On May 22, 3:20*pm, wrote:
On May 22, 8:30*am, wrote:





On May 21, 10:07*pm, JG2U wrote:

On Wed, 21 May 2008 16:19:47 -0400, John H.

wrote:
Another thing that works well is to use your air compressor to blow air
down the cast. Whatever you do, don't put powder down there! And, don't let
her try to scratch with a coat hanger. That's a good way to get an
infection and lose an arm.

Just be aware that air can damage you as well. *If you decide to do
this, use low air pressure (10-20 psi) and a safety nozzle. *It is
possible, and actually pretty easy, to blow high pressure air under
the skin. *You definitely do *not* want to do that. *It will ruin your
day.

It's all coming back now! We had a full shop when I was a kid and my
brother took a nozzle and put it up to my neck to scare me. He let
that thing go and it tore my skin, then blew air inflating a space a
little larger than a marble. What happened is it seperated the skin
from the meat and man, did that hurt! That turned into the biggest
meanest looking blodd blister you ever saw!

And if that had been close to a blood vessel you could have ended up
with an air embolism and dead. *Compressed air is not a toy.- Hide quoted text -

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Not to one up, but I hear getting cut with an airless paint sprayer is
wicked nasty too.. But that whole bubble thing with Loog is still in
my head too...