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Acrylic Retainers

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  • 21-04-2008 9:48am
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    KTRIC
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    I'm looking for some 1.6 mm acrylic retainers for my nose piercing so I can keep it open whilst in work.

    I paid €8 for them in Dublin a while ago and thought it was an extortionate price.

    Can anyone recommend a site that sells them ?


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    #2
    !!!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 329 ✭✭!!!


    Acrylic is so, so bad for anything other than lobes in my opinion.

    And yes €8 is very steep indeed.

    Check out glasswearstudios.com retainers, they're fantastic.


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    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    !!! wrote: »
    Acrylic is so, so bad for anything other than lobes in my opinion.

    And yes €8 is very steep indeed.

    Check out glasswearstudios.com retainers, they're fantastic.

    I found the acrylic quite bad, they usually last a couple of months and then start to degrade.

    thanks for the link ;)


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    The Artist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭The Artist


    KTRIC wrote: »
    I found the acrylic quite bad, they usually last a couple of months and then start to degrade.

    thanks for the link ;)
    ebay has loads of em
    http://jewellery-watches.listings.ebay.ie/Tongue-Bars-Studs_Acrylic-Plastic_W0QQsacatZ140018QQsocmdZListingItemList


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    popecatapetal
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    My piercer has recommended buying a roll of fishing line and cutting pieces off the size you want, then melting the end with a lighter. You get about 50m for the same price as one pre-made retainer!


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    Star Lord
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    That'd obviously only work in a tiny piercing though, as fishing line is really thin!!!


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    !!!
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    Fishing line? Brilliant! I've heard that suggestion so many times and yet I still forget to recommend it, silly me.
    I'm sure its perfectly sterile, especially since your burning it, duh!
    Beware though, I wouldn't recommend swimming with it in as you may catch some fish, which may cause the piercing to rip out.

    (Am I allowed to be this sarcastic here? :p)


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    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    i just quoted someone €200 for a piercing... what do you think? :pac:


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    Gauge
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    !!! wrote: »
    Beware though, I wouldn't recommend swimming with it in as you may catch some fish, which may cause the piercing to rip out.

    We already have one davey180 :( we don't need two!


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    Star Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Wilburt wrote: »
    i just quoted someone €200 for a piercing... what do you think? :pac:
    Are they getting pierced with a sword? :pac:


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    #11
    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    no jewel encrusted platinum blades


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    #12
    Gauge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    ... you're collecting modships like plugs now, aren't you?





    oh god please don't ban me your highness


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    #13
    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    o.0

    *hides*


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    #14
    Crumble Froo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,196 ✭✭✭Crumble Froo


    afraid the peasants will revolt?


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