Than to wash away resin from hands?

Dirty in the resin is definitely unpleasant - the mood is spoiled, but do not despair. Solving the issue of how to clean the resin from your hands is just a matter of time and your perseverance. There are many methods to eliminate an unpleasant stain and restore the aesthetic appearance of your skin. The variety of methods provided in this article will allow you to choose the most suitable and acceptable for your situation. So, let's consider the options, than to wash the resin from the hands - from the most safe and simple to the most extreme.

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Than to wash your hands of tar?

You may have covered a roof with a resin or treated coniferous wood and got into trouble in the form of soiled hands. The one who has ever had this substance on the skin knows how difficult it is to remove it. Most likely, you will have to try several ways to cleanse your hands before you find the right one for you.

Both oily substances and aggressive chemicals can be useful, for example organic solvents. Which ones - read below.

Important! Before you can clean the resin from your hands with a suitable remedy in your opinion, read the recommendations for cleaning the hands of various kinds of this substance. Under each remedy it will be more appropriate and special cleaning.

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Epoxy Resin

Epoxy is a tough adhesive used for many types of surfaces - from plastic to metal. Use such a substance in a liquid state. When it is mixed with a solvent, the temperature of the substance rises, then it begins to cool and solidifies. After this mixture has hardened, it is very difficult to remove, but possible.

In this case, to wash the resin from your hands, you will need such methods and means:

1. Baby cream spread over the stain, wait 30 minutes, rinse with soap and a brush.
2. Any oil( baby, olive, suntan) spread on the damaged skin, after 40 minutes wash off with soap and a hard washcloth.
3. Prepare the pasta from a tablespoon of water and three teaspoons of soda, leave on the surface for 30 minutes, wash off with soap.
4. Wipe resin with acetone, gasoline or white spirit. The method is not safe and harmful for your health, weigh all the pros and cons of this option before you wash the resin off. If you still decide, apply the substance on a cotton swab and consistently wipe all the soiled areas of the skin until the remedy is completely removed from it.

Important! When using different agents to wash the resin from the hands, observe the following precautions:

• You can not remove tar from delicate skin areas with acetone and gasoline.
• Never use gasoline or other flammable liquids near open sources of fire. This can lead to a fire.
• Carry out the procedure for rubbing such a tenacious substance with acetone, gasoline or white spirit in a well-ventilated room, or better - on the street. Without the presence of children. Evaporation of these fluids can be harmful to your health.
• If the resin got on the skin in a hot molten state, then probably a wound could have formed. Rinse the damaged area with water and leave it open. If the temperature rises or pain is felt, then take antipyretic, analgesic means. Blisters on the damaged area of ​​the skin may also start to form - in this case, immediately turn to the doctor.

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Coniferous resin

After returning home after walking in a coniferous forest, you can often find unpleasant reminders about it. On clothes, skin, even in hair there may be stains and frozen pieces of resin. Often this happens to children who like to play with branches, cones and hugging trees. But do not be in a hurry to despair. There are several ways to remove resin spots:

1. It is necessary to lubricate the place with a cotton swab impregnated with vegetable oil, rub it for a long time until the resin dissolves in it. Then rinse with normal soap.
2. Excellent tool to clean the resin from the hands - citric acid. To do this, take a kitchen sponge, soak it with water, top with citric acid, then use this sponge to wipe off the place stained with coniferous resin.

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How to wash the wood tar from clothes, hair?

Now consider the options, when not only the hands, but for example, the hair, were soiled with resin. Are you going to get your hair cut or throw away your clothes? Do not rush. There are proven and painless methods of removing wood tar.

Read and apply:

1. Remove the resin of this origin from clothes can be easily enough if you first put it in the freezer and then scrape it with a knife.
2. Solvent removal with solvents is also possible, but remember that they can cause irreparable damage to the fabric surface. Therefore, use them on dense tissues or - by practicing, checking the effect of gasoline or acetone on the inconspicuous part of the thing.
3. It is necessary to remove wood resin from hair only with safe materials. Peanut butter and mayonnaise are great for this. Apply a small amount on hair, wrap with cellophane and after half an hour rinse with warm running water with laundry soap.

Now you know a few methods, than to wash the resin from your hands, and not only from them, but also with hair and clothes. Feel free to start solving your problem, be careful and do not get into "sticky" places anymore!