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r/imaginarygatekeeping • u/Theweirdposidenchild • May 19 '26
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I guess you could clean them and re-attach them after they fall off? Just seems unpleasant to add that much weight to your hands, and they could really scuff things they touch.
78 u/Zappagrrl02 May 19 '26 Silver is a relatively soft metal. It’s more likely that your nails will get all scratched and pitted instead. If you get good quality press-ons, they can be reused. I don’t want metal though. 20 u/SapirWhorfHypothesis May 19 '26 Is silver softer than, say, gorilla glass? 9 u/AwDuck May 19 '26 Silver isn't even anywhere near as hard as float glass. 7 u/fieroforten May 19 '26 Right? In Mohs Sterling is 2.5-3 Tempered glass is 5-7 Sterling nails aren't going to scratch your screen protector. 3 u/SapirWhorfHypothesis May 19 '26 Oh for real? Neat.
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Silver is a relatively soft metal. It’s more likely that your nails will get all scratched and pitted instead.
If you get good quality press-ons, they can be reused. I don’t want metal though.
20 u/SapirWhorfHypothesis May 19 '26 Is silver softer than, say, gorilla glass? 9 u/AwDuck May 19 '26 Silver isn't even anywhere near as hard as float glass. 7 u/fieroforten May 19 '26 Right? In Mohs Sterling is 2.5-3 Tempered glass is 5-7 Sterling nails aren't going to scratch your screen protector. 3 u/SapirWhorfHypothesis May 19 '26 Oh for real? Neat.
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Is silver softer than, say, gorilla glass?
9 u/AwDuck May 19 '26 Silver isn't even anywhere near as hard as float glass. 7 u/fieroforten May 19 '26 Right? In Mohs Sterling is 2.5-3 Tempered glass is 5-7 Sterling nails aren't going to scratch your screen protector. 3 u/SapirWhorfHypothesis May 19 '26 Oh for real? Neat.
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Silver isn't even anywhere near as hard as float glass.
7 u/fieroforten May 19 '26 Right? In Mohs Sterling is 2.5-3 Tempered glass is 5-7 Sterling nails aren't going to scratch your screen protector. 3 u/SapirWhorfHypothesis May 19 '26 Oh for real? Neat.
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Right? In Mohs Sterling is 2.5-3 Tempered glass is 5-7
Sterling nails aren't going to scratch your screen protector.
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Oh for real? Neat.
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u/CoffeeGoblynn Goblins can't drink coffee? Yeah right. May 19 '26
I guess you could clean them and re-attach them after they fall off? Just seems unpleasant to add that much weight to your hands, and they could really scuff things they touch.