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You could weaken the nail or even wear through it in a spot, which would hurt and risk infection.
Do not use any sort of abrasive cleaning techniques on brass-plated pieces, because the plating is quite thin, and you could easily wear through it.
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Although rotary types can wear through as well, it is far less common.
Their thin soles often wear through, critics say.
But on Walnut Street, one vacant lot has been there so long that walking paths are worn through it.
Accordingly, he said, when floors are not damaged to the point where the finish has completely worn through, it is generally best to just "rough-up" the surface coat without cutting through it and into the wood itself.
She, meanwhile, insists that Christopher is as charming as they come, though "once you perceived the patches where it had worn through, it was hard to see the charm hard to see the man himself, if you were in any way wary of charisma entirely whole again".
There's a hole in the toe where I've worn through it, running back and forth from the kitchen to the patio a thousand times a day.
During the journey Mr McDonald has worn through 10 pairs of trainers and slept rough.
This one is available from three to 12-years-old, is made from stretchy, durable fabric that doesn't wear through and makes it easier to nip to the loo — always a bonus.
Once in it, Mr. Harris seemed so fond of it, he wore it through lunch.
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