good for the hands

[Black Ink]

I'm a pretty industrious guy when I'm not in the smithy I,m working on my wife and I's car or the house or whatever.SO last week my hands got to the point where the were scabbed blistered and bruised, and I was whining about it to my wife so she made this solution for me and it was the best.warm water, hydrogen poroxide and olive oil. Olive oil you say? Yes it has anti bacterial properties.I've used it on all my tattoos with great results. I soaked for about 10 min while I watched Family guy. gigidy goo

[Finnr]

Bag balm is the best stuff I have ever found for sore chapped hands. Your local feed store will have it.
Finnr

[Ten Hammers]

Never have wanted or had wimmens hands but I will guarantee you this. Gold Bond creme in a tube works. Use it enough and it will give you soft hands. It works on hands. It works on dry ankles from socks and long underwear. The wife has always had a ton of different stuff around for dry skin but none of it ever did me much good. Yes Finnr I grew up usin bag balm ( by the old name ) in the barn or sometimes Mom had some in the house. I trimmed plastic for a while and yes Black Ink, Hot (as you can stand it ) water works. I never added anything to it though, thanks for the information.

[yesteryearforge]

corn huskers lotion
feels like cold snot but works
Used to use it all the time when I was trapping and sticking my hands in ice water off and on all day / cracked and bleeding hands aint no fun / worked wonders / still does

Mike Tanner

[skunkriv]

I use "Original" Udder Balm, made in Des Moines. Like to keep my hand soft enough that my hammer doesn't go flying out of it from being too dry. Another great thing about it is that it doesn't freeze. Maybe it would at -30 or something but it has never frozen in my shop.

I was working a show one time and was having trouble keeping hold of my hammer. Kept putting my hand in the slack tub every couple heats just to keep some traction on the handle. A blacksmith friend stopped by to see me working and asked "Do you have any chapstik? Put a little on your handle and it will fix you right up." I did and I did and he was right. Worked like a charm.

[Brian C.]

Beeswax will do the same thing for your handles. Almost too good until it wears a bit.

[skunkriv]

Agreed. Have got a blister more than once after gettin some of my beeswax mix on my handles by accident.

[R Funk]

I have been having some health problems that have a side effect of dry skin. My Dr. recomended Eucerin. Being a cheapscape I bought a tub of the "Equate" brand generic equivalent at Wally World. The Eucerin was $13 and the generic was $4 for a failry large tub.

It has worked very well suprising me. I have put it on very dry and pealing skin and in 24 hours my skin clear with no sign of dry skin. I am sold on it and better yet it is cheap.

[Ice Czar]

Originally Posted by Finnr

Bag balm is the best stuff I have ever found for sore chapped hands. Your local feed store will have it.
Finnr

agreed,

Ive worked as a stone mason and they all use bag balm
lime sucks the moisture out of your hands faster than anything else I can think of

when I develop a crack in my hands I trim back the hard edge a bit and wrap the area with a bandaid or tape and a spot of bag balm

[hammerkid]

Originally Posted by Finnr

Bag balm is the best stuff I have ever found for sore chapped hands. Your local feed store will have it.
Finnr

yeah thats what we use (my family)