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I've been a satisfied newsletter subscriber for years. Its cold dry weather season again. I now find myself working outside in the cold cruel climate and can't find the post that recommended the electricians favorite cracked skin lotion. Please advise so I don't end up buying something that doesn't work very well. Thank you for any reply.
 
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jlaturell said:
I've been a satisfied newsletter subscriber for years. Its cold dry weather season again. I now find myself working outside in the cold cruel climate and can't find the post that recommended the electricians favorite cracked skin lotion. Please advise so I don't end up buying something that doesn't work very well. Thank you for any reply.
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Your location says Jacksonville, FL. Just how cold and cruel are you talking? If you have never been much further north, you have no idea what cold and cruel really is:happyyes:
 
Cow udder cream and band-aid it after application!
Udder cream, desired lotions are for bloodless cuts. JMO

With a fresh cut I use colorless iodine after it happens, My Skin Docotor told me you can
treat it again with iodine after washing (end of day) let dry and reapply another ointment cream, like 3 in one, neosporin ointment. The old wives tale was to use iodine once at first cut, but that has changed according to my skin Doctor!

Ointment verse creams Here
 
kwired said:
Your location says Jacksonville, FL. Just how cold and cruel are you talking? If you have never been much further north, you have no idea what cold and cruel really is:happyyes:
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JAX is merely where I return to thaw out and call home. Until you travel worldwide to places including Billings, MT or Point Barrow, AK like I do, to service skid mounted gensets/switchboards, I would think you have yet to experience the task of removing your gloves to repair and dress control/signal wiring during a blizzard or a squall before you can say anything to anyone about cold and cruel conditions.

Approximately ten years ago, a co-worker shared a dab of grease-like lotion from a tube he purchased at an electrical supply house in Kansas City. It does not easily wipe off, quickly sooths cracked finger tips, and lasts a long time. About a year later, Mike's newsletter informed readers about it. I cannot recall its trade name but am positive it was not bag balm (farmers cure-all).
 
jlaturell said:
JAX is merely where I return to thaw out and call home. Until you travel worldwide to places including Billings, MT or Point Barrow, AK like I do, to service skid mounted gensets/switchboards, I would think you have yet to experience the task of removing your gloves to repair and dress control/signal wiring during a blizzard or a squall before you can say anything to anyone about cold and cruel conditions.

Approximately ten years ago, a co-worker shared a dab of grease-like lotion from a tube he purchased at an electrical supply house in Kansas City. It does not easily wipe off, quickly sooths cracked finger tips, and lasts a long time. About a year later, Mike's newsletter informed readers about it. I cannot recall its trade name but am positive it was not bag balm (farmers cure-all).
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Haven't been to AK, but certainly have had a lot more experience with cold and cruel than someone that had never left FL. I kind of figured the cold and cruel you were talking about likely was not FL weather. What we have here right now is actually pretty fair, to me and considering the time of year anyway, but would be cold and cruel to some southern people.
 
Super glue gel or new skin for the split itself, stops the pain. Super glue works best

Then neutropenia hand cream.

Drink more water
 
For consistent use, I found a cream at a local fastener supply that I really like called Universal Protect from a company called Dreumex. It's designed as a pre-work protective cream and leaves a palpable coating on your hands that isn't greasy, increases grip and lasts. For cracked skin, the best thing is a balm I make myself, but there are alternatives (they're just more costly).

In a pinch, you can use a stick lip balm like Chap Stick for cracks. It will help them heal quickly, but it's not so great for coating your entire hands. Another emergency option is beeswax hair ointment which can be found at supermarkets and dollar stores, usually in the section with hair treatment products for people of African ethnicity.

My cracked skin problems started in the 1990s when I was running a coffee house in Poland and the only accepted disinfectant for cleaning was chlorine. That's nasty at best, and even nastier when your hands are constantly wet from washing throughout the day. Anyway, my skin would crack and bleed very often and none of the creams on the market helped. Out of desperation I tried a beeswax lip balm that was available there. It worked like magic. Cracks healed in a matter of days, and didn't come back. The downside was the cost. I have large hands (size XXL for most gloves) and using the balm as a protective coating got to be expensive. The recipe I came up with is a blend of beeswax and olive oil, heated up till the wax melts and mixed as it cools so it forms a thick balm at room temperature. I don't remember the proportions, but you could try 2 parts beeswax to one part olive oil, mix and cool, and test the mix. It should be thick enough to coat your hands, but not so thick that you have to press hard to apply it. Slightly thinner than Butcher's wax consistency is what you're aiming for.

In my opinion, that's the best that nature or science has to offer and I recommend it hands down.
 
Use what cowboys use and what my Daughter (doctor) recommends: Lanolin Hydrous Topical Lubricant. It comes in a tube and dirt cheap @ less than $1.50. It is used for burn patients. Around here I get it at a pharmacy. I use it all the time in winter to keep my fingers tips from splitting and it works great. Just work it in with a little water.
 
steve_p said:
Super glue gel or new skin for the split itself, stops the pain. Super glue works best

Then neutropenia hand cream.

Drink more water
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Something people don't think about, but probably helps more than one realizes. The body (can't recall any specific numbers) is more water than anything else, at least a healthy one is. Even in the cold we excrete water, not just by urination, but your breath has a lot of moisture in it and your skin is excreting some moisture pretty much all the time. This lost water does need replaced.
 
dereckbc said:
Use what cowboys use and what my Daughter (doctor) recommends: Lanolin Hydrous Topical Lubricant. It comes in a tube and dirt cheap @ less than $1.50. It is used for burn patients. Around here I get it at a pharmacy. I use it all the time in winter to keep my fingers tips from splitting and it works great. Just work it in with a little water.
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That or Bag Balm
 
kwired said:
Your location says Jacksonville, FL. Just how cold and cruel are you talking? If you have never been much further north, you have no idea what cold and cruel really is:happyyes:
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:lol::lol::slaphead:

It's a heatwave here at 34f......
 
A few of the above paragraphs remind me of Bernie Mac in Ocean's Eleven when he's buying the vans for the big heist.
 
get an old pair of gloves..

get an old pair of gloves..

get an old pair of comfortable leather gloves.. fill each finger with-- bag balm, lotion, baby butt cream, or whatever,, Then wear them for about two hours..
 
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