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Custom-made hand and nail file
File surface placed on a bottle provides a good handle – suitable for people with impaired hand function
User files pinky fingernail.
Description A self-adhesive surface of a foot file with interchangeable grinding surfaces is attached to a glass bottle. The file is used to file nails and to remove thickened skin from hands.
Model: Foot file refill (Skoglund)
Users comments The bottleneck is easy to hold. Skin-softening oil for callouses can be stored in the bottle.
Made by The user
Paid for by The user
Whose idea The user’s
This tip is from 2009
User files nails.Custom-made hand and nail file.Custom-made hand and nail file (image )
Tipsare: Tomas
Tomas lives in an apartment together with his partner. He works part time as a photographer. He was injured in 1983 and has a low tetraplegia. He has home help one hour a day.
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