gunpowder burns

[alan delimont]

Ok, without going into too many details, let me ask if anyone knows how to remove blackpowder from your skin. Hint, this incident involved a flintlock, the frizin, and my stupidity.

 

[skunkskinner]

Dial soap, water, washcloth.

 

[bingo1952]

If it has actually penetrated the skin it will never come out since what you see is the carbon. I dropped a dirty vent pick on my hand that just slightly penetrated the skin and now have a black freckle. Hey that gives me an idea, we could do a rendezvous tattoo with this method. NOT!

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

You aren't a true blackpowder initiate unless you have a little inadvertant B.P. tat somewhere upon your person! Welcome to the clan!

 

[paulvallandigham]

I agree with others. I jammed a pencil into my knee when I was a kid, and I still have a faint blue spot there to "honor" the occasion. I washed and dug at it back then trying to clean it all out of the wound, but it just would not all come out.

I have friends who have peppered "tattoos" on their necks and cheeks, where they were standing too close to a re-enactor when he fired his Bess off, and got burned with powder debris on the left sides of their faces and necks. It only happens ONCE, thank God! :grin: :thumbsup:

 

[Stumpkiller]

It's a badge of honor.

Lava soap with pumice and alternate scrubs with rubbing white vinegar on the area. In three months it will have faded . . . some. ;-)

 

[2172]

have a 10 year old freckle tattoo on my bicep..at the firing line, pulling the cock back, a spark made it into the pan...the gun was at waist level and pointed down range, and I was wearing a tee shirt...I always have the cock back before I prime, now..Hank

 

[MSW]

well, long ago and far away, when i was still in junior high, when i had all my hair, before the Tet offensive (you get the picture), i fell on a cinder track (this was before the synthetic track surfaces were all the rage) and ended up with a good bit of real estate on the inside. over forty years later, there are still faint marks and a small scar on my right hand.

so, i would recommend a topical antibiotic, keep it clean, and a secret pharmacology invention, usually refered to as ToT



(Tincture of Time)

 

[George F.]

If you were very close, you personally won't be able to remove it. Maybe a dermatologist could with a skin peel. I changed a flint on the firing line with the muzzle pointing down range, and the priming removed. After I changed the flint I closed the frizzen on a empty pan, pulled the cock back to full, then let it fall, striking the frizzen, a bunch of sparks and BANG!! Well I had the rifle with the touch hole vertical, and I couldn't believe a spark entered the touch hole and set the rifle off giving me a Black Powder Tattoo on my left forearm. I tried to dig them out, but gave up for they were too deep. ...Geo.

 

[sniper68]

Last year a guy had his trigger lightened up(in the once range :shocked2: ) He asked me if I would like to give it a try. He loaded primed and handed me his rifle. As I usually do, I pulled the hammer to full cock with my fore(pointer) linger. That put my middle finger right beside the touch hole :nono: . The lock clicked at full cock and as soon as I let go, it went off!! :cursing: I was afraid to look for a second. It felt like I blew the tip of my finger off..
I picked out what I could and washed it with soap and water, then some rubbing alcohol(91%) and daily applications of vitamin E. No band-aid. After a couple of weeks, I was able to pull of the scab and with it a lot of the embedded powder residue. :grin: Below are then and now photo's. :redface:

 

[paulvallandigham]

YOu did a lot better removing the powder burns than I did! Its hardly noticeable, unless you are in good light, and point it out to folks.

Consider it a " battle scar". Wear it with honor. After all, how many of the people you know have a similar scar???

I have rope burns scars on both hands,( two different stories), knife wound scars, an arrow wound scar, dog and cat bite scars, and even a scar on my wrist where I got stabbed by the wire on a new cyclone fence. I even have a scar on my ring finger from when my own body developed a reaction to my ring, blistered, and the tissue came off deep enough to remove most of the freckles that used to be there, and left a bare skin ring scar in their place. That was 37 years ago, and I am just now getting a few freckles back in that scar tissue.

You earn your scars by living. Wear them with pride. No one gets old being a wimp! :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[mckutzy]

i make a point of pointing out whenever i let a stranger fire my rifle, i tell them hold onto the cock and pull back to full and slowly release when u hear the click, like in this case i imagine, the cock might let go and inadvertently and fire.

 

[PA16th]

Reminded me why a right hander should never shoot a left handed flint lock. The vent will be in your face. Glad I was taught some blackpowder safety befor shooting.

 

[RADeO]

You earn your scars by living. Wear them with pride. No one gets old being a wimp!

Boy, ain't that the truth!!! :thumbsup:

 

[F.G. Ford]

It's easy...........Just get a tatoo right over top of the mark with something like " ALAN LOVES BOB" :v :grin: :rotf:
Best Regards
Miserable " Old Ford

 

[alan delimont]

Thank you all. And flat landers wonder why we are all such good friends. :bow: :surrender:

 

[Dave K]

Well, been there and done that. Actually since I was still hurting and bleeding, I picked all the carbon out with a knife and needle. I knew it was going to tattoo me if I didn't and my arms are still not tattooed.

 

[dodgecity]

Tom Chaney was so marked. A whiskey drinker, it led to killing in the end.

 

[hanshi]

Got a palm full like that once. Did not feel good, either! I eventually picked the bits out with a needle and tweezers. Look close, though, and you can still see a couple of spots.