Topic: Getting hands clean !

[GRACELAND]

Ho do gardeners  on here get there hands clean ? We have that soil that seems to  either stain  the hands or Get ingrained in the skin?
         I don't wear Gloves that often as i find you can't feel what your doing . Soa  any tips 
                                         Please ?

[Nora42]

hi,

I always use granulated sugar and oil and a drop of tree tea oil .
mix oil with sugar to make a scrub rub all over your hands wash off with soap and water. makes your hands soft and the sugar gets rid of the stains.
doesn't cost a fortune either and has been used for ever. another tip is to scrape your mails on a bar of soap so they are full and when you have finished in the garden wash out the soap and you should have clean nails.

Nora.

[johhnyco15]

i got some gardeners hand scrub works really well or sand and washing up liquid hope this helps

[rollingrocktavern]

a good pumice soap will work

[ancellsfarmer]

E45 cream from Boots before you start. If ,like me, you suffer little cracks below/besides nails that trap soil and muck there is something called Lotil cream that will seal and cure almost overnight, saving pain and risk of infection. Recommended.

[Duke Ellington]

I like salt&soil scrubs any type will do or make your own

DUke 🙂

[peanuts]

it's interesting that I find the 'modern' liquid so-called hand-wash has no effect whatsoever on my hands when  stained with tomato plant, whereas old-fashioned ordinary soap gets it off straightaway, particularly if it is the old dark green household soap. And yet the liquid soaps seem so popular.

[Borlotti]

Liquid soap is a con. A bar of soap lasts ages, a nail brush and soap or washing up liquid is good. Havenot got a dish washer so my hands are always clean, dirt in my nails a bit of a problem but i keep them very short.why pay 1 pound for liquid soap, when 6 bars last about a year. But i have got one with fish on the bottle which looks pretty, but only really 4 grandchildren.

[Silverleaf]

I think a lot of people nowadays don't actually get properly dirty hands! Liquid soap works perfectly well if your hands are pretty clean already and you just want to "de-germ" them after using the toilet or before handling food, etc.

Bar soap is definitely better for getting rid of dirt and stains, I agree.

My problem is getting soil out from under my fingernails. Even with a nail brush I find it really difficult. :/

[caroline7758]

As Borlotti said, washing the dishes gets my nails clean (we do have a dishwasher but there's always something left out!)

[galina]

 
My problem is getting soil out from under my fingernails. Even with a nail brush I find it really difficult. :/

The other day we were invited to a party and I could not get the tomato dirt out from under my fingernails even after doing all the washing up.  So I painted them bright red!  Nobody knew!  But my usual remedy is also to cut fingernails  short.   

[Paulh]

I find that washing my hair is the best way of cleaning my nails.

Unfortunately, I am going increasingly bald.

Painting my fingernails red may be the solution then, though my wife may find it strange!

[Digeroo]

My aunt used to say that you should wash socks.  She said it solved two problems at the same time.

So people paint their nail to cover up the dirt!!!  I shall never see painted nails in the same light again!!!   

[Crystalmoon]

I use a natural exfoliating soap that has sage & caraway in it....does feel gritty when using it but really gets rid of the dirt. I also find that washing my hair gets under my nails the cleanest. I tend to keep my nails very short now I have the allotment but hadn't thought about using nail polish to cover up so may start letting them grow again   

[Silverleaf]

 
My problem is getting soil out from under my fingernails. Even with a nail brush I find it really difficult. :/

The other day we were invited to a party and I could not get the tomato dirt out from under my fingernails even after doing all the washing up.  So I painted them bright red!  Nobody knew!  But my usual remedy is also to cut fingernails  short.   

I don't mind them looking bad but I want them clean when I'm preparing food!

[ancellsfarmer]

Our old village baker used to have the cleanest nails one could ever find....

[squeezyjohn]

Our old village baker used to have the cleanest nails one could ever find....

yeah - dough is fantastic stuff for cleaning your nails ... all the dirt ends up in the bread!!!