Lisa Elbertsen on wed 2 mar 11
Yes send your list!
One thing that works for me is Glysomed and it is inexpensive also. I put
it on before I go to bed every night so it has a chance to work. What is
also key is if you put it on in the morning before touching any clay becaus=
e
it will create a protective layer on your skin even if wet for long periods
of time or after using soap. But don't have any on if you are touching
bisque as it can leave a residue on your bisque ware.
When my hands are really bad to the point where if I even bend my fingers
and they split and bleed, at night before I go to bed I rub some Bio Oil on
my hands (just a wee bit) and let that dry for a few minutes THEN put on a
layer of Glysomed. The oil heals the splits and the Glysomed seals in the
moisture.
Hope that helps! Glysomed has totally saved my poor hands. Every night
before I go to bed religiously!
Lisa
Website: www.LisaElbertsen.com
Blog: www.sunnydazedesign.blogspot.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: DJ Brewer [mailto:djbrewer88@COMCAST.NET]
Sent: March-02-11 12:27 PM
Subject: Potter's Favorite Handcreams
A good while back, when my hands were chaffing badly, I collected a list
of everyone's favorite hand care lotions from clayart, pottery basics,
friend potters and lotsa other places. Tried a bunch of them. (Udder
cream was my favorite and Bag Balm jes' dint cut the mustard for me!)
I'll compile a list of these healing lotions if anyone is interested.
It's all in individual emails in a folder of mine now, just for my own
personal perusal.
Just email me if you want the list.
thanks
DJ
Philip Poburka on wed 2 mar 11
Hi Frank, all,
My favorite -
Any of the Medicated Udder Balm or Ointment types sold in Farm & Feed
Stores.
Last Container I bought, ( 'DIONNE' Medicated Udder Balm ) was $5.19, for a
1 Lb plastic, low-wide screw top 'Jar'.
Nice thing about them, they are as high of Quality ( if not higher ) than
any of the schticky hoaky people-market ones, and, are intended for use on
the
Teats of Lactating Ungulates, rather than being a total rip-off sky high
mark up jive because it is slated for desperate and well to do of wan
urbanite
hominids who are so used to being screwed every time they buy anything, the=
y
really ought to be using it on those portions of their chaffedness, also, o=
f
course.
I was just looking at similar 'dry skin' related Cremes or Ointments when
standing in line at a people Medical Supply place to-day, where a tiny size
container was around $16.00 - $20.00 for various kindred products which I d=
o
not believe are as good as the ones for Cows are.
Anyway...
This is a very good one -
http://www.originaludderbalm.com/udderbalm/history.php
Excellent for any superficial infections, rashes, minor Burns, chaffed or
chapped or dry-skin or cracking Hands or Elbows or Knees or
whatever...Diaper Rash, or as a Night Time 'Beauty Creme' for anyone or any
or all ages or genders or Species.
Too, plain old Olive Oil, or an Olive Oil and Bee's Wax blend ( as Gwynneth
recommends ) worked into the Hands, is excellent to do prior to
working on old Cars or other things where one typically has to scrub a lot
later to get all the staining Grease or old black Oil or whatever to come
off, as the Olive Oil and or Oil and Bee's Wax combo prevents that stuff
from being so adherent...so, easy
clean up....and likely good for keeping the Water of Throwing Pots from
desiccating one's skin also, especially in Winter, when most indoor environ=
s
are arid from running the Heat.
But if one's Knuckles are already cracking, the Medicated Utter Balms are
really superb.
Love,
Phil
L v
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Gaydos"
DJ,
Funny you should mention that. My fingers broke out in a bunch of splits
today.
I use copious amounts of Intensive careall day in the studio but still get
the splits.
I found using super glue works great to spot treat them.
It stops the split from growing larger and allows it time to heal.
I'll look forward to seeing what your list contains.
Frank Gaydos
http://home.comcast.net/~frankgaydos/index.html
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding
of ourselves."
Carl Gustav Jung
Frank Gaydos
http://home.comcast.net/~frankgaydos/index.html
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding
of ourselves."
