Dry crack and pain. [Archive] - Kiwi Biker forums

Trudes

18th July 2009, 21:30

Hehe, not quite as bad as it sounds, really.
Everytime I do stuff on my bike, especially mixing pre-mix or other petrol related activities I end up with really dry hands and little cuts on my fingers..... Really sore!
Anyway I know I should wear gloves but never remember until it's too late. So does anyone have any suggestions of good hand cremes or other magic solution that can ease the pain of my dry cracks? Cheers.

Warr

18th July 2009, 21:33

I'd give up the pre-mix on the Hornet ..... its a 4 stroke !
Other than that, industrial gloves maybe the ticket :)

edit .. ok I guess u'r bucket maybe a 2stroker!! I'd still go withe the industrial gloves. Should be able to pick some up from NZ Safety :)

Capt M Stubbing

18th July 2009, 21:37

bunnings sell cheap latex gloves, bit pervy, but also good when cleaning ya harley, since wash/wax/cleaner/wd40 is all hard on girly hands. i know because i get paper cuts easy as well....

Madness

18th July 2009, 21:38

Buy a decent barrier cream and some lanolin based moisturiser. Now you'll be smelling like a sheeps bum, but your crack wont be sore.

You're welcome :msn-wink:

Trudes

18th July 2009, 21:49

cs363

18th July 2009, 21:53

Best hand cream by miles is that Neutrogena stuff, at least as far as repairing dry, damaged hands:

cowpoos

18th July 2009, 21:57

Buy a decent barrier cream and some lanolin based moisturiser. Now you'll be smelling like a sheeps bum, but your crack wont be sore.

You're welcome :msn-wink:
I agree with madness....its comon to get dry cracked hands when milking cows.
getting hands consitantly wet and dry is really bad for them...and nomal garden variety hand moisturisers are shit..infact...I reckon they make them worse!

cs363

18th July 2009, 22:07

nomal garden variety hand moisturisers are shit..infact...I reckon they make them worse!

Totally agree, unfortunately I get occasional dry/cracked hands as part of an allergy that harrasses me from time to time and I've found that most hand moisturisers do aggravate the problem, that stuff above is the only thing I have found that works and actually helps to heal the cracking.

Pussy

18th July 2009, 22:19

I have a similar problem at work (Jet A1 fuel, and fertilisers)
I have found stuff called "Lipobase" works quite well

James Deuce

19th July 2009, 01:27

Aqueous cream. You can get big tubs of it from the pharmacy for next to nothing.

riffer

19th July 2009, 06:45

Good thread Trudes.

I suffer from the same complaint myself. Well actually I don't suffer, I just fix it.

What I've found helps is to use a nail file to file the cracked skin smooth, and then use the hemp cream from the Body Shop on the smoothed out skin. Works for me.

Trudes

19th July 2009, 07:27

Thanks guys, some good suggestions! I will have to investigate some of these creams while I'm buying some gloves! I'll have to wear gloves while the cream is on my hands so I don't grease out everything else in the house!

(BTW my hubby thinks it's halirious that I managed to get a bunch of bikers to talk about the type of hand cream they use.... it's ok, he doesn't understand, he has baby bottom smooth hands (not enough hard work I say!)) :laugh:

CookMySock

19th July 2009, 09:12

I get the same every summer. Just drink lots more water and the problem goes away.

Steve

AllanB

19th July 2009, 09:23

Aqueous cream. You can get big tubs of it from the pharmacy for next to nothing.

It's good shit - and cheap. Plus it's a good barrier cream for kids faces if you are face painting them.

It's also a good barrier cream to prevent Boardie rash in the summer and probably boob rubbage as well :rolleyes:

My supermarket has the latex and a non latex glove in a ten pack, cheap - I find the latex ones give my hands a bit of a itch so the others are a good alternative.

Crack, latex & cream - all excellent words to use in a sentence :devil2:

DMNTD

19th July 2009, 09:33

(BTW my hubby thinks it's hilarious that I managed to get a bunch of bikers to talk about the type of hand cream they use....

Heh! I just think it's hilarious that you've start a thread about your dry crack. :rolleyes:

sinfull

19th July 2009, 09:41

I get the same every summer.
A dry crack ?

Mom

19th July 2009, 10:07

...ease the pain of my dry cracks? Cheers.

I just logged on and saw the title of this thread, and immediately knew I had to share this little gem. Many years ago now, I took the kids up to Cape Reinga. We went down the Te Paki stream and the kids played silly buggers on the sand dunes. A great time was had by all, by the time they had enough, they resembled creatures from the black swamp :D

I was planning on taking them to the Houhora Pub for food after but they were so disgustingly dirty I couldn't. A partial strip was required before they could even get in the car :lol:

My youngest daughter announced gleefully before she got in the car...

