I know what you mean. A quarter of my tool box now seems to be devoted to medical items. Band aids, hearing protection, eye wash, asprin, antacids, etc. Gaffer tape is a stagehands best friend. Piece of paper towel and a half inch wide strip of gaffers, compression and you get a band aid that will last you thru load out.

I'm going to try annealing my next nickel silver pins and see what happens. Can't be any harder than the way I'm doing it now.

Thanks for your efforts.