Carl Gustav Jung
I'll compile a list of these healing lotions if anyone is interested.
It's all in individual emails in a folder of mine now, just for my own
personal perusal.
Just email me if you want the list.
thanks
DJ
DJ Brewer on wed 2 mar 11
A good while back, when my hands were chaffing badly, I collected a list
of everyone's favorite hand care lotions from clayart, pottery basics,
friend potters and lotsa other places. Tried a bunch of them. (Udder
cream was my favorite and Bag Balm jes' dint cut the mustard for me!)
I'll compile a list of these healing lotions if anyone is interested.
It's all in individual emails in a folder of mine now, just for my own
personal perusal.
Just email me if you want the list.
thanks
DJ
Vince Pitelka on thu 3 mar 11
I may have mentioned this before on Clayart. I have struggled with dry =3D
skin
on my hands ever since it was a kid, and on occasion it has been so bad =3D
that
I could not play my guitar. For the past few years I have been using =3D
Trader
Joe's regular hand cr=3DE8me in the white pump bottle with the red =3D
lettering.
It is by far the best product I have ever found for this application. I
have bottles in my bathroom, kitchen, car, studio, and one on the cart I
roll into the classroom when I am teaching. =3D20
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu=3D20
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka
KATHI LESUEUR on thu 3 mar 11
I use Vaseline Intensive care constantly for my hands. But, in the =3D
winter, when it's dry and the glaze is sucking out the moisture from my =3D
hands I put Bag Balm all over my hands before going to bed and put on =3D
cotton gloves.=3D20
KATHI LESUEUR
http://www.lesueurclaywork.com
Frank Gaydos on thu 3 mar 11
DJ,=3D20
Funny you should mention that. My fingers broke out in a bunch of splits to=
=3D
day.=3D20
I use copious amounts of Intensive careall day in the studio =3DC2=3DA0but =
stil=3D
l get the splits.=3D20
I found using super glue works great to spot treat them.=3D20
It stops the split from growing larger and allows it time to heal.=3D20
I'll look forward to seeing what your list contains.=3D20
Frank Gaydos=3D20
http://home.comcast.net/~frankgaydos/index.html=3D20
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding =
=3D
of ourselves."=3D20
Carl Gustav Jung=3D20
Frank Gaydos=3D20
http://home.comcast.net/~frankgaydos/index.html=3D20
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding =
=3D
of ourselves."=3D20
Carl Gustav Jung=3D20
I'll compile a list of these healing lotions if anyone is interested.=3D20
It's all in individual emails in a folder of mine now, just for my own=3D20
personal perusal.=3D20
Just email me if you want the list.=3D20
thanks=3D20
DJ=3D20
Stephani Stephenson on fri 4 mar 11
Frank, i cringed a little bit when i read you put superglue on your hand/=
=3D
splits. i couldn't do it, but i guess that's just me!
I wonder if you have ever tried a product that goes by a couple of names,=
=3D
"liquid band-aid' or even 'second skin'
liquid bandaid (or it might be Liquid bandage, don't have it near at the
moment) stings a bit , but then provides a pretty good protective cover f=
=3D
or
the skin.
as for creams, i have been trying 'working hands'. it isn't as greasy as
some, but it does have an odd texture.
Actually i throw everything at it. Once i bought some Winsor Newton Arti=
=3D
sts
Barrier Creme, I found on sale. that was the best ever.=3D20
Stephani Stephenson
Revival Tileworks
Revival Arts Studio
Stephani Stephenson on sat 5 mar 11
i winced when i read that Frank uses superglue on cracked hands. i think
that would irritate my skin horriibly, but , whatever works for the
individual, I guess. I have tried something called liquid bandaid (or may=
=3D
be
it is liquid bandage) which does a nice job. stings a bit , as it kills
bacteria, but it forms a prett tough layer over the skin. not sure if it
would work on palms, but i have used it on fingers and around fingernails=
=3D
and it does a great job of protecting skin where bandages just won't work=
=3D
.
