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  • #16
    Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
    An old boy once told me the best cure for split skin in the winter is to pee on your hands and rub it in!

    I haven't tried it.
    As my husband works as an online shopping delivery driver, it may be best that he doesn't try it either!!
    Last edited by gillian62; 02-04-2011, 08:38 PM.

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    • #17
      I get bad splits in my thumbs at the start of the gardening year (despite gloves). Very, very painful. Nothing seems to help, although Sudocrem is the best of what I've tried (inc. Neutrogena, Lotil, E45, vaseline etc)
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #18
        that works for blisters

        Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
        An old boy once told me the best cure for split skin in the winter is to pee on your hands and rub it in!

        I haven't tried it.
        my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
          I get bad splits in my thumbs at the start of the gardening year (despite gloves). Very, very painful. Nothing seems to help, although Sudocrem is the best of what I've tried (inc. Neutrogena, Lotil, E45, vaseline etc)
          For some reason I seem to be allergic to flaming Sudocrem. I usually garden 'Commando' (hands) but at work I use barrier cream on occasions!
          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

          Diversify & prosper


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          • #20
            Originally posted by hawthorns View Post
            that works for blisters
            I agree..........and as an apprentice I did try it, and it worked. (You could here me shouting out how well it worked from about half a mile away though!)
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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            • #21
              Krakattack for farmers' hands - available from Packington Pork farm shop and probably something you can get mail order from somewhere. Cleared my mother's cracked and chilblained hands in two days. I gave my pot to her and now need to buy another. It's magic stuff.
              Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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              • #22
                Years ago I used to suffer very bad splitting when tiling bathrooms in the winter, tile cement had not been invented and we used a kind of mortar that took all naturals oils out of the skin. Yes weeing on your hands does work but could not recommend it for the ladys as it hardens your skin as well.

                Colin
                Potty by name Potty by nature.

                By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

                Aesop 620BC-560BC

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                • #23
                  Crabtree and Evelyn hand therapy/cream. Had some for Christmas and its lovely, but I use it as a treat when my hands are really bad. I use a body shop alomd one and the expert dry skin balm from boots in between.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
                    Krakattack for farmers' hands - available from Packington Pork farm shop and probably something you can get mail order from somewhere. Cleared my mother's cracked and chilblained hands in two days. I gave my pot to her and now need to buy another. It's magic stuff.
                    Never even heard of it, but will definitely have a 'google' around for it. Thanks for the recommendation.

                    Here ya go, for anyone who wants a link;
                    http://www.krakatak.co.uk/
                    Last edited by Glutton4...; 03-04-2011, 11:29 AM.
                    All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                    Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                    • #25
                      Gloves on th lottie, A good gardeners soap with pumice or sand in to get he muck off. Mines from a farmers market and last forever and then body shops hemp handcream. Smells horrid but works a treat.
                      i struggle to keep hads from crackin have to wash hem all the time for work and keep them very cean or also work. Baker they dont tend to like you o have mud in your nails.
                      Growing vegetables and flowers to share.
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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by smallfrog View Post
                        A good gardeners soap with pumice or sand in to get he muck off.
                        Or a handful of sugar & liquid soap, does the same job
                        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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