I finally got some parts in for the PT Cruiser,,so I been tryin to finish it up and get it sold. I had to replace part of the B piller and was doin some heavy Duty grinding and sure enough,,,I wound up with a metel sliver in my right index finger tip,,,DANG,,that been hurtin,,,feels like I got a 16 box nail crammed in there,,,!!!

 Well,,,the last time we had this conversation,,,and as many times as I have this happen to me,,,,,I cannot remember who suggested this ,,,but i ordered some " Ichthammol Ointment" Drawing salve. Followed the instructions and it finally worked it's way out,,,!!!!

 I could not see the friggin thing and like to cut my finger tip plumb off diggin around with some toe nail clippers but never could SEE it but KNOW IT WAS IN THERE,,,!!! 

 That is some Good Chit,,just don't be in no hurry as it takes time and I never knew when it came out,,,,it just did,,,,!!

  Many THANKS for the member who suggested that stuff,,,it Works,,,!!!!

  Yeah,,,,and I expect you would want to do some deep explorin with a rusty nail,,wouldn't you,,,,??

  Yeah,,Dave,,thas the stuff,,it gots a name long as my arm. Was doin some more grindin on thet stupid car and dang if I got another sliver but I could see this one and yanked it out with some needle nose,,,whew,,,,

   Hey JC,,,there you are!!  hadn't heard from you in a while figured you was still shovelin snow and haulin hay Thas a 2006 PT Cruiser that I bought for a song from a repo lot and it had some damage on drivers rear door but a friend had a good door,, same color so I figured I could put some labor in it and come out pretty good. I had to replace the B pillar as theit had been pushed in enough to keep both doors from aligning well. I'm still gonna come out smellin like arose on this one as I'm just bout done, 'cept for a little Bondo and some paintin.

 Hey Trucker,,,,I've never been able to wear gloves when doin work,,,just can't do it,,altho,,I do like to wear them brown jersey gloves when huntin,,,,,

 Yeah,,,Chask,,That is something I do wear is a good MSA approved Full face shield whenever I'm usin the grinder. As much as a little old sliver hurts in a finger,,,I cannot imagine how much one of them things would feel like in your eye,,,,,,!!!!!

Was weldin on something, once, and hadda hunka s-l-a-g fly up, through the air, avoid the full face shield, roll down the stocking cap I was wearin, too, landed right in the middle of my ear, and burnt alla the hairs outn my ear.  left a little blister, in a ridge, there, too!

  Well,,I got one of them pieces of sl*g in my right foot the other day as I tend to want to wear sneakers instead of boots,,,but doubt a boot would of kept thet sob from burnin all the way thru either,,,!!! Dang thet sob hurt,,!!!! Makes you wonder how people must suffer greatly when burned like in a fire or worse,,,,,

  When I was still workin,,,I went thru 3 major fires at the refinery and I was very fortunate in never actually gettin burned. Let me tell you,,,I Felt the god awful HEAT but was very lucky,,,

  My boss man got caught in one at the Alkylation unit and was off for several weeks,,worse one was a good friend lost his life due to an explosion at a FCC unit and they said he never knew what hit him,,,So Sad,,,, 

Have experienced the sl*g in the ear,and jacket or shirt, but never in the boot.

My father in law who was just one of them unlucky fellows lite his boot up one day cutting scrape. Had a newer pair of cheap work boots, they were a imitation leather,which he did not know. Big o'l chunk of sl*g landed on the one,  an before he knew anything was wrong his boot was flaming up.  He read the label and got real leather after that.

   Shameless,,,,,,,,are you,,,,do you,,,,,,,,are you,,,,,,,,UMMmmmm,,,CHIT,, Good Buddy,,,I'm out of superlatives thinkin on how your vast concern for my health,,,,,,UMmmm,,lets see,,what was I gonna say,,,,??? 

 And a Good Morning to you too,,,,,,,Do you need to borry a boat to get to town,,??? ,  CHIT,,,I TAKE THAT BACK,,that might of been uncalled for,,,sorry,,,,,,

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 I have found them wire feed splatters rainin down on you are hotter than sin... they is raw molten metal and burn 10 times faster that the splatter off an old arc welder... until a gob of molten metal comes off it, which usually many times bigger than off the wire feed.... got one of them one time, don't know how it got down past the top of the boot since it was laced up pretty well... but the mask went one way and the spud went the other and that boot came off super fast, but was too late... burnt a hole right through the hide on top of the foot, and had to scrape it off. That hole took a long time to heal.

 

 You know,JC,,I never thought bout thet little piece of knowledge,,,,but when usin a mig welder,,when you do get a piece of sl*g it IS a molten piece of SOLID FIRE and takes a long time to stop burnin whatever it falls on. And,,,,and,,, when usin an arc welder,,you don't get those big gobs of molten fire ,,,,that is,,,unless you are puttin some big Gorillas on your weld project,,,, ( which I like to do, so I don't forget how to,,,,)

Joe, you probably already know about not wearing anything polyester or nylon when welding, right? wool or cotton is best. won't melt into your hide and stick tight...

 We had an old blacksmith in Siren by the name of Panzer, he had thick calloused hands and loved to use his forge. Seen him reach into the forge many times and turn a piece of metal over in there, without any gloves... Asked him once, "don't you ever get burned?" He laughed and held out his huge hand and said "got to many callouses to feel that". His hands were really thick and dark. But in his old age when he was just in there a couple days a week, his hands were not thick as I had remembered them to be... and used his gloves when working in there.  He wasn't tough like he use to be. He lived behind the shop. He died and stuff was sold and the lot got leveled. Now it is just a memory... Oh yea, he grew up in Dakotas and helped on the farms and got a truck with smithy tools and forge and went around making his pay... and then applied in MPLS  RR house repairing steam engines and locomotives and train cars and then retired from there and came up here and started his blacksmith shop. Egads, that shop disappeared back in the seventies, close to 45 years ago.