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Title: Mucky Hands
Post by: Mimi on January 31, 2004, 23:45:01

Top tip for the gardeners amongst you who hate to wear gloves, like me naughty naughty. I can only wear them for sharp and prickly jobs.  When your hands get very bad with ground in soil and muck the following is a good way to clean them.
1. pour about a tablespoon of sugar into your palm.
2.pour about a tablespoon of cooking oil on top of it.
3.scrub into your hands concentrating on the ground in bits, edges of fingers and thumbs.
4.after a few mins add a squirt of washing up liquid and scrub a bit more. Rinse under warm water, dry and put a bit of hancream on.      Results=  Wonderfully soft hands.

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: ScrumpyJack on March 17, 2004, 13:01:13

And for those with nails, who don't wish to be gloved, dig your nails into a bar of soap before heading out to your plot.  no room for soil to get stuck and ready prepared for the nailbrush when you get home.

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: tim on March 17, 2004, 15:12:44

- soft brown sugar & olive oil for the discerning?

The soap trick's fine so long as it's not raining! = Tim

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: Mrs Ava on March 17, 2004, 17:42:17

The best tip to aid mucky hands.......get someone else to do the mucky jobs.   ;D

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: Mimi on March 17, 2004, 18:44:28

Oh I wish ;D ;D

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: Palustris on March 17, 2004, 19:08:26

Boots own brand Botanics Shaving Gel with Aloe Vera, really good for softening hands, not much for shaving though

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: ina on March 17, 2004, 22:04:10

Deja vu

Garden hands; this was my very first question on the beebboard which was the very first time I ever posted anywhere, I found it a bit scary then and look at me now.

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: Hugh_Jones on March 17, 2004, 23:37:45

There`s nothing beats rolling out a bit of pastry, and the birds don `t mind if it`s a bit grey!

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: kenkew on March 18, 2004, 07:19:11

ScrumpJack. Your tip has stood the test of time. It's also what those working in industry used to do before Swarfega came out. Thanks for the reminder.

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: Doris_Pinks on March 21, 2004, 16:30:57

The thought of having soap stuck up my nails makes me shiver! ekk! I use those surgical gloves, fine till summer arrives and your hands sweat! ;D But you can't really feel you have them on.

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: ina on March 21, 2004, 18:16:53

I hate wearing gloves and my hands have to be presentable at work. No matter what I tried, I'm always left with stains, especially on my thumb and forefinger. So I still have to resort to (and you will shudder) thick bleach. Just a couple of minutes will do. It actually seems to make my hands soft while they felt like sandpaper before, hard to believe I know. afterwards, I do put cream on and my hands stay soft. Not good for the environment but I use just a little bottom in a bowl and only when I really have to.

Title: Re:Mucky Hands
Post by: Garden Manager on March 23, 2004, 17:33:34

I use good old soap and water (combined with a nail brush if really ingrained). I usualy find it doeds the trick as i dont like gloves (except when it is cold - lol)

Soil I find no problem washing off, it is multipurpose compost that is the devils own job to remove. >:(