Toilet – Methods
Patent
1998-05-15
1999-01-26
Manahan, Todd E.
Toilet
Methods
132 735, 132 73, A45D 2918
Patent
active
058628118
ABSTRACT:
A finger and toe nail repair kit and method wherein the kit comprises an adhesive which will both bond natural nail material and dissolve polystyrene, a multiplicity of polystyrene pellets, a cuticle stick, a buffing board with sufficient grit to grind a dried mixture of adhesive and polystyrene, and a buffing block to remove the shine from the nail after mending the nail and in preparation for a coating as desired. While the method comprises the placing adhesive directly in a crack or tear of a nail to be repaired, placing a polystyrene pellet longitudinally within the crack or tear while the adhesive is still wet, using the cuticle stick pressing the polystyrene pellet into the wet adhesive and crack or tear area allowing a portion of the pellet to be dissolved and become mixed with the adhesive and allowing the dissolved polystyrene and adhesive mixture to flow into the crack or tear, allowing the polystyrene and adhesive mixture to dry, removing the portion of the polystyrene pellet not dissolved by the adhesive, grinding the dried adhesive and polymer mixture to a desired level with the natural nail surface, buffing the nail surface to remove shine and prepare the nail for a desire coating.
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Breaux Joseph N.
Manahan Todd #E.
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