Russel Fouts on tue 16 oct 01
Celia,
>> Besides "doing" clay, I also am a dental assistant. Between washing
my hands 700 times a day between 8 and 5 and "doing" clay from 6 till 2
my hands look shriveled too. However, I learned to always rinse in COLD
water and don't use those scratchy paper towels. Hands look and feel
much better. <<
I actually find that tepid water is less abusive. Another thing I
discovered is just to use a soft brush, no soap on your hands. Scrub
gently with the brush covering your fingernails, backs and palms of your
hands. Clay is not dirt so you don't have to clean up with soap.
People use too much soap anyway! I'm sure that's the major cause of dry
hands. I find that after washing the dishes (yes, by hand), if I do the
above on my hands, they don't dry out. I actually have to wash the dish
soap off my hands. And believe me, I don't use a lot.
Russel (you need more dirt!) Fouts
PS, That said, if I was going to have my hands in all kinds of
strangers' mouths all day, I'd want to us a good antibactirial soap as
well. But not in the studio.
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