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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Dan Frazer Gardening on March 24, 2012 at 9:01

You could hire in a hand model for the close-up cake cutting photos Andy...

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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Adam Pilgrim on March 24, 2012 at 10:16

I have various different types of gloves depending on what I am doing - my most used pair so some of these Dickies goat leather ones - http://www.dickiesstore.co.uk/workwear/search/gloves/gl0300/0/

Brilliant gloves and only have one small hole in one finger after 6 months use! The goat skin leather is thinner than a lot of the leather gloves out there, you you can still feel what you are doing.

I also have a few pairs of these: http://www.toolbox.co.uk/silverline-675069-nylon-13509-86270 - at only £1.20 odd a pair they are good value, surprisingly pretty thorn resistant and machine washable too. I get about 3 months or so out of a pair.

As other people have said, barrier cream can work well, I used to use it extensively whilst working days in the motor trade and nights and weekends serving behind the bar in the local pub - had to have clean hands for that job!

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Permalink Reply by chris nangle on March 24, 2012 at 12:04

barrier cream first mate then at the end of the day wash with fast orange hand cleaner its a pumice cleaner and works very well mate

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Permalink Reply by Rhianne Griffiths on March 24, 2012 at 13:41

I doubt whether a manicurist would be able to sort it out for you Andy.  Don't think they get much call for that sort of radical treatment. ;o)

On a slightly similar note .... I absolutely have to wear gloves while gardening otherwise I end up with splits in my fingers which are Oh! So! Painful and take weeks to heal ... I think I might be allergic to the soil!  Anyone heard anything like this happening before?

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Permalink Reply by John on March 24, 2012 at 16:12

Yes it also happens to me during the winter months in Devon,

 possibly the acidity causes splits to occur on hard skin areas, and

so painful when situated near the fingernails. The other bugbear I have 

is the wetting agents in compost which are guaranteed to slurp any

moisture out of your fingers, leaving you with hands looking like they

are covered in criss crossing black railtracks. I try to wear gloves now 

  in certain situations, but hate using them, and lose at least one pair

a week. The sticky yellow buiders gloves are the best for me, not too

  stiff and not too hot, and easily washed out, and dried, They allow a

certain amount of soil in through the gaps, but it doesn't seem to be a

problem.

 

Rhianne Griffiths said:

I doubt whether a manicurist would be able to sort it out for you Andy.  Don't think they get much call for that sort of radical treatment. ;o)

On a slightly similar note .... I absolutely have to wear gloves while gardening otherwise I end up with splits in my fingers which are Oh! So! Painful and take weeks to heal ... I think I might be allergic to the soil!  Anyone heard anything like this happening before?

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Permalink Reply by Sally Bishton on March 24, 2012 at 18:31

I use Crabtree and Evelyn Gardeners Hand Recovery as very effective. Use it on dry hands, rub in well ( has slightly abrasive bits in it) , rinse off. Smells good, cleans and moisturises your hands. Used regularly  and maybe combined with a nail brush even a caveman might not need a pre wedding manicure ;)

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Permalink Reply by John on March 24, 2012 at 18:55

Glad I don't garden in Stockport :)

richard davenport said:

You get 3 months out of a pair? The right hand index finger goes through after a week for me! I will wear them fingerless for eg hedgecutting.

I couldn't work without gloves. I used to be a nurse, and 19 years of "universal precautions" in PPE have obviously left their mark! One finds some nasty stuff in borders - cat shit, dog shit, dead birds, dead mice, dead squirrels, dead rats, anything really. Wouldn't want to be putting my bare hands into them!

Adam Pilgrim said:

I have various different types of gloves depending on what I am doing - my most used pair so some of these Dickies goat leather ones - http://www.dickiesstore.co.uk/workwear/search/gloves/gl0300/0/

Brilliant gloves and only have one small hole in one finger after 6 months use! The goat skin leather is thinner than a lot of the leather gloves out there, you you can still feel what you are doing.

I also have a few pairs of these: http://www.toolbox.co.uk/silverline-675069-nylon-13509-86270 - at only £1.20 odd a pair they are good value, surprisingly pretty thorn resistant and machine washable too. I get about 3 months or so out of a pair.

As other people have said, barrier cream can work well, I used to use it extensively whilst working days in the motor trade and nights and weekends serving behind the bar in the local pub - had to have clean hands for that job!

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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance on March 24, 2012 at 20:08

excellent response! Thank you every one for your advice, I'm sure i'll be able to sort my hands out now before the wedding one way or another,

 

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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance on March 24, 2012 at 20:25

Richard i'm quite "country" nasty stuff don't really bother me, had to deal with a lot of unpleasant things in my time, in fact last year was a particularly bad year for it, i had a pair of old gloves which were my 'death gloves'

 I had to deal with a dead cat in one of the gardens it had been there for a while,

fetch a dead duck out of an outlet pipe for a lake,

 put a wood pigeon out of it's misery that was mortally injured after flying through a window,

 neck a nest full of baby rats that I had uncovered under a green house,

My favourite: I was at a garden about to mow when i saw a dead pigeon in the middle of the lawn, so i just marched over picked it up and slung it over a hedge into the field. when i turned round there was a little boy looking at me out the window with a look of terror on his face!! :-D

richard davenport said:

I couldn't work without gloves. I used to be a nurse, and 19 years of "universal precautions" in PPE have obviously left their mark! One finds some nasty stuff in borders - cat shit, dog shit, dead birds, dead mice, dead squirrels, dead rats, anything really. Wouldn't want to be putting my bare hands into them!

 

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Permalink Reply by David Benson on March 24, 2012 at 23:39

Andy if you do the washing up regularly it will clean your hands failing that i also use a painters hand cleaner which has a fine grit in it. i once did some work at a chemical factory that made dyes and in the wash room had a three part skin cleaning process first bleach then a neutralizer finished with a hand cream, talk about Lilly white hands

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Baker on March 25, 2012 at 9:08

Simple......forget special potions, swarfega, pumice, scrubbing etc. Ordinary shampoo is the answer.

Wash your hands in shampoo, or just wash your hair as normal and leave for a minute or two before rinsing. Most, if not all of the ingrained dirt will be gone.

 

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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance on March 25, 2012 at 10:17

Washing up? I've got three girls here to do that! They have to earn that pocket money ;-)


David Benson said:

Andy if you do the washing up regularly it will clean your hands failing that i also use a painters hand cleaner which has a fine grit in it. i once did some work at a chemical factory that made dyes and in the wash room had a three part skin cleaning process first bleach then a neutralizer finished with a hand cream, talk about Lilly white hands

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