I just did the fiberglass wrap thing last night. I was pleasantly suprised.
Thanks JT
I saw the JT video a week or so ago and ordered the wrap and it came in the mail yesterday. In my case, they worked fine as a repair/spare tire type thing. My nails are usually pretty sturdy, but if I let them get too long, leverage seems to take over and one will break.
A little over 2 weeks ago, I picked up an OM-28 Martin as a kind of a fingerpicking guitar. As luck (or lack of) would have it, I jammed my thumbnail into the brick side of my house while carrying in groceries. At first there seemed to be just a little blood underneath but no break, but the next day I saw a crack on the picking side halfway down to the cuticle. I tried superglue to hopefully hold it together until it grew out, but it ultimately broke. After applying the wrap last night and then filing and shaping, the nail worked like a charm. It seems very sturdy and isn't all that visually noticeable.