'second skin' is another one.
another good cream ,excellent in fact ,is Windsor Newton Artists barrier
cream. I bought a jar on sale once.it lasted quite awhile and was excelle=
=3D
nt.
i like John's formula and will have to try it.
here's one i have been using as a hair emollient (for long hair) but it i=
=3D
s
nice on skin too.
1/4 cup cocoa butter
1/4 cup beeswax
2 tablespoons olive oil
heat and mix ingredients on low in a pyrex or stainless steel saucepan =
=3D
or
in a double boiler
add scented oils if you want . pour into small jars. keep refrigerated
..(can also keep unrefrigerated, but not sure what the shelf life is.)=3D20=
=3D
=3D20
Sumi von Dassow on sat 5 mar 11
According to a student of mine who is a nurse and a vet tech, superglue
is the same thing as liquid bandaids,
just cheaper, and they use it on animals.
> i winced when i read that Frank uses superglue on cracked hands. i think
> that would irritate my skin horriibly, but , whatever works for the
> individual, I guess. I have tried something called liquid bandaid (or may=
be
> it is liquid bandage) which does a nice job. stings a bit , as it kills
> bacteria,
--
Sumi von Dassow
www.herwheel.com
sumi@herwheel.com
Philip Poburka on sun 6 mar 11
Hi Sumi, all...
Ohhhhhhh, yeeeeeesh...
Lol...
Let's see if after the many iterations it has already enjoyed or suffered,
if we can get this straight -
"Liquid Band-Aids" aka 'New Skin' aka "Collodion", "Pyroxylin", "Guncotton"=
,
etc, etc -
http://www.newskinproducts.com/history.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collodion
Well known since the early 1850s for sealing or closing cuts.
Etc...
"Superglue", aka "Cyanoacrylate", aka "Eastman 910", etc etc etc
Discovered incidentally in 1942 by Chemists of Kodak R&D Labs while
developing new Plastics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate
Absolutely entirely completely DIFFERENT from Collodion and NOT THE SAME
THING, not related in any manner what so ever, completely different in use
protocols, chemistry , toxicity, flammability, etc etc etc, even if
superficially having similar use in applications regarding some instances o=
f
closing superficial skin lacerations/cuts/cracks or managing delicate
non-suturable pro-tem tissue repair issues.
Ohhhhhhhh...sigh...
Anyway...
These two are NOT the "SAME" things!!!!
Lol...
Love,
Phil
Lv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sumi von Dassow"
> According to a student of mine who is a nurse and a vet tech, superglue
> is the same thing as liquid bandaids,
> just cheaper, and they use it on animals.
>> i winced when i read that Frank uses superglue on cracked hands. i think
>> that would irritate my skin horriibly, but , whatever works for the
>> individual, I guess. I have tried something called liquid bandaid (or
>> maybe
>> it is liquid bandage) which does a nice job. stings a bit , as it kills
>> bacteria,
>
> --
> Sumi von Dassow
> www.herwheel.com
> sumi@herwheel.com
Julie Brooks on tue 8 mar 11
Hello All,
My cuticles and hands have always taken the brunt of my creative urges.=
=3D
=3D20
There have been many times I fussed because my fingers would bleed on my
artwork...
That is why we have CrackZapIT... to heal finger cracks in 3 days. Has=
=3D
ingredients from bees and healing natural ingredients with antibiotic
qualities. It comes in a "chapstick" like container...so it is easy to
carry (having it is paramount to using it). The consistency is such that=
=3D
it
will stay on the crack and it is easy to control the application.
The idea is that if you keep the crack clean and moisturized, you body
will do the rest. I was concerned that it might have a distinct and
distracting smell but it has almost no smell at all.
Find it on Axner.com or request it from your local Laguna distributor.=3D=
20=3D
With this brutal of a winter, I am sure many are finding their hands crac=
=3D
ked
and dry from the cold and wet conditions. Nothing says, "I care." like
something soothing for those wicked little hurts.
Thanks,
Julie Brooks
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