Round_Gun_Shooter Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Wish I had known about this years ago. Black salve for removing splinters. Worked in 2 days Ready to shoot this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Interesting. How the heck does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 Interesting. How the heck does it work? It is frikkin majic All I know is it smells like road tar. Put it on the area, put a band aid on and next AM the splinter was in the ban aid. Did it again and the second piece came out. I am a believer. Monday night I couldn't hold a grip on my revolver. Thursday night all better. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Where did you find it? I ran out about 6 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 (edited) My grand mother would make a poltice with a clean cloth, real butter( homemade) and kerosene, wrap it around cuts, scrapes and minor burns,splinters, thorns and cactus needles. She said it would draw out the splinters and posion. Must have worked, most of us lived.------Larry Edited April 1, 2006 by lkytx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted April 1, 2006 Author Share Posted April 1, 2006 Where did you find it? I ran out about 6 months ago. Local pharmacy. I had to ask the pharmacist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierman Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 I remember my mom using that stuff on me years ago. Your right, it smell horrible, but it works great. I got "bit" by a blister bug when I was a young lad and she used it on me then. I haven't seen it in years though, didn't know they still made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoupirate Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 The trade name is icthamol. Most pharmacies don't have it on the shelf and you have to ask for it. Wal-Mart carries it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straightshooter1 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Larry and bierman are right-the stuff is used for all kinds of things. If you've read some of my posts, you'll see that I am, uhh, well, mechanically challenged is probably how we'd say it today. Two left feet, clumsy, etc. is what we called it when I was a kid. I would get a rusty fish hook stuck in me and the spot would get infected so Grandad would put that drawing salve on the infection, and in a day or two all was okay. Same for nasty splinters that were too deep to pick out with a needle. No doctor, no antibiotics, just the drawing salve and, as noted before, it must have worked as I'm still here. Seems by the late sixties/early 70s everyone went to the emergency room or doctor with these things and people apparently forgot these "home remedies" that worked. Like castor oil for example. But that's another story. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 We never had that .....used needle and tweezers or a knife and tweezers...that worked too although probably not as painlessly as the stuff you are talking about.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin40 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hit the knife on the stone a few times and I'm in business. Nice clean slice and just about anything will pop out. Flyin40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straightshooter1 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Flyin40; I used to say that, too, until the day I "fixed" my ingrown toenail. About three weeks later, after the infection was under control, and after the doctor had released me.... That was 20 years and several knives ago. At work they still tease me about my "self-surgery." Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin40 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 LOL, I have never had that problem. I have did it a thousand times, I always clean the knife and then finish the wound with peroxide and then Benodyn. You have to make sure its clean. I know what you mean on ingrown tonails. I have to take care of mine every couple months. Flyin40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hit the knife on the stone a few times and I'm in business. Nice clean slice and just about anything will pop out. Flyin40 That has always been the case with me until this time. 2 splinters in same location. To make it worse, one was metal but the other was fiberglass. Knife cut was getting too deep and the infection was setting in. On tough ones, I usually let them get a little infected and then pop them out. My hand kept healing over the area making it worse. Finally put the salve on and it took care of everything. I will never be without it again. One for home, one for truck. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Man, this thread is painful just to read. Sounds like an ointment everyone should have in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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