"Mom, I have got sand in my crack!"

Just had to share :sunny:

Owl

19th July 2009, 11:15

Yep the premix is for the bucket although I like getting my hands into all the dirty crap.... So looks like I need to buy some latex gloves and put the box somewhere I'll see them and actually use them! Lanolin.... Sheeps bum.... I like it! So maybe I could put some of that on my hands and then put a pair of gloves on and then I can moisturise while I work?! ;)

Don't buy latex gloves!!! Fuel will dissolve them in seconds. Get either "Nitrile" of preferably "High Risk Blue" gloves. Both will still swell, but they are designed for use with solvents. They should be available at any auto-refinish supply store and they're not expensive.

Okey Dokey

19th July 2009, 12:22

If you have a rural supply store (CRT) nearby, Henrietta's make a great cream called Farmers Hand Repair Cream. Works well, a little goes along way. 600ml pottle about $18- economical and pleasant to use.

MotoKuzzi

19th July 2009, 13:17

gatch

19th July 2009, 14:00

Don't buy latex gloves!!! Fuel will dissolve them in seconds. Get either "Nitrile" of prefferably "High Risk Blue" gloves. Both will still swell, but they are designed for use with solvents. They should be available at any auto-refinish supply store and they're not expensive.

Yup right on, latex will just dissolve and the resultant jelly will do ugly things to skin, most "safety" shops will sell solvent resistant gloves. Also barrier cream is fantastic stuff if your going to get dirty, most stuff will wash off with little effort if it is applied before you start work, also available from most safety shops.

ynot slow

19th July 2009, 16:46

gatch

19th July 2009, 17:04

Have noticed that 99% of replies for hand cream/softening agents for hands are from men,what the hell gives guys,since when do we care about soft hands,not good at haymaking time soft hands,or feeding out.Heaven help if the need for moisturiser for after shaving is needed.

Not every feels its necessary to beat their chests and proclaim how tough we are ?

Ixion

19th July 2009, 17:26

Aqueous cream. You can get big tubs of it from the pharmacy for next to nothing.

Aqueous cream is quite good, but it doesn't contain either silicone or lanolin. So use it as a preventative not a repair. Better than aqueous , for that purpose, get emulsifying ointment from the same chemist, also cheap. It's a greasy ointment , rub a little into the hands before working on whatever. Afterward , wash hands under hot tap. The hot water turns the emulsifying ointment on the hands into aqueous cream. (I used to make the stuff).

Ixion

19th July 2009, 17:27

Have noticed that 99% of replies for hand cream/softening agents for hands are from men,what the hell gives guys,since when do we care about soft hands,not good at haymaking time soft hands,or feeding out.Heaven help if the need for moisturiser for after shaving is needed.

Guys understand these things, in a practical, virile, manly way. Chicks are only interested in whther it smells nice.

Trudes

19th July 2009, 17:32

Pussy

19th July 2009, 17:33

Have noticed that 99% of replies for hand cream/softening agents for hands are from men,what the hell gives guys,since when do we care about soft hands,not good at haymaking time soft hands,or feeding out.Heaven help if the need for moisturiser for after shaving is needed.

Haha! It's not a "caring about soft hands" thing for me.... I get bloody big cracks on my hands that hurt and bleed like a bastard.

Now come here and give us a kiss.......

ynot slow

19th July 2009, 18:09

Haha! It's not a "caring about soft hands" thing for me.... I get bloody big cracks on my hands that hurt and bleed like a bastard.

Now come here and give us a kiss.......

You know I would but so far away.Can understand the fertilser part,super phos,nitrogen etc and then milking makes hands nice and soft then the small cuts start tickling.

I don't need to beat my chest,but using screwdrivers and other tools for work, helps when haymaking or shovelling dirt,sort of the manual work around the house or on dads farmlet,without using moisturiser helps toughen the palms,thus makes for happy days ahead without blisters.

Owl

19th July 2009, 18:13

My cracks are bleeding from a day of bucket racing with shitty dry hands... no more she cried!!

If that's the case Trudes, may I also suggest a visit to your GP? My GP once told me I may have to find another occupation because of Dermatitis and provided only one option in order to save my job. It worked and has done for over 20 years, but it is prescription only and is called “Nerisone Fatty Ointment”.

Good luck!:niceone:

Trudes

19th July 2009, 18:40

If that's the case Trudes, may I also suggest a visit to your GP? My GP once told me I may have to find another occupation because of Dermatitis and provided only one option in order to save my job. It worked and has done for over 20 years, but it is prescription only and is called “Nerisone Fatty Ointment”.

