# How To Remove Micro Splinters from Your Hands?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-micro-splinters-from-your-hands/517778>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-micro-splinters-from-your-hands/517778 "2009-11-16T15:28:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-micro-splinters-from-your-hands/517778/41 "2013-05-23T14:53:58Z")

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Since **Mildest Bill** was last seen in 2010, I can only hope he was able to get the splinters removed somehow. If not, maybe he’s now **Wildest Bill.**

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-micro-splinters-from-your-hands/517778/42 "2013-05-23T14:54:04Z")

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I never read the link on glochids last time around, but the article mentions a study, in a study found that overall, tweezers + Elmer’s glue (or similar) worked best.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-micro-splinters-from-your-hands/517778/43 "2013-05-23T14:59:38Z")

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I clicked this to make sure I remembered this as an old thread. Let’s hear it for improved memory.

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-micro-splinters-from-your-hands/517778/44 "2013-05-23T15:54:57Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> Since **Mildest Bill** was last seen in 2010, I can only hope he was able to get the splinters removed somehow. If not, maybe he’s now **Wildest Bill.**

Gotcha ya!!

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