stuff is a different checical compound to the cheap stuff, so be careful.
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23rd August 2018, 12:59 AM #47Member
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Actually, it's not hard to acquire mutton fat at all. Get some lamb midloin chops or forequarter chops, and bake them in the oven or under the grill, with the chops resting on a mesh rack, and with a sheet of aluminium foil spread in the tray underneath.
Not only do you end up with yummy, tasty chops - you end up with a pretty sizeable amount of fat sitting in the foil! Don't forget the roast vegies to go with them, of course!
Pour the liquid fat off into a dish or jar, while its warm and pourable, before it sets hard, and hey presto, you have a reasonable starter supply of sheep fat. I use it to season my camp ovens.
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23rd August 2018, 01:15 AM #48Member
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The chemists have Liquid Skin Sport - which I note is only cyanoacrylate anyway - the major constituent of Super Glue. I also note they warn about not using it, if you're "allergic to cyanoacrylate".
https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/...uid-skin-sport
I just had a "light bulb" moment, and remembered SWMBO has a can of Elastoplast Spray Plaster.
This stuff is great, it's effectively Band-Aids in a spray can. It leaves a transparent, rubbery, flexible coating, which is pretty impervious for a couple of days.
The ingredients in the can of this product, that I have at hand, are "Acrylic copolymer, ethyl acetate, pentane, menthol and carbon dioxide". I presume the CO2 is the propellant.
However, when I track the product down on chemist websites, it says the ingredients are now, "Acrylic copolymer, polyurethane polymer, ethanol, water, dimethylether". So I guess the formulation must have changed recently.
https://www.yourchemistshop.com.au/e...11870000499015
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23rd August 2018, 01:56 AM #49
Well, there we go! Next time we lascerate ourselves or experience mayhem, one only needs to reach for the can of medical magic spray.
Like Star Trek! Next it will heal burns
Nice!
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23rd August 2018, 02:05 AM #50Member
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Actually, if you want to heal burns - I can testify on oath to the stunning, burn-healing power, of neat, pure Lavender Oil.
Keep a bottle handy in the shop, and slosh it on next time you seriously singe yourself - and keep sloshing it on until the pain subsides, in about 10 mins.
Repeat the oil application every half hour or so for the next few hours, and you will then be staggered at how rapidly the burn will heal, with no blistering.
Gattefossé’s burn – Robert Tisserand
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23rd August 2018, 09:00 AM #51.
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The cheapest thing for burns is cold water. Now when I burn myself I get it under the tap and run it for 20 minutes. If you are close to ice then make an ice water mix and it cuts the time in half.
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23rd August 2018, 10:17 AM #52Member
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Cold water might be cheap - but pure Lavender Oil isn't in the least expensive - and once you use Lavender Oil on burns, you will never go back to using just cold water.
Of course, I'm talking about small 1st and 2nd degree burns - 3rd degree burns with deeply charred flesh, require immediate and intensive medical attention.
Interestingly, some hospitals are already using Lavender Oil as a burns treatment.
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23rd August 2018, 06:51 PM #53New Member
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I 3rd the Heal Balm get the Gold one.
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24th August 2018, 12:11 PM #54
He. I thought I'd replied to this already, but looking back...
I use Rawleigh's Antiseptic Salve. (Gold Tin) Works like a charm on split/chapped skin and minor burns. Costs a small fortune for what it is, but I think our current tin has lasted me... 10 years, around about(?) and I have visited that tin many, many times.
Relying on a wood fire for heating means splinters, minor burns, etc. on too damned close to a daily basis in the cold/wet season.
Labelled with "Active constituents: Colophony 13.7% Cresol 1%" and I suspect the balance is plain old petroleum jelly. Nevertheless, it does seem to help healing while also providing a protective barrier. For minor ailments.
For badly cracked skin or small cuts/nicks that penetrate past skin-deep, I'm also a fan of CA. It's a pity that I've developed enough of a minor allergy to the stuff that I'm parsimonious about using it now.
I believe this was caused by over-exposure to the fumes... over-did using it as a finish, I think. I certainly cannot use it as a finish any more.
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24th August 2018, 10:22 PM #55
Those creams from the chemist are pricey per gram. When I did a treatment of Efudix for surface sun spots on my arms, I eased the cracking by using Deri-Sel from the local vet/produce store. It's for cracked teats on cows.....works a treat.
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24th August 2018, 11:35 PM #56GOLD MEMBER
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24th August 2018, 11:43 PM #57Member
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Colophony. You wouldn't want to get tongue-tied saying that word, would you. It could end up sounding very similar to a rear-end inspection.
I find that Colophony is also known as rosin - in other words, pine wood oleoresin. Pretty fancy name for pine resin, I wonder who thought that one up?
Never thought about looking in a veterinary supply store for products to stop cow teat cracking. But it looks like others have cottoned onto the idea.
https://udderlysmooth.com/
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24th August 2018, 11:47 PM #58GOLD MEMBER
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I just cooked a batch of varnish and used damar and calophony (and pine turps - true turpentine was hard to find (the kind that smells like fresh pine when you open the bottle)!! I had to go to a health food supplier to get it).
It was sticky!!!! IIRC, it melted at a pretty low point, but I don't know if that was a touchable temperature, but it would also dissolve into a solvent and maybe an oil. The stickiness would probably make it a great moisture barrier.
Now I've seen it!! At first, I was surprised that people would use turpentine in the bath, but now the resins, too!!
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