Hand cream - the good stuff

[WildGoose]

Wanted to put hardcore in the title, but that would probably be asking for trouble on here, going by lately.

I deliver hay and straw, and the baling twine is ripping my hands to shreds after the first hundred or so are handled per day, particularly on the cold days, you see the blood before you feel it.

I need something decent, not some Nivea rubbish that does naff all but make your hands greasy for 10 mins then disappears.

I need something that scottish fisherman or lumberjacks would use, because it works. Along those lines.

Any recommendations please.

NB: Gloves are not an option, they are inefficient and just get stuck everywhere, dropped, soaked through and eventually ripped or lost. Need my hands to toughen up, but to not bleed too much in the process.
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[Mudskipper]

Neutrogena stuff - it's concentrated (Norweigen fishermen use it).

You can get it unperfumed too.

Good shit.

https://www.mistrys.co.uk/images/images/Neutrogena_Hand_Cream_3219.JPG_3219.jpg
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[SlimRick]

Hay hooks FTW

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[Dragonfly]

Eucerin

I use it on face but have the had cream also , all this typing really takes it out of my hands.

[Wave2k]

I get the same problem, i think due to the cold they just dry and the skins cracks and peels, most hand cremes do diddley squat for me.
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[yambabe]

What Mudskipper said, if you're going for a hand cream Neutrogena is definitely the best.

Might be worth looking into barrier creams rather than hand creams though? Neutrogena will help once your hands are cut/chapped etc but a decent barrier cream may lessen the effect of the damage in the first place.
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[Flip]

I doubt barrier cream would help to be honest Jo.

Gloves would be an obvious thought.

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[colin1]

I've not done the job, but it does sound to me like better gloves are needed, maybe ones secured at the wrist like motorbike gloves...

surgical spirit toughens up skin, so you could use that instead

all moisurisers or hand creams do, is provide a oil based barrer to moisture escaping from the skin

better to drink more fluids in my opinion

fishermans gloves

https://www.devontackleshop.com/epages/devontackleshop_com.sf/?ObjectPath=/Shops/devontackleshop.com/Products/78-11000&ViewAction=ViewProductViaPortal&Locale=en_GB

lumberjacks gloves

https://www.smithfarmstores.com/p-1927-wells-lamont-quilted-lumberjack-gloves.aspx
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[Suitor_Stu]

https://www.mistrys.co.uk/images/images/E45_Tube_Cream_2790.JPG_2790.jpg

I swear by this stuff - I use handwashes and gels all day which are pretty much rip your skin to shreds (chemically, not physically mind) and i find that the original e45 cream really helps. Tried the Norwegian Formula stuff, but I thought it was too concentrated for my liking, I prefer the feeling of a good dollop of cream in me palms...ooh er matron!

Stu

[colin1]

I forgot to add, I think the hayhooks, are probably the best bet.
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[stinkwheel]

Another vote for Neutrogena hand cream.

The next problem you will have is a rash on your forearms where the ends of the hay prickle them. Wearing a long sleeve top and putting a spiral of gaffa tape or PVC tape along the arm below the elbow (on top of the sleeve) works well for this.

You'll be wanting leather knee patches in your trousers too. You can easily knack three pairs of trousers if you are stacking square bales for a week.

I agree, gloves aren't a good option, your hands will cramp if you wear gloves. The only ones you'd get away with are those skintight yellow buckskin ones. They are expensive and almost impossable to get hold of in the UK.
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[Annabella]

I was definitely going to recommend barrier cream - whilst it generally smells minging you get used to it. It really helped when I was working at hell on earth (heat treatment plant) handling hot metal covered in degreaser all day.

The other thing I used to do, which I suspect you'd be less inclined to try, is wear cotton gloves in bed. Absolutely cover your hands in E45 (really thick) then wear the gloves - the moisturiser will absorb overnight.
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[Mudskipper]

[sickpup]

Mudskipper stop dribbling please.

[Phoenix]

No amount of skipping round the issue of gloves is going to get around the fact that they are the best solution.

As colin said, find some that fasten around the cuff, or get some very close fitting thin leather ones or something.

I use a grand total of 3 different pairs of gloves a day at work for not totally dissimilar reasons. A pair of riggers gloves for dirty work and dieseling, some rubber gloves to go inside and some cheap fleecey gloves for general work. If I don't use them I end up with sore, red cracking skin on my right hand particularly. I also find that if I wash with handwashes of any kind it makes my skin the same, I have to use plain soap at home which is fine.

[Louise]

Atrixo works best for me

[stinkwheel]

[Flip]

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Size-9-Ansell-Hyflex-11-500-Kevlar-Gloves-45-Pk-10_W0QQitemZ370117256227QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_BOI_ProtectiveGear_RL?hash=item370117256227&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A2%7C240%3A1318

They're good gloves, normally get a week or more out of a pair working with steel but they aren't cheap. £45 for 10.

[WildGoose]

Thanks for all the replies, I've picked up some atrixo, and have some of that Neutrogena on the way (the Norway flag alone, sells it to me how clever of them).

The key thing is I want my hands to stay supple long enough for them to toughen up a bit, rather than cracking/ripping and then having to start over.

Gloves are fine when dexterity isn't required, but as stinkwheel seems to know, hay bales can be really awkward getting your fingers under the twine in order to pick them up it rules out gloves instantly on all but the loosest bales. We throw them a lot as well, the gloves would get stuck in the bale and sap the kinetic energy out of the throw, just at the worst time.

[WildGoose]

[Flip]

The lack of tools is suprising. Hay hooks and thats it. Big bulldog clip type things with teeth is what you need, now go and invent some proper hay handling tools.