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    For anyone who has trouble getting rid of those tell take signs that you have been gardening... a tip I picked up that really works.

    Take a bar of soap and scratch some soap under your nails before you start gardening.... it will keep the dirt at bay and when you come to wash your hands afterwards, the dirt dissolves easily....

    Great time-saver.
    passionate about plants

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    Yeah, I've heard that. Never remember to try it though!
    All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
    Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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    • #3
      Yeah i can see the logic in that.
      Please don't tap the glass

      2013, first year of trying to grow food for the table, any advice certainly welcomed.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
        Yeah, I've heard that. Never remember to try it though!
        You're not alone. I have a hot bath after, shampoo my hair and dig out with a file after. Hey presto, clean nails.
        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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        • #5
          I use an old toothbrush to clean mine. Probably not so good for the skin either to keep all those SLSs in contact with it for a long time?

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          • #6
            Who me? If so I use SLS free everything - vile stuff
            Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

            Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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            • #7
              I've been pondering this lately. I have to be able to scrub up well for work. And for some reason I always manage to not wear gloves at some stage on my days off.
              Mind you unless I keep a bar of soap in my pocket I'll prob not remember to use it until after I've planted out

              I've been putting on lots of hand cream under the nails and hoping that this will help get the dirt out. Don't know if it's the shape of my nails but they seem to hug the dirt.

              Does putting oil on and then washing help? Any 'after help' would be good for me.

              Not sure about the toothbrush as the skin around my nails is pretty fragile in this super cold weather. I've got quite a few nasty rips around them from hay and so on.
              Ali

              My blog: feral007.com/countrylife/

              Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!

              One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French

              Member of the Eastern Branch of the Darn Under Nutter's Club

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              • #8
                If you run a dot of washing up liquid into DRY hands beforehand, the dirt will easily wash off afterwards. Not sure that helps from the point of view of chemicals-in-prolonged-contact-with-skin, though. Would Ecover be a better option (or is this still as damaging to the skin?)

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                • #9
                  It's the fingernails rather than the skin that I have problems with. If I do lots of washing up it usually gets sorted, but then my hands suffer from prolonged exposure to the dishwashing liquid. Let's face it - I'm just falling to pieces!
                  Ali

                  My blog: feral007.com/countrylife/

                  Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!

                  One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French

                  Member of the Eastern Branch of the Darn Under Nutter's Club

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                  • #10
                    A large spoon full of bicarbonate or soda rubbed into hands and nails!

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                    • #11
                      Lemon juice after the first wash leave it for a few mins then wash and scrub again, works well.
                      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                      • #12
                        My Grandad used to say the best thing for cleaning your nails was to knead bread I never knew if he tried it or not.
                        Location....East Midlands.

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                        • #13
                          Washing up liquid with a teaspoon of either salt or granulated sugar to make a sort of scrub to begin with, then a tooth-pick or cocktail stick to get the worst of the muck out of my nails under the tap, then scrub nails inside and out with the toothbrush covered in hand-wash stuff. The toothbrush I use is one of the kids 'My First...' type, so is reasonably soft Then I slather my hands with Badger Healing Balm which stops them falling completely to bits

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                          • #14
                            To clean and moisturise the hands I always use olive oil and sugar as a scrub. Easy to mix as you need it.
                            Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                            Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
                              My Grandad used to say the best thing for cleaning your nails was to knead bread I never knew if he tried it or not.
                              Making pastry works just as well - so I am told - hehehehehe
                              "...Very dark, is the other side, very dark."

                              "Shut up, Yoda. Just eat your toast."

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