A side benefit of having a family member with #t1d is that I've learned how to remove #Christmas tree sap from my hands.
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A side benefit of having a family member with #t1d is that I've learned how to remove #Christmas tree sap from my hands.
Diabetic devices like blood sugar monitoring and insulin pumps are attached to the skin with sticky bandages. The sticky adhesives on these are made of refined balsam sap, which is usually non-reactive to skin. Always unsticking these and getting adhesive on my hands.
First cooking oil, then liquid hand soap. Scrub. Then rinse. Sticky is gone.
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@johnefrancis Adhesive remover swabs are a godsend for stuff like that too
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@TWDickson yes, we use those to get the patches unstuck. I always end up with Skin-Tac on my hands applying it for new patches. A few grams of oil & soap is cheaper and less garbage than opening a remover pad just to clean my fingers. The remover pads have some alcohol and other solvents, I should try and make up a batch of homemade remover juice.
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the sap product in SkinTac is partially-hydrogenated rosin, dissolved in solvents. Not usually from Balsam Fir specifically, but not much different from the sap of most Christmas trees. The bottoms of distilling pine resins.
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alternative method: liberally splash hands in a sinkful of ether. Wake up on floor during explosion. Hands are clean though.
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@johnefrancis I was going for acetone.
I rarely use it, but when I need something to be really really clean or there's some stubborn goo, out it comes. And my "out" I mean outside if at all possible.
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@alan @johnefrancis I'm going to point out this allegory has taken over 2 hours...
Just how much scrubbing are we talking?
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@johnefrancis I had some tree sap on my hands and used some hand sanitizer, it worked surprisingly well. May need more testing to determine if it was a fluke.
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@Binks hand sanitizer is full of alcohol, works pretty good on sap.
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@johnefrancis The hands may even still be attached!
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@johnefrancis nice tip!; I’ll pass it to others I know who don’t have a fake tree like I do;
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@idoclosecuts fake tree manufactures should embed blisters of uncured plastic resins for an authentic experience.
