[cockney rebel]

Does anyone get black hands after using there brodex alli poles? Its a bugger to get of even after scrubbing.

[DaveG]

Slx is the same mate....I wear gloves all the time now..sorted!

[Ian W]

Yep. The only cure I found was gloves.

[Blue Frog Systems]

Gloves here too

[krave]

Using the slx, I have a seriously stained left hand. Have gloves but they kept leaking and gettig wet so couldn't use them. Haven't seen a pair that look good enough yet!!

[Blue Frog Systems]

Using the slx, I have a seriously stained left hand. Have gloves but they kept leaking and gettig wet so couldn't use them. Haven't seen a pair that look good enough yet!!

the joka polars will solve that problem. I've had mine about 2 weeks and my hands haven't got wet at all

[mileslake]

Get some coloured electrical tape from B and Q  and wrap it around pole that stops it. I did that to one of mine.

[p1w1]

put heat shrink on the base section this will help too..

paul

[Jack Wallace]

Use barrier cream, It wont stop the problem but it will make it much easier to clean after. plus you will have nice soft hands so the girlies will luv ya 

[Count Phil]

Michael Jackson had a cure.

[cockney rebel]

Michael Jackson had a cure.

Hee Hee Hee 

[ftp]

How can tape or shrink wrap stop the carbon dust? The base section is the only one that wears hardly at all  :

[krave]

How can tape or shrink wrap stop the carbon dust? The base section is the only one that wears hardly at all  :

I agree, But could I not wrap each section of the Slx and avoid wear.
Something thin but tough? Think im going to look into this!!

[p1w1]

How can tape or shrink wrap stop the carbon dust? The base section is the only one that wears hardly at all  :

try reading the first post then and tell me where it says carbon dust  :

[traps7]

I don't know about the Brodex but with the SLX its not the base section that gives you black hands, it's extending all the others.

[cockney rebel]

I don't know about the Brodex but with the SLX its not the base section that gives you black hands, it's extending all the others.

Yes, its the same with brodex. Base is fine, its just when you extend.

[simon knight]

Don't get black hands but I've noticed (and more importantly Mrs K has noticed) that my hands are a bit like sandpaper these days.

Not wanting to sound gay-as-F@#k but what is a good handcream?

[traps7]

You need gloves. That pure water is eating your hands.
My thumbs look like tortoise legs withouth them!

[wizard]

The pure water is just cleaning your hand like it does a window.Use atrixo hand crean. OR take hand cream any one and put a small spoonfull in your hand and add suger and pub oyur hands as if washing. this will hake off the rough skin, then rince and put on a frest application of hand cream.

[simon knight]

You need gloves. That pure water is eating your hands.
My thumbs look like tortoise legs withouth them!

I'm 90% trad but do use pure water when the need arises. But you're right the pure water does feel slightly corrosive...or is this just my imagination?