I use Bag Balm as a 'chamois cream' to reduce saddle friction on long bike rides. It's basically Vaseline (petrolatum) with a little antiseptic in it. Too sticky for hand lotion IMO. I use Gold Bond Healing for dry hands and elbows. My wife likes O'Keefe Working Hands, my mother uses Egyptian Magic which is made from olive oil and bees wax, no petroleum.
We have a massive thread on cooking, one on vacuum cleaners, now one on hand lotion. What's next?
I haven't had a problem from the soap and alcohol. I just seem to keep cutting my hands or fingers!
Two weeks ago cut my finger on a saw, Last weekend stabbed myself with the secateurs, yesterday managed to rip a bit of skin off my left index finger, sanding down a piece of aluminium 1/4 in rod to fit a volume knob (was spinning it in the drill
) edit: now that I think about it, same finger I cut with the saw two weeks ago...
Somehow this self isolation appears to have made me accident prone!
Tony.
Two weeks ago cut my finger on a saw, Last weekend stabbed myself with the secateurs, yesterday managed to rip a bit of skin off my left index finger, sanding down a piece of aluminium 1/4 in rod to fit a volume knob (was spinning it in the drill
) edit: now that I think about it, same finger I cut with the saw two weeks ago... Somehow this self isolation appears to have made me accident prone!
Tony.
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All this shop time means that my hands have been in constant contact with lead for several hours a day. I just started a new roll of solder after killing the last one. It was over half full when the lockdown started.
All this means more hand washing. After all is done for the day, I rub some pure coconut oil on my hands. It helps the cracked dry skin.
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