Good luck!:niceone:

Thanks for that, I'll ask my GP next time I see her. My hands are normally a little dry (I'm not particularly "girly" and tend to just get stuck in and do shit without thinking about putting gloves on to protect (apart from gloves when riding... I do happen to like some skin on my hands)) but they get really dry and end up with cracks that often bleed after playing with petrol and other nasty harsh on skin stuff... but I'll mention it to the GP. Cheers! :)

allycatz

19th July 2009, 19:15

Ask your Dr about Lipidous cream....its only available on prescription but is a fatty based cream. You could also try Eulactol heel balm on the split areas at night

Hiflyer

19th July 2009, 23:08

Lucas' Papau ointment, or pawpaw as it is pronounced is a beauty for all cuts dry skin scars scabs etc,

ungvita is also brilliant, not as quick working as papau and also makes you smell like a crooss between a new magazine and a fish :S

Pixie

20th July 2009, 08:54

Thanks for all the replys everyone... I'm going to visit my chemist tomorrow and rattle off some names and then head to the safety shop to get some gloves.
My cracks are bleeding from a day of bucket racing with shitty dry hands... no more she cried!!

Fiber Glass International Trade shops have Nitrile gloves for $12.00/100.

Get Gloves in a Bottle from hardware stores or safety stores.This stuff will protect skin from strong acids.

Go to the chemist and pay 5 times as much

Pixie

20th July 2009, 09:00

Not every feels its necessary to beat their chests and proclaim how tough we are ?

Just indicates latent homosexuality

prettybillie

20th July 2009, 10:09

Me and the girls I was on my basic training course with the military used to get the same thing. They gave us blistex lip ointment - the one in the white pot. Worked a treat - cleared all the cracks up over night!!!! :doctor:

Colapop

20th July 2009, 10:22

Get to NZ Safety - I think? (bottom of the gorge) They have industrial barrier cream. Stops shit like concrete, oil, grease from getting on ya skin. It's what we use on site.

Del Fuego

20th July 2009, 19:02

or something similar. It is a skin repair cream used by rock climbers and is bloody magic. Super Vitamin E plus herbs and crap. Works an absolute treat repairs worn, nicked, broken, cut skin... I can normally climb again the day after a hard climbing session... which is a miracle... I am a wuss

Get it from some climbing gyms etc

Okey Dokey

21st July 2009, 08:19

Yikes, Trudes, it sounds like there are heaps of good products out there. Let us know what works for you in the end.

Trudes

21st July 2009, 08:25

Absolutely! I had some Neutrogena hand creme so I used some of that which helped with the initial pain. Then I tried some Palmer's Olive Butter cream, which was also quite good. So gotta go to the chemist today so will ask about some of the creams that you lovely folks have recommended, so will post up how I get on. :)

Colapop

21st July 2009, 15:31

Yikes, Trudes, it sounds like there are heaps of good products out there. Let us know what works for you in the end.
I don't think she'd want it in her end if it's dry and painful!!

newbould

21st July 2009, 15:48

Well done Col, this was all far too serious. I remember a little song from school days that may help

"Rich girls they use vaseline,
poor girls they use lard,
Dinah uses axel grease
because her cracks so hard"

Or something like that

1wheel riot

13th August 2009, 19:39

emu skin repairer cream or a cream with honey would work to.

puddy

13th August 2009, 20:38

Aqueous cream. You can get big tubs of it from the pharmacy for next to nothing.
What he said!

Lissa

14th August 2009, 10:22

There is a really good handcream that my mother gets from the Paua Shell Factory in Carterton. Not sure of the name of it, but its not expensive and not made of Paua :crazy:... but it makes your hands as soft as a babies bottom! :yes:

gtr boy

14th August 2009, 13:14

try a bit off white weez i say...............

marioc

14th August 2009, 14:52

My old lady buys me those blue tins of Rawleighs stuff.
Works a treat for all sorts

Trudes

14th August 2009, 15:42

Ahhhh Rawleighs! I really should get some. That stuff cures everything I hear!;)

Number One

14th August 2009, 21:15

O sorry to hear that your dry crack is still bothering you...if you need a hand with that you know where I am :blip:

laserracer

15th August 2009, 07:54

AAAAHHH Trudes ..i have this special hand cream ...meet me in the pits ... im the guy in the rain coat and dark glass's... its hard to get out the container sometimes but vigorous rubbing of said container usually does the trick:msn-wink::eek:p.s can put special cream anywhere you like

as for chapped hands a good barrier cream is the go

Trudes

15th August 2009, 07:58

Good God you two!!!:laugh: (laserracer, I have an endless supply of the type of 'cream' you're talking about, but thanks anyway ;))

I bought some gloves from NZ Safety and got some barrier cream from the chemist, so my hands have been a bit better lately thanks :)

laserracer

15th August 2009, 08:09

Yep but mines special i have a ... TAP

Trudes

15th August 2009, 08:12

Pictures or it didn't happen... :msn-wink:

StoneY

15th August 2009, 08:14

ducatilover

15th August 2009, 08:16

When I sit on my two stroke mix my front bum gets sticky and then it goes dry, I use nappies.
Or try the nutrigena [sp?] stuff. My old man uses some fancy crap for his dermatitis:niceone:

laserracer

15th August 2009, 08:29

Pictures or it didn't happen... :msn-wink:

sorry no pictures tap got tangled in raincoat and is now broken ...ouch ..:doctor:

scracha

15th August 2009, 09:02

related activities I end up with really dry hands and little cuts on my fingers..... Really sore!

