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Warpy

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19. Either use sterile saline

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 03:52 AM

Feb 2013

or boil your filtered tap water, add the salt, and allow it to cool down before you use it.

I used "goldfish" at work in the same way, they're little plastic containers of sterile saline premeasured for use in inhaled medicines. It was a plus if I could get them a little warm first. They loosened the crud very nicely.

Just make sure the water is safe. Tap water hasn't been in a few cases if it's been unboiled.

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Either use sterile saline Warpy Feb 2013 #19