Purple spray query

[sheena]

I bought some this morning to pop on the new girl's comb's that have taken a bit of a battering since they came.

However, I applied to their combs by using my fingers to move it around as to not get it near their eyes and well... you know what's coming next???

How can I get the god damn stuff off my hands? My index finger looks like it's been dipped in a purple ink well!

[Nicos]

Ha ha ha!!!!

[Flummery]

I takes about 3 weeks to 'grow' out! I've never done that but I've de-husked walnuts. Your hands just look frankly mucky!

[Suechooks]

Yup - been there - done that! Try the gritty Swarfega on a pumice stone! I have a jacket that still bears the marks from about 2 years ago

[sheena]

Oh great one then, hope the teacher i'm about to go have a meeting with see's the funny side!

[HayleyB]

Yep Gentian violet only goes when the skin falls off, tee hee, not laughing.... much

[Nicos]

OK- I'll be a bit more helpful now!

I have a foot file I bought from Boots.
It looks like a large metal nail file in a blue plastic cover.
It is a bit more abrasive but is superb for filing off dead skin from your hands and fingers too.
Cost about £6. Well worth buying one- (I have probs with cherries)

It'd certainly help.
Also-Have you tried dipping your nails into dilute hydrogen peroxide ( over the counter strength) That also works a bit - but be careful with that!

[BUFFS]

being an oldie,it takes me back to a teacher who insisted we use the old style dip in the inkwell pens,when the parents saw the result,all hell broke loose,it seemed to take forever for the blue/black fingers to go,...that was after they invented electricity,as some may be wondering.....

[MaureenHall]

I remember "dippy inkwells" too I think Mum used to use a pumice stone on our fingers (that was after we'd done the washing up using soda crystals )

[sheena]

Well so far it's coming off gradually, the only places it remains is in the dry cracks from overworked fingers.

And all i've done is washed my hands about 10 times inbetween gardening and sorting out the chickens. And the teacher didn't notice it either (kept my hands under the table). Some things never change eh?

Going back to ink well's, they phased them out in the late 70's didn't they? I'm sure my mum said she had one in her desk!

[Bramble-Poultry]

have you tried making a mix of olive oil and sugar? its a natural "swarfega" that helps scrub out the bits. you can add a few drops of essential oil of lavender or similar if you want a fragrance and its also very good for exfoliating when in the bath........

dunno if it will work on purple spray, but its handy in the bath afterwards

[Hilary B]

I used to make a very cheap Swarfega substitute by mixing 2 parts flour to 1 part salt (approx, by volume) and adding enough cooking oil (the cheapest you can find) to make it a sticky, pasty goo.
Rub onto damp hands, and keep working it all over, then rinse off. It takes most ordinary dirt off, including where dry skin has cracked, and it reduces the dryness too.
The goo will keep a week or so in a jar (longer if you can find room for it in the fridge)