I'm the same Trudy. All the big boys in the pits think I'm a fag and laugh at my box of latex gloves.

Still...at least when I give them the finger it'll be clean.

laserracer, I have an endless supply of the type of 'cream' you're talking about, but thanks anyway ;))
An ENDLESS SUPPLY? Fuckin moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

Trudes

15th August 2009, 09:54

Bepanthen Vitamin e Cream used for Nappy rash cures ANY abraison/cut/graze/scrape/newtattoo like nothing I have ever seen

It cures nail qwik splits too- those painful ones at edge of the thumb nail :niceone:
Is that the stuff that people recommend to put on new tattoos??

I'm the same Trudy. All the big boys in the pits think I'm a fag and laugh at my box of latex gloves.

Still...at least when I give them the finger it'll be clean.

An ENDLESS SUPPLY? Fuckin moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

You might have to show me your faggy soft hands next time I see you... or your finger (that sounded worse than it was meant to).;)
Yeah an endless supply. Nigel keeps telling me that it's full of protein, good for the skin he says.

Madness

15th August 2009, 09:57

Nigel keeps telling me that it's full of protein, good for the skin he says.

Not to mention the millions and millions of luminous spheres!.

Trudes

15th August 2009, 10:02

Not to mention the millions and millions of luminous spheres!.

Ahhhh, Now I know why Suzanne Paul was always so cheerful, and how she made all that money! But then she lost it all.... wonder if her source 'dried up' or whether she was self-perscribing.... :sick:
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Madness

15th August 2009, 10:05

Ahhhh, Now I know why Suzanne Paul was always so cheerful, and how she made all that money! But then she lost it all.... wonder if her source 'dried up' or whether she was self-perscribing.... :sick:

I think she used to have one of those really big dark brown applicators, a merkin one too from memory??

Trudes

15th August 2009, 10:16

Sick, sick, sick, you sick puppy.

Talking of sick puppys, this vid was one of those recommended things from that Blue Monkey vid... classic morning TV
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scracha

15th August 2009, 16:54

Yeah an endless supply. Nigel keeps telling me that it's full of protein, good for the skin he says.

It's true...keeps it taught. That's why Joan Collins has a neck like a manky old turkey....obviously never received enough pearl necklaces.

Exzackery

15th August 2009, 20:32

never mind the bollox =)

caseye

15th August 2009, 20:58

Get yourself an AloeVera plant.looks like a sort of cacti.
When in need break off a bit and rub the juice into said crack/s.They will stop hurting in minutes and heal much quicker.This works on almost any sort of itch,burn, abrasion, sunburn even, natures little helper.I've a garden full of it.

Mschvs

18th August 2009, 10:32

Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream is kick ass! It's about $30 but it lasts forever (well maybe not FOREVER!) but I've had mine for about 3 years now, my mum always used to have it. Fucking excellent for dry chapped lips, or to prevent dry lips when riding, itchy bites, cracked heels, hands etc. It's quite greasy, but man it works!!

Trudes

18th August 2009, 21:08

Stirts

19th August 2009, 13:29

I got myself a HUGE tub of Aqueous Cream from the supermarket, 500ml pot was about $6, and I Love it!! It's made my hands a lot better, and I've taken to rubbing it on other places too, like elbows and knees etc. Thanks for the recommendations! :niceone:

an endless supply of the type of 'cream' you're talking about

According to the Urban Dictionary you can make that stuff yourself, and as stated above you already have half the ingredients.......
Aqueeous Cream

A quee
to cum and pee at the same time. Its related to the work queef.
"omg are you excited about seeing epic tommorow?"
"so excited I just peed and came at the same time"!

yes I am bored shitless at work!

earl

23rd August 2009, 01:14

every one knows a dry crack needs k-y jelly.

Trudes

23rd August 2009, 07:14

Took my carb apart to clean it and cleaned my fuel lines and filter, and before I started I put a pair of the gloves I bought on. What a huge difference! I'm not suffering today with dry cracked hands and my bathroom isn't filthy from washing all the crap off in the sink. The gloves can be used again, so even at $20 for a box of 20 it's not too bad.
Thanks for all the help everyone. Must get me an Aloe Vera plant too.