Repair a broken or damaged fingernail.
You will
need a tea bag and some acrylic nail protector solution. remove as much
as you can of the damaged nail and thoroughly clean and dry the bed of
the nail. You must carefully cut out the required shape from the
emptied tea bag, apply the solution to the finger and using the brush
to dab it, attach the fabric. I used two overlapping pieces and ended
up with what actually now looks quite like a normal thumbnail. The new
'nail' lasts for about a week or so and can then be reattached or
replaced. My nail was almost completely gone after most of it fell off
about a week after an accident with a hammer, half of the bed of the
nail was then exposed.
I am now
using industrial superglue instead of the acrylic and it lasts a bit
longer and is a good deal harder. My doctor friend raised his eyebrows
at the idea of using cyanoacrylate adhesive but said that he would
probably do the same if he suffered the same accident. -- Carl
Sullivan
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