Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: RO-Sheen on March 14, 2008, 09:22:24 pm
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After a days work my hands are so dirty that I have to scrub them with a nail brush and with all of that scrubbing and soap my hands really dry up and my knuckles crack!
Do any of you know of a product to use to clean? I sometimes use handcream to moisturise (Dont laugh!!) after washing but it sometimes isnt enough!
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I thought this problem was for trad shiners only,... but now I'm WFP I find my hands are still filthy at the end of the day. As camp as it may seem, moisturisers are one of the best things you can use. They smooth the skin and reduce the cracks where the dirt gets caught.
A good barrier cream used at the beginning of the day and after breaks will help too.
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Nutrogena cream,you`ll need to use it only for a few days before you see the difference.GG3 or fairy take your pick they all dry your hands out.
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My hands are dirtier and drier now than when i was trad but once in a while i treat my pole with baby oil then my hands stay cleaner and dont dry out
Dean
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Cheers Natanael, Which product do you use? Im WFP too BTW
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Cheers Natanael, Which product do you use? Im WFP too BTW
I use whatever the wife leaves lying about!!!
At the moment I don't use barrier cream,.. only need it when I'm doing a lot of trad,.. but they're all as good as the next I've found, so just go for the cheapest.
If your hands get really bad and cracked, the pharmacist normally has some tubs of oily/soapy/waxy white stuff that I can't remember the name of,.. but it works miracles. It can be used as a hand cream and as a soap substitute. I'll have a look see if I can find an old tub and see what its called!
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I find that the only way I can keep my hands really clean is to wear gloves.
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I find that the only way I can keep my hands really clean is to wear gloves.
Me to,Groundhog it`s good to see your back i`ve missed the banter.
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20 pair of rubber gloves for pound at instore.
good in the summer and slip under thicker gloves in the winter.
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I find that the only way I can keep my hands really clean is to wear gloves.
Me to,Groundhog it`s good to see your back i`ve missed the banter.
Thanks mate, I have to behave myself this time, so I don't get banned again!! :-[
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I find that the only way I can keep my hands really clean is to wear gloves.
Me to,Groundhog it`s good to see your back i`ve missed the banter.
Thanks mate, I have to behave myself this time, so I don't get banned again!! :-[
Nothing wrong with a bit of honesty mate,it`s the only way to be.
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dean just read your post back mate :o ;D
as for serious advice try e45 on hands before bed then put thin cotton gloves on overnight,it moisturises and breaks down the ingrained dirt.Good barrier cream helps the cracks and splits too and liquid skin or superglue helps the bad cracks heal and keeps water out
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Cheers Natanael, Which product do you use? Im WFP too BTW
I use whatever the wife leaves lying about!!!
At the moment I don't use barrier cream,.. only need it when I'm doing a lot of trad,.. but they're all as good as the next I've found, so just go for the cheapest.
If your hands get really bad and cracked, the pharmacist normally has some tubs of oily/soapy/waxy white stuff that I can't remember the name of,.. but it works miracles. It can be used as a hand cream and as a soap substitute. I'll have a look see if I can find an old tub and see what its called!
i asked the old tub and she said emulsifying ointment.
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dean just read your post back mate :o ;D
as for serious advice try e45 on hands before bed then put thin cotton gloves on overnight,it moisturises and breaks down the ingrained dirt.Good barrier cream helps the cracks and splits too and liquid skin or superglue helps the bad cracks heal and keeps water out
No puns or double meanings intended :P ;) ;D
At least someone noticed
Dean
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I use acrius cream which is only a couple of quid for a large tub.
I got this as my hands used to split a lot when i changed to WFP so went down the chemist and told them what i needed and why and they told me acrius cream is what you need.
I was pinching the wife's moisteriser before smelt of roses before going to work ;D
But the acrius cream worked a lot better and now keep a tub in case my hands start splitting
Paul
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I use whatever the wife leaves lying about!!!
At the moment I don't use barrier cream,.. only need it when I'm doing a lot of trad,.. but they're all as good as the next I've found, so just go for the cheapest.
If your hands get really bad and cracked, the pharmacist normally has some tubs of oily/soapy/waxy white stuff that I can't remember the name of,.. but it works miracles. It can be used as a hand cream and as a soap substitute. I'll have a look see if I can find an old tub and see what its called!
my wife has a skin condition and uses epaderm it is used as soap or hand cream
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E45 barrier cream
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Hygenic hand wipes after every job, in the van..
hands go home nice and clean.
used to work with money, on the road, and my hands used to be filthy and i ended up with spots galore after wiping my brow etc....(daft but true)
so now i use them with w/c too after every job. ;)
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Neutrogena Norwegian Formula.
