Edouard Bastarache Inc. on mon 9 jan 06
Anthony,
the best protective cream I have found is Travabon made by Stockhausen,
a German firm.
It is distributed in Canada and the USA.
It the is the one I recommend in the industries I work for as a consultant.
I have some in my wheel room, just in case.
If you wash your hands, you have to put some once again onto your hands.
Later,
"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"
"They are insane these quebekers"
"Están locos estos quebequeses"
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Indomitable Quebeker
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html
http://retrodemonstration.blogspot.com/
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http://stainlessfre.blogspot.com/
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm
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Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: skin reactions to clay
> Hello Edouard,
>
> Whilst dermatosis may not be a huge problem in the ceramic industry it
> does exist, can be serious and is treated so. Barrier creams, after work
> creams and gloves are widely used. Sometimes individuals have had to
> change jobs because of skin complaints, and not just dermatosis
>
> Causes of the problems include: the abrasive nature of clay bodies.
> Prolonged wetting of hands. Contact with chemicals within bodies and
> glazes
>
> Regards,
>
> Antony
>
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Helen Bates on tue 10 jan 06
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:23:17 -0500, Edouard Bastarache Inc.
wrote:
>Anthony,
>
>the best protective cream I have found is Travabon made by Stockhausen,
>a German firm.
>It is distributed in Canada and the USA.
>It the is the one I recommend in the industries I work for as a consultant.
>I have some in my wheel room, just in case.
>
>If you wash your hands, you have to put some once again onto your hands.
>
Edouard, I have a barrier cream I use when hand-washing dishes (not sure
what brand) and it works very well for that job, but I do wonder whether it
would last when used by potters.
Wouldn't it be rubbed off?
By the way, I find the barrier cream needs to be rubbed in until bone dry,
so to speak, before starting into the dish-washing.
Helen
(Who has the skin rash problem that developed after using old iron-oxide
rich glaze at a private potter's studio, and never thereafter could use
clay, on her bare skin. Nitrile gloves were the best help, but by the time
I found the small size I needed to prevent their dragging in the clay, I had
lost interest in the making of pottery - I just look, now... )
Edouard Bastarache Inc. on tue 10 jan 06
"Edouard, I have a barrier cream I use when hand-washing dishes (not sure
what brand) and it works very well for that job, but I do wonder whether it
would last when used by potters.
Wouldn't it be rubbed off?"
Possible, in the case of Travabon, hand washing will also wash away
the cream; so, put some more often.
" By the way, I find the barrier cream needs to be rubbed in until bone
dry,"
Usually you have to to rub barrier creams so they apply well to the skin.
Later,
"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"
"They are insane these quebekers"
"Están locos estos quebequeses"
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Indomitable Quebeker
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html
http://retrodemonstration.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/potier/
http://stainlessfre.blogspot.com/
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm
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Helen Bates on wed 11 jan 06
Edouard,
The product I was referring to is Natural Earth's "Vit A Silk" Anti-Aging,
Vitamin A, & Colloidal Oatmeal, Moisturizing Lotion.
http://naturalearth.ca/vit_a_silk.htm
(The usual disclaimers apply.)
INGREDIENTS:
Water, Glycerin, Distearyldimonium Chloride, Petrolatum, Isopropyl
Palmitate, Cetyl Alcohol, Oat(avena sativa)flour, Retinyl Palmitate,
Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben,Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, and
Butylparaben.
As I wrote, it is quite effective in protecting my skin from dish-washing
detergents, to which (as well as to clay and glazes) I am also sensitive.
I have also used liquid skin or liquid bandaid (apparently the modern
preparations ar not the old "collodion" of my father's day) to protect the
skin on the lateral side of my left hand from abrasion by the wheel-head
when centering the clay, on the advice of Haliburton, Ontario potter and
instructor Barbara Joy Peel. It did help to prevent the loss of skin cells,
at least!
Perhaps this product would also help with skin rashes (if one wasn't
irritated by the product, of course.)
The problem is remembering to use whatever product that works for you, once
you discover it, faithfully! ;)
Helen
Belleville, Ontario
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:22:01 -0500, Edouard Bastarache Inc.
wrote:
> "Edouard, I have a barrier cream I use when hand-washing dishes (not sure
> what brand) and it works very well for that job, but I do wonder whether
it > would last when used by potters. > Wouldn't it be rubbed off?"
>
>Possible, in the case of Travabon, hand washing will also wash away
>the cream; so, put some more often.
>
>" By the way, I find the barrier cream needs to be rubbed in until bone
>dry,"
>
>Usually you have to to rub barrier creams so they apply well to the skin.
>
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