please help.... Argghhhh my hands !!

[Mo-S3]

Managed to get expanding foam stuff on my hand and then rubbed it onto my other hand too. Now both palms of my hands have got this thin layer of glue which is stuck like poo to a blanket. I have tried cellulose thinners. nail varnish remover and even sat there for hours trying to peel off tiny minute flakes.
I cant feel anything, my hands feel like glass paper and worse still i need my hands !!!

Can anyone please recommend something that will get this stuff off

Thanks

 

[breezer]

...........and then it turns black.

i have had the missfortune of getting expanding foam on my hands, only solution i ever found was time

 

[keyplayer]

Agree with Breezer, just live with it for a couple of days, it's not that bad. You're probably doing more damage to your hands with those other substances mentioned.

 

[Mo-S3]

cheers ppl, ive been keeping my hands in a lot of water today and it seems to be better than before.

 

[nstreet]

cheers ppl, ive been keeping my hands in a lot of water today and it seems to be better than before.

Did they float?

 

[AdamW]

Unbelievable unshiftable sticky stuff on the hands? Happens to us all:

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Perhaps we should all invest in big boxes of disposable latex gloves to stop getting nasty stuff on our hands? They're also great for blowing up, as well as making hilarious implications of proctology by snapping them onto your hands.

 

[VERITY]

Mix a bit of olive oil with salt and rub your hands as though you are washing them. The salt will act as an exfoliant and scrub the glue off

 

[Diyisfun]

I dont think there is a solvent for Polyurethane foam, from my days on development, but the best chemical was very bad for the skin, luckily cant remember what its called...It will wear off in time...But lesson learnt no doubt.

 

[AdamW]

Mix a bit of olive oil with salt and rub your hands as though you are washing them. The salt will act as an exfoliant and scrub the glue off

I was brought up with the washing-up liquid and sugar method, but I will try your olive oil and salt next time I need to get stuff off my hands... will be interesting to see how it compares when cleaning oil-based stuff off (will an oil dissolve another oil better than a detergent will emulsify it?

But thank goodness for skin-shedding: if you were a reptile, you would be stuck with that foam on you for a year or so!

 

[crockski]

Hate the B***** stuff, first time i used it, i resorted to shaving my fingers with a stanley blade....dodgy. Now use latex gloves....one way to claw back some of those NI contributions....lol....kind NHS nurses.

 

[David E]

Try talc. Doesn't remove it but stops it being sticky!!!

 

[Zampa]

I find its harder to get off your nails then the skin....

I have done the same thing...used the foamy stuff...prodded it in with my fingers....then stuck my hands under the tape....BAD IDEA!

It will only take about three weeks....dont panic!

 

[SD Carps]

Lol,maybe thats the reason they give you a pair of cheap gloves in the lid,especially so you can split them and get caked up to the nines in the stuff.........been there done it too if it helps !!!!

Stu

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