Wood stick Q-TIPS...
Q-TIPS is a brand name for cotton swabs. I've tried different brands and always return to Q-TIPS. A generation ago they made them with wooden sticks. The wood was replaced with a plastic tube but the cotton on the tube didn't stick well and white paper sticks replaced the plastic.In layman's terms, Q-TIPS with paper sticks suck. I'm sure it's a safety factor, but they give way when you try to dig into the ear canal. I remember the old days having control with wood sticks. I'm thinking someone dug too deep and damaged their ear drum. Yes, very possible. Worst case would be the stick splintered. THAT would be painful!
I did find some long wooden stick cotton swabs used for cleaning electrical equipment, but they were low quality and I'm sure they would splinter.
I found good quality wood stick cotton swabs on a trip to China. it was great! That with a small bottle of alcohol I was in ear cleaning heaven. On my return to the U.S. Chinese customs stopped my carry-on through their scanner and asked if I had any beer. No... but the little bottle had leaked and set off an alarm. Seeing it was packaged with the cotton swabs, I didn't need to give explanation (or go to jail) but it was discarded and I didn't have a chance to bring them home.
Hopefully, I'll have a chance to return to China for the Chinese New Year in February and plan to buy more swabs. This time I'll leave out the alcohol.
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(Just sayin'; you might want to shop around for better pricing, higher count, etc...)
It sounds like you're using kind of a heavy hand on those cotton swabs. Good thing you haven't resorted to your pocket knife!
People do not realize the plastic type cotton buds need sorting into plastic---more often than not just thrown in general waste. They will take hundreds od years to disintegrate.
I am glad i am of my age as future generations will be living on earths great big refuse tip breathing in alsorts.
Yep the earth will warm up alright it will combust and just disintergrate.
go for it find you wood tips, maybe matchsticks using right end of course fixed with a little cotton wool. You can buy long matchsticks -----i think
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