Fiberglass in my foot. (warning: this has gross pics)

[i386]

This is a glass fiber from cloth. It's red because I've been marking my cuts with a red Sharpie. I believe it came from me wearing sandals and it worked itself into my foot as I walked on it. Mind you, this was not stiff resin coated fiber, it was just from cloth.

It felt like I had a splinter but I couldn't see it and neither could my wife. After I carved a layer of dead skin off the bottom of my heel she could see it and pull it out.

It wasn't all that painful and didn't get infected, but it just goes to show what this stuff can do so be careful.

I don't normally work in sandals, but I'm keeping the cloth in my basement. I went downstairs the other night to cut some cloth for use on the following day. I slipped my sandals on and didn't think twice about it.

 

[tmcalavy]

Re: Fiberglass in my foot. (warning: this has gross pics)

That's why I hate fiberglass, especially insulation. Only thing more sneaky are little pieces of wirebrush, got one in my forearm once, just below the wrist and it crept deeper and eventually disappeared...only to re-emerge from my hand a few months later.

 

[oops!]

Re: Fiberglass in my foot. (warning: this has gross pics)

when curing gouges and cuts with glass.......


just remember, most are treated the same way.......

using a 4 1/2 inch grinder with a flapper disc (30 grit) grind the affected area, clean with acetone and fill with marine tex.....


(sorry bout your foot, glass is nasty stuff to gave around, did your wife get it all?)

 

[Bondo]

Re: Fiberglass in my foot. (warning: this has gross pics)

when curing gouges and cuts with glass.......


just remember, most are treated the same way.......

using a 4 1/2 inch grinder with a flapper disc (30 grit) grind the affected area, clean with acetone and fill with marine tex.....


(sorry bout your foot, glass is nasty stuff to gave around, did your wife get it all?)

Sorry about the limb, But I'm Dying here with Laughter..........

 

[fixb52s]

Re: Fiberglass in my foot. (warning: this has gross pics)

I thought I was the only one that got glass and wire brush pieces in the feet.

I made the mistake one day of wearing shirts and crocks.

Don't wear shorts and crocks. Nuff said.

Of course, the wife tells me it will be better when I'm old and bald. ​

 

[i386]

Re: Fiberglass in my foot. (warning: this has gross pics)

when curing gouges and cuts with glass.......


just remember, most are treated the same way.......

using a 4 1/2 inch grinder with a flapper disc (30 grit) grind the affected area, clean with acetone and fill with marine tex.....


(sorry bout your foot, glass is nasty stuff to gave around, did your wife get it all?)

Hah! I'd hate to ruin a perfectly good flapper on my calloused feet.

Nah it was no big deal. I just noticed it felt sore and it felt better as soon as it was out. I was just amazed at how it worked itself in there.