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Post by anonymous on Oct 5, 2011 22:08:05 GMT -6
I've been battling bad hands all year usually they go away a month or so after all the fur is put up. Been doing way more concrete than I usually do in a summer. Anyways a few weeks ago I came across some gojo hand medic lotion and it has helped tremendously. I figured I would share that tip incase anyone is looking for a new lotion. I used to use the vaseline for men xtra strength stuff but this gojo is way better if you ask me. What stuff works for you gentlemen?  |
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Post by mustelameister on Oct 6, 2011 5:46:28 GMT -6
Burt's Bees Hand Salve. My wife picked up a can prior to last season and I used it through and continue. Best condition my hands have been in many years.
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Post by BadDog on Oct 6, 2011 8:16:01 GMT -6
ummm... staying out of the concrete worked very well for me!!!  |
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Post by anonymous on Oct 6, 2011 9:52:07 GMT -6
Gotta make a living
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Post by trappnman on Oct 6, 2011 10:06:50 GMT -6
I've always had good luck with Bag Balm or Udder Creme-
I've tried that "super glue" stuff, and I don't like it cause it pulls the crack apart as it heals
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Post by anonymous on Oct 6, 2011 15:42:00 GMT -6
I really need to start using gloves when scraping, but just don't like the feel of it. Its like wearing socks to bed
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Post by stickbowhntr on Oct 6, 2011 17:28:28 GMT -6
O'Keefes working hands creme...
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Post by tonymalone on Oct 7, 2011 5:29:05 GMT -6
vaseline
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Post by RdFx on Oct 7, 2011 5:52:57 GMT -6
I find Burts, Udder Creme. O'Keefes are work, vaseline is just a moisture barrier at least for me. If you would moisten your hands and then put vaseline on i could see it helping some. The first three i mentioned work very good. Some times i wear skinning gloves (clean LOL) at night after putting creme on and it helps alot with cracks ect.
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Post by mustelameister on Oct 7, 2011 6:05:30 GMT -6
Couple of things I like about this stuff: it goes a long ways, doesn't feel greasy after applying, and I can take a tin and rub it around the ball of my heels which also crack badly. You can apply this stuff to your hands, rub it in good, then actually play a hand of cards without the cards getting all greasy.  |
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Post by mtcbrlatrap on Oct 7, 2011 8:24:33 GMT -6
Udder Balm, buy it at farm stores etc. is great. Has a nice odor to it as well.
Bryce
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Post by anonymous on Oct 7, 2011 17:55:18 GMT -6
I have nnever seent the burts bees stuff. My old gramps used to use the pertrol salve on anything and everyrhing it was the red tin with the indian on it. Do they still make that stuff?
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Post by RiverRat on Oct 7, 2011 19:53:06 GMT -6
www.okeeffescompany.com/I tried everything till I got some of this stuff. The gal who invented this stuff dad is a rancher and she is a pharmacist if I recall right. I tried posting this on the IA forum last yr and got laughed at for it. Some folks work harder than others I guess.
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Post by thebeav2 on Oct 7, 2011 22:20:49 GMT -6
Straight coon grease Is the only way to go..  Never had any problems in all the years of working and trapping. |
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Post by cmr2 on Oct 8, 2011 10:22:44 GMT -6
Ive been using a lye soap to wash my hands with to remove the loose dry skin ,than applying the lotion to it has been working real well as the last to years of the dry weather has given me fits going into winter but lye saop has help slow /stop alot of the problems
tried about all the sauves bag balm,bag cream, vasiline,crisco ,wearing the gloves to bed only to wake tearing them off from a dead sleep ,dont use them as the greasey feeling or wiping it off onto everything ,but in any combo with the saop has really been the ticket this year
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Post by RiverRat on Oct 8, 2011 17:26:26 GMT -6
okeefes is NOT greasy
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Oct 8, 2011 17:43:59 GMT -6
I'm like gary, I dont have any real trouble with my hands.
They'll get dry and a bit rough once in awhile but a shot of hand lotion takes care of that.
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Post by RdFx on Oct 8, 2011 20:18:50 GMT -6
Come trapping season my hands crack and bleed even with lotion. Guess this old body just isnt producing skin oils, but this has been a problem all my trapping years and that is 57 years....
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Post by trappnman on Oct 10, 2011 6:59:18 GMT -6
lee- on most lotions, they recommend washing first, to leave some moisture on the hands.
in severe cases of cracks, aka those working at nursing homes etc that need to wash their hands countless times a day, put lotion on at night, and place a sock over the hand for the night. Works wonders.
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Post by calvin on Oct 11, 2011 17:15:29 GMT -6
I have come to like DR Naylors balm. Sold in the Vet isle at Fleet farm. Comes in a red/tan square tin and says (The best part and now you know it works) "not for human use". I called the company and they said not to worry about it as they have high end athletes using it regularly as it actually has healing properties to it as it's good for cuts, etc.
The bad part is its greasy...so can't always use it. Put on before bed, or gloves works well. The good part is its greasy and doesn't come off easy...Can't have it both ways, I guess.
Started using it last fall and for the first time, my hands never got bad. Usually the corner of my thumbs crack open...never did last year.
A little goes a long way. One tin will last a LONG time. Never had much luck with the other stuff. Always end up with split fingers in the end.
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