Comments on: Finds: 2nd Skin http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/20/finds-2nd-skin/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: jonathan peterson http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/20/finds-2nd-skin/#comment-15227 jonathan peterson Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:24:13 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/20/finds-2nd-skin/#comment-15227 2nd skin has been around for a decade - I first discovered it after opening my radiator and getting a blast of hot "coolant" across the neck and chest. I went through about $40 worth over the next couple weeks, but thanks to that and later a good vitamin A/E moisturizer I had no scaring and little pain. It's also very good for big abrasions (think bicycle crash). One tip - it has a plastic backing material that you are supposed to remove once you put the bandage on the injury. Once you do that the water that makes up the bandage starts evaporating out of the back. If you leave the backing material ON, or replace it with some other kind of waterproof bandaging, you'll more than double how long a single bandage stays flexible and cool. 2nd skin has been around for a decade - I first discovered it after opening my radiator and getting a blast of hot “coolant” across the neck and chest. I went through about $40 worth over the next couple weeks, but thanks to that and later a good vitamin A/E moisturizer I had no scaring and little pain.

It’s also very good for big abrasions (think bicycle crash).

One tip - it has a plastic backing material that you are supposed to remove once you put the bandage on the injury. Once you do that the water that makes up the bandage starts evaporating out of the back. If you leave the backing material ON, or replace it with some other kind of waterproof bandaging, you’ll more than double how long a single bandage stays flexible and cool.

]]> By: Trevor D. http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/20/finds-2nd-skin/#comment-15106 Trevor D. Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:39:51 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/20/finds-2nd-skin/#comment-15106 Ooh! I need these! I burn my self all the damn time. Calves, arms, hands, its inevitable working on bikes. Ooh! I need these! I burn my self all the damn time. Calves, arms, hands, its inevitable working on bikes.

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