Mitch wrote:I just sanded all the skin of my G and A on a belt sander!
It's very hard to play through bandaids.
Cuts and strikes are feeling like ... cuts and strikes ("ooh" and "ouch" have become my new embellishmernt). and there lots more typos in my posts.
How long does it take for skin to grow back? Are there any short-cuts(ouch)
Band-aid brand adhesive bandages (and anyone else's, too) are a pain in the ass when whistling. They don't seal with a damn. So for small finger cuts and scrapes, I dab on a little cyanoacrylate glue (a.k.a. CA glue, Super Glue, etc.).
I am
not, however, suggesting you try this, as I have no idea how adept you are with glue. (Hopefully, better than with a belt sander) There's always the chance that you could glue your finger to your whistle (or to something worse) if you don't let it get good and dry before you touch things. And when using CA glue as a bandage, one must be very careful to disinfect the wound very thoroughly before applying the glue, or you'll seal in festering crawlie germs and your finger will go bad and drop off, then you'd never be able to play a G again.
In the event you are making model rockets or fixing a broken whistle and want to learn about CA glue, here's the wikipedia article on
Cyanoacrylate and another from the folks at
The Straight Dope. Note that the second article points out that medical CA glue is slightly different from the stuff you get at the hobby shop, which can burn you if slathered on in large amounts.
Again, I would stress that I am not recommending this course of action. I am not a doctor and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, and just because I'm silly enough to put glue on my fingers and just leave it there while the wound heals under it until the glue just wears off doesn't mean you have to be.
Medical CA glue is marketed under the names
Dermabond and Traumaseal, but you may have to actually end up in the ER to get these.
). Drop it on, LET IT DRY COMPLETELY before touching anything, then just go about your business.
