I'd think that anything you put on your hands to lubricate them would make it easier to grip the paper then just dry skin.
Well the skin grips the paper so the skin has allot to do with it I'd think. If your skin is dry then it would seem to me it would "slip" more than "grip". I think they make a special type of glove just for paper. "Polygenex All-Day® Micro-Dot Gloves are based on the same patented technology as the popular All-Day® Nylon Lab gloves. The Micro-Dot Gloves have special soft polymer micro dots embedded into all fingers and thumb prints to provide superior tactile properties for customers handling quantities of prints and paper. The glove is made from a continuous polymer fiber for long term use, natural flexibility and dexterity. An ergonomic stretch-knit design helps reduce hand strain and discomfort. The gloves are fully launderable and reusable. They are packaged by 5 pairs with dots on one side or both sides (ambidextrous). One Universal size fits most, XL for large hands." http://www.polygenex.com/mdot.htm
I have another skin question: While cooking for xmas I burned two of my fingers on my electric stovetop. I expected them to blister, but they didn't. They are now white, wrinkled, and kinda hard, like a callus. Did I burn my fingers, or did I cook them? Why didn't they blister?
Orleander Firstly, you should wear rubber gloves when you do the washing up or have to immerse your hands in water and detergent. You should also wear them if you are about to use any household chemicals that may get on your hands. You should only wash your hands in soap free solutions, as soap can strip the skin of the oils that would normally moisturise your skin. Buy a good hand lotion and apply it throughout the day. Something like the QV products, which are very good. They also have body washes, which you can use in the shower or to simply wash your hands with. Or you could just ask your local pharmacist which product they could recommend. If you have an aloe vera plant, you could just use the gel from that too (or purchase aloe gel, cream or lotion) and apply that. If you need to handle a lot of paper throughout the day, you should try to wear gloves as well for that, as it will protect your hands. It will not clear up overnight and could take several weeks, if not months, to clear up and soften.
I'm confused. I don't wash dishes. I cook, my husband washes. I don't have dry cracked skin. I just notice more paper cuts when my skin has no lotion on it. :shrug: And then there is the burn from cooking at xmas.
Thanks Chris. I don't understand what pimple pads have to do with dry hands, but then, I am considering the source. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I'm sure thats normal. All the soldering iron burns I've had went exactly like that. Maybe a lower heat for a longer time (ie some boiling water) would work well to make them blister.
If you examine the process of paper cutting microscopically, like any slicing type of cutting it's friction at work. The thin edge of the paper is nothing more or less than a blade. Notice that this doesn't happen so easily with thicker paper? Because of this, the frictional force of the paper moving against your skin is not distributed over a wide area; all of it is absorbed by a small number of skin cells. "Friction" is just a fancy name for the force of the blade attempting to drag the part of your skin it's touching away from the rest of your skin. In a very small area, the forces that hold that skin tight to the rest of your skin are weak, while the force concentrated on the narrow blade edge is very strong, so the blade actually does rip a few cells away from their neighbors. Hand lotion has many properties, but in the context of this discussion the most important is lubrication. It is oil after all, and we lubricate just about everything with one type of oil or another. The meaning of lubrication is to reduce frictional force. You put oil in your car engine to reduce the frictional force between the crankshaft and the main bearings, so the one will rotate smoothly within the other, instead of dragging on them so you immediately lose power and shortly thereafter come to a halt as they grind each other into immobility. The oil on your skin reduces the frictional force of the dragging blade of paper, so it can't get any purchase and start ripping your skin cells out of your hand. In the Nanny State, amid all the fears of disease transmission? I'll bet the lady who heats up the frozen hamburger patties in your company cafeteria wears gloves. I've even seen them in fast-food joints.
Take two drops of glycerine. Add two drops of fresh lemon juice, rub it into your fingers. Works wonders for dry skin.
You must have touched a 'burner' part of the surface while it was on. It's paradoxical, but you often get a much less severe burn on a very hot surface than on a cooler surface. Most people who have welded have had this experience, with the hard white callus like burns you describe. The best explaination I have heard is that a very hot surface flash dries the outer layers of the skin which then act like an insulator, giving you time to react and let go before a lot of damage is done to the deeper layers. I've had the experience myself. Grabbed a 3/4 inch shaft with a gear on it, didn't know my dad had just arc welded the gear in place. Didn't hurt a lot, had the same dry callus white spots. Never did blister, the white skin just pealed off a week or two later and it was healed.
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yeah, it was the burner. Thanks Kevin! That completely makes sense. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
