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    Hi,

    I have been off work this week so been doing a lot of gardening

    Back to work soon and I just can't get the dirt from under my nails, which I have cut short now and scrubbed like mad. I work with vet practices so they need to be clean!

    Any ideas for a mad Sunday night clean??

    Thanks, Mandy

  • #2
    wash your hair first- thoroughly!
    then.....Make some bread dough...then bin it!!!!

    It works a treat!!!
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    • #3
      If that fails, get a Rimmel white nail pencil (you dampen it, then clean your nails with it: it leaves a bit of white under your nail)
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        You've seen my hair then! Dirt, dust and probably chicken poo!!

        Will have a practice run as the hair does need washed

        M

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        • #5
          Pastry is good too for cleaning nails - often tend to have a few scraps in the fridge for that very purpose. Other than that, it's worth remembering to put a good dose of handcream on before you start gardening and it really does help to wear gloves too but it's a bit late for that now

          Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

          Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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          • #6
            Bleach the bath (and your nails) Harsh but effective!

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            • #7
              A good soak in the bath usually gets mine clean.
              Location....East Midlands.

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              • #8
                You can get some tablests that you put in water and they fizz then soak your fingers, not very expensive in superdrug, boots, asda or similar.
                Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
                and ends with backache

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                • #9
                  I use a toothpick, and a 'firm bristle' toothbrush (kept specially for my nails ). Seems a lot easier with a toothbrush than a proper nailbrush for some reason?!

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                  • #10
                    Thanks everyone, off to get toothpicks, fizzy stuff, bleach now, but will need to pass garden centre on way home ;-) .................

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                    • #11
                      One tip I have heard is to scrape your nails across a bar of soap before going out gardening. This means that the dirt can't get in there because of the soap.
                      However this doesn't work for me because I can't stand having anything lodged under my nails - even soap!
                      Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                      • #12
                        ecover hand and nail wash, it is all natural and has grains in it and gets all the dirt out of my hands and nails when I have been in the garden.
                        When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author Unknown

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                        • #13
                          I was taught by my father as a boy that to get your hands properly clean when in the great outdoors, the best cleanser was...wait for it...water from the same soil as had made your hands dirty. Why ? Because it is exactly the same pH. (Same reason that you wash your tatties more effectively in a bucket at the allotment than at home.)
                          Works for me...but if I couldn't, I'd go for the dough !
                          There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.

                          Head-hunted member of the Nutter's Club - can I get my cranium back please ?

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                          • #14
                            Just remembered the olive oil and sugar hand scrub - a teaspoon of each in the palm of your hand and use that to scrub your hands all over by rubbing them together.
                            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                            • #15
                              In future to save you from all the agro, paint your fingernails with polish BEFORE going to lotty. I know that sounds like a lot of work too but the nail varnish seals in your cuticles, skin, nails etc.. I always have people comment on how fab my nails look and people know I'm an avid gardener and always wonder how I keep my nails so clean; secrets out now
                              Peaceful days are in the garden!

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