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Finger nails and gardening

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Astitchintime Tue 21-Jul-26 12:16:58

I cannot remember if I’ve posted this before so here goes…….my finger nails always get really grubby when I’m gardening, even wearing gloves! Now, I keep a bar of soap in the shed/greenhouse and just before I start the gardening I scratch the soap to get deposits down my nails. When I come to wash my hands afterward I have really clean finger nails!

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Oldnproud Thu 23-Jul-26 17:16:48

I have tried wearing disposable gloves / washing-up gloves under my gardening gloves, but my hands become wet with sweat really quickly.

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valdali Thu 23-Jul-26 17:18:43

I always remember, my Mum got "Orf" ( a warty sort of sheep disease - weird name) from our sheep & I was at vet college at the time & they were saying how intractable it was when passed to humans - 6 months on antibiotics mentioned -.
My Mum scrubbed her fingers night & morning with neat bleach & it was gone in 3 weeks.
Farm labourer skin, I guess, I wouldn't recommend to anyone with "Orf"!

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Coolgran65 Thu 23-Jul-26 19:38:49

Same as petra. I use surgical gloves under gardening gloves.
Stops any dirt.
I keep a box of surgical gloves (from Amazon) to use for any household chores. Much easier than marigolds.

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