Cleaning pine resin of your hands???

[VFR800Essex]

Collected some resin today and tried to clean my hands with handy Wet Wipes...nothing!!

Didnt really shift the stuff.

Was wondering if anyone knew of any wipes that would shift the stuff whilst still out in the field?

 

[Leonidas]

Fairy liquid (or similar) and sugar


Tom

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Aftershave... The cheap stuff.

Or, Isopropanol/Ethanol if you have it. Alcohol breaks down the resin.

 

[bushwacker bob]

Swarfega or it burns quite well.

 

[Teepee]

Meths is what I use at work to remove sap from resinous wood.

Some meths/alcohol on a baby wipe works well in the field.

Strangley, mayonaisse is supposed to work well too.

 

[SOAR]

Fairy liquid and sugar seconded. Meths petrol or any other flamable liquid is just daft!

 

[bikething]

Meths petrol or any other flamable liquid is just daft!

is using alcohol hand gel daft?

 

[SOAR]

Meths is lol alcohol gel is ok unless you drink it.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Fairy liquid and sugar seconded. Meths petrol or any other flamable liquid is just daft!

Only if you smoke whilst doing so... or suffer from bad static

 

[the interceptor boy]

sand mixed with a bit of fine charcoal if you got any and fairy liquid or soap, also if you don't have toothpaste you can clean your teeth with fine charcoal, really clean and white teeth, hope that helps, the interceptor boy.

 

[Teepee]

Meths is lol alcohol gel is ok unless you drink it.

Alcohol gel isn't flammable in your 'non daft' world then?

I'll remember how daft it is next time I'm stupid enough to use the alcohol gel in hospital

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Essence of turpentine followed by washing in hot water with a washing up liquid.

 

[SOAR]

Alcohol gel isn't flammable in your 'non daft' world then?

I'll remember how daft it is next time I'm stupid enough to use the alcohol gel in hospital

Alcohol gel is designed for hand sanitizing methalated spirit isn't! its really up to you what you use.

 

[wildranger]

Supposedly, an eraser (rubber for pencils) works

 

[wildrover]

I find that Alcohol based hand sanitising gel shifts it quick smart.

Chris

 

[JAG009]

Surgical spirit does the job


Jason

 

[Shewie]

sand mixed with a bit of fine charcoal

On a similar vein I've used soil to cack up the resin and then rubbed it off with a thumb, it tends to come away in little sausages

 

[2trapper]

Also suntan cream works great. I didn't belive it if I don't try on my hands

 

[jorn]

olive oil works great too and isn't as ruff on your hands as some remedies suggested. i'm a tree surgeon/arboricultural advisor so i've had my fair share of pine resin stained hands and arms for that matter..

 

[rancid badger]

Sand/sandy soil and plenty of good old hard use.

I really wouldn't be faffing about with any sort of wet wipes etc.