Rub it in before going to bed. Next morning soft hands, and no more cracks, even with bleeding hands, this fixes it. Best I've ever used.
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I find that using an alcohol gel after every job works well, apart from the health aspects of it, I find that the dirt build up is reduced and that I get less cracks in the skin, I used to get really bad dermatitus, now I just have great looking hands! ;D moisturise once a day is still needed but you won't have to scrub ya hands ever again.
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i use latex gloves and you can get a box of 100 from ebay at around £3.00 + p&p
Adam
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Am I on the right forum? All this talk of cream and rubber gloves? :o
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i use latex gloves and you can get a box of 100 from ebay at around £3.00 + p&p
Adam
I always have a box in my van, my wife gets them from work but don't tell anyone, its a secret.
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I use ecover instead of fairy for cleaning windows, really it is fairy but without the harmful chemicals.
I cant believe the difference in my hands from previous years.
When my hands get a bit roughed up with the fibre glass pole, just a dab of Neutrogena "Norwegian formula" and my hands are back to normal
Another thing i have found is to look at which squeegie handle you use, i find black rubber or metal handles will stain your hands, switch to unger ergotec (The green one) and you will stay cleaner longer.
Dave
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You can't beat fibreglass shards from an extender pole for slicing the dirt out.
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Also avoid using HOT water as this will cause your hands to chap, warm water is fine.
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Also avoid using HOT water as this will cause your hands to chap, warm water is fine.
Yep,.. beginning to realise this,.. just switched to Hot wfp and my hands are defo worse than with cold!
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Why is hot WFP affecting your hands.
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I suffered badly with my hands and even went into hospital to see the dermatologist. They were cracked, dry and bleeding from always having them in water.
He sugested a good barrier cream and cotton gloves. Put a huge amount on your hands and put the gloves on then go to bed with them on. Yes it looks awful but after a few nights my hands self healed and I have had no problems with them since. Always put a cream on before you leave the house, keep some in the van and apply diring the day. After all you hands are your trade so they need looking after. But I have found the cotton gloves before bed the best.
The missus didnt mind either. She said I looked like Michal Jackson...or was she trying to tell me something.....
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My hands are usually a bit dirty after work but I use a cloth to reel in the hose, Ive never had dry hands though, Luke
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ecover
Try it for a month, you will be suprised
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we all wear Marigold Nitrotough gloves when working, great especially when you reel the hose in with all that lovely dog dirt on the hose.
wouldn't do this job without gloves.
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I always thought that this engrained black stuff on my hands was from the aluminium off my ladder as my wet hands slide down the ladder. How come wfp users get it. I cant get on with gloves i just accept that the only time my hands are clean is when i have been on holiday for 2 weeks.
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if you are trad then I'd suggest a pair of magic gloves (one size fits all things) or a pair of thermal liners.
I think its important to keep your hands clean as you eat at lunchtime with your hands, you write receipts with your hands and people notice whether your hands are clean or not.
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i use soap and salt to clean my hands the salt grains are fine so the aggitate the dirt in the crevises of your hands. face or body exvoliater is good to, i fish off with the nail brush then
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ive found the best way to clean out cracks in the hands is a heavy sauna
cleans em up and real healing can start
its well known bricklayers pss on their hands
pss is no1 moisturiser
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im selling my urine to anyone that needs it for £8.99 half lit (inc VAT)
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I find pss gives your hands a warm as well as moisturises them
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flaming dinkum, your all as bad as your wifes with all this stuff. Oil of olay anyone? Long term exposure to water and being outside can give you arthritus in your hands, a bricklayer friend of mine has been doing it for decades and his hands are now suffering from arthritus. I would use some moisturiser and some decent gloves.
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I have a sink in the van with hot and cold so my dannies dont stay dirty for long. ;D
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ive found the best way to clean out cracks in the hands is a heavy sauna
cleans em up and real healing can start
its well known bricklayers pss on their hands
pss is no1 moisturiser
i thought u said they p#ss on their hands
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I have a sink in the van with hot and cold so my dannies dont stay dirty for long. ;D
Ex AA/RAC/BT van?
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Hi Guys,
Go to wilkinsons and they sell gloves like you get in the hospitals. i wear them and then put leather fingerless over them, never had dirty or dry hands since cost 1 pound a week, hope this helps
Johnny
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Ex AA. How did you guess? ;D
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wifes moisturiser and a little sugar gets them up good enough, hope she does not read this or I will be in trouble again :-X