use the black stuff
> that comes off the rods when cleaning them and use that on the warts
I'd be very careful with that!  serious risk of 
tatooing the area with localized agyria.

When I experimented with the rod goo on wounds on my hand, it stained the flesh 
and fingernail brown or sepia, but did fade or grow out over time.  Months in 
the case of the fingernail.
Rowena