[Jewelry making - Article 00167] - Re: [Orchid] Getting hands clean

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    When I really need them to look presentable, I clean my hands in any
    number of ways, usually a combination of two. I've tried GOOP (my
    favorite for removing grease, ink, and other assorted dirt) and lots
    of other waterless cleaners cleaners from auto supply stores. I have
    also used Fast Orange which uses pumice as an abrasive. Plain old bar
    soap will do a great job if you give it a chance to work. You need to
    leave it on for a few minutes, instead of lathering up and rinsing
    it right off. Use a stiff nail scrub brush to work out the really
    grimy ground in dirt. What I find most uncomfortable is how dry and
    rough my skin feels after all of this "cleaning". I made prom dresses
    for my two nieces and needed my hands to be clean AND soft, to avoid
    damaging the delicate fabrics I was handling. A tip I found on
    sewing web sites that is worth it's weight in gold to me is: Wash your
    hands with warm water to soften the skin. Dry them off and mix a
    teasponful of table salt with a little oil (olive, corn, walnut,
    sesame - use whatever you have on hand). Add just enough oil to
    moisten the salt. Then scrub your hands all over with the mixture to
    remove all the rough, dry, cracked skin. You can soap off the
    mixture, but I just rinse my hands to dissolve the salt, and rub in
    the remaining oil. For really sore, raw, cracked skin, I start off
    with sugar instead of salt, the larger crystals are more abrasive.
    Then I repeat with salt. 

Gail Middleton

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