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When your tattoo is first healing, an antibiotic can help prevent infection and speed up the healing process. However, don't use it for more than one or two days because the cream can prevent oxygen from circulating around your healing skin, which is needed for the ink to seal. Apply the cream twice a day for up to two days. Do this when your tattoo is thoroughly dry. Using a small amount of cream, gently rub it over your tattoo with your fingers in a circular motion. Only apply a thin layer of cream so that your tattoo shines. Try to avoid applying cream over any scabs.  If you applied too much cream, use a clean paper towel to blot and remove the excess cream. Plain, unscented creams are generally used to treat tattoos. After you remove the bandage, do not apply another one. Your skin needs oxygen circulating around it to heal. Your tattoo will take two weeks to fully heal. Use the same procedure to wash and moisturize the tattoo. Each time you clean it, check to make sure that it is healing. Don't pick any scabs that form. Your doctor will most likely prescribe a steroid or an antibiotic to treat the infection. Signs of an infection are:  A very painful or hot to the touch tattoo after seven to ten days. A pimply or bumpy rash surrounding your tattoo. An extremely red, itchy and/or swollen tattoo after seven to ten days. Blistering or unusual scabbing. Pimples or boils that exude pus. Continued bleeding after three nights, or red streaking. A fever and/or swollen lymph nodes.

summary: Use an antibacterial ointment for up to two days. Apply a thin layer of unscented moisturizer. Leave your tattoo unbandaged. Clean twice daily for two weeks. Contact a doctor if you suspect you have an infection.


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Straighten your back and square your shoulders while you play. Don't hunch over. Place the mandolin's body on top of your leg and hold the neck of the instrument with your left hand. The back of the mandolin should be pressed against your stomach.  You should feel comfortable and your muscles shouldn't feel strained or tense. You can use a shoulder strap to keep the mandolin in place as you play. The neck of the mandolin should be angled slightly upwards. This will make fingering easier. to the standard tuning. The notes for each string in standard tuning, from bottom to top, should be E, E, A, A, D, D, and G, G. Turn on your electronic tuner and strum the bottom string. Turn the tuning knob at the top of your mandolin's neck until the bottom string plays an E. Continue to do this with all the strings until your mandolin is in tune.  The strings of a mandolin are tuned in pairs. When you play, you'll hold down both strings in each pair. You can use a standard guitar tuner to tune your mandolin. Your tuner should have a needle that shows you what note you're playing or a light that will come on when the strings are in tune. The bottom strings on your mandolin, or the E strings, are called the “top” strings because they play the highest octave. A high action means that the strings are higher off the fretboard and can make pushing down the strings and creating a good sound difficult for newer players. Place a nickel in between the strings and the neck on the twelfth fret. Then, adjust the knobs on the bridge until the distance between the strings and the neck is a nickel's width.  The bridge is the part of your mandolin where the strings connect to the instrument's body. You'll have to adjust the action for both the top four and the bottom four strings. A heavy pick is thick while a light pick is thin and will bend while you play. Playing with a light pick will make it harder to create clear sounding notes and chords with the mandolin and should be avoided.  Light picks are between .45 mm and .7 mm in thickness. Heavy picks are between .85 mm and 1.20 mm in thickness.

summary: Hold your mandolin in your lap. Tune your mandolin Adjust the strings to a low action. Purchase a heavy pick.


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The general rule for lure color is "bright day, light colors; dark day, dark colors." On bright, sunny days and in clear water conditions, choose lures that are light in color and mimic natural patterns. On cloudy days and in dirty water conditions, choose darker lures and those with a non-natural coloration, preferably types that make noise or vibrate as they move through the water. A notable exception to this rule is the use of 2-toned plastic worms that feature a darker head color and a fluorescent pink or yellow tail color. Many anglers use plastic worms colored like this when fishing in cloudy water conditions. In general, choose smaller jigs and grubs when fishing for panfish (bluegill, sunfish, crappie, perch) and larger lures such as spinnerbaits and crankbaits when fishing for bigger fish (bass, walleye, and pike). Smaller lures are best suited for light and ultralight spinning and spincasting tackle (or fly rods in the case of dry and wet flies) with lines of 4 to 10-pound test (2 to 5 kg class), while larger lures are meant to be fished with medium to heavy action rods, spinning or baitcasting reels, and lines of 12 to 20-pound test (6 to 10 kg class) or better. (Lures used to fish for muskellunge, the largest member of the pike family, are decidedly larger than those used for bass, walleye, and northern pike, and often require the use of a wire leader because of the muskie's sharp teeth.) Lure size can also be dictated by weather conditions and how fish react to them. In early spring, or when cold front conditions clear the skies and cool the water to make fish lethargic, smaller lures are usually better choices than larger lures. (Lures used for ice fishing are exceptionally tiny, usually grub jigs or small spoons.) In high-wind conditions, you may need to use a larger lure simply to have enough resistance on the end of the line to keep the wind from bowing it so that you can't detect if fish are hitting the lure. Also try casting out a spinner and just keep casting and retrieving the lure.
summary: Choose lure colors according to weather and water conditions. Choose lure size according to the tackle you're using and the species you're fishing for.