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Hi stumpalump, Have you noticed that people who don't work with tools don't know how to use bandaids? I often have to tell a new student in the creative metals class to get the bleeding stopped first, then put a bandaid (and antibiotic) on the cut. What almost everyone wants to do is to wash the cut, dry it, and slap a bandaid on it before so much blood runs out that the bandaid won't stick. My normal practice is to put a clean paper towel or tissue on the bleeding cut, wrap it in whatever kind of tape is available (usually masking or duct), put a glove over it unless what I'm doing absolutely prevents that, and go on working. Right before I go to bed is when I clean and dress the wound. I watch minor cuts and burns carefully now because I'm at the age where cuts that are slow to heal can be a sign of the onset of diabetes. Nowadays I get as many minor burns as cuts because of spatters of molten steel landing on my neck and face from stick welding, or shards of slag from chipping. Burns are much slower to heal than cuts, so I have to try to remember which are which so I won't be too concerned by a cut that's slow to heal when it's actually a burn. All the best, Stan
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