Cleaning up after making pottery : Tricks of the trade

Sorry this was a little hard to do with clay covered hands and a camera ... I hope this is useful even with all the camera mistakes .You can use almost any inexpensive hand cream mixed with either vegetable or evan corn oil . Mostly I do 1 third oil to 2 thirds hand cream . All the best Guy

[@eddiespottery8439]

Thanks Guy for the info about the oil. I use alot of water and hand cream to wash up with. eddie.

[@muddymike]

Thanks guy, the oil picking up clay particles off the hands and arms reminds me of using honing oil on a whetstone

[@neillconnor]

Wish I’d known about that stuff when I used to do road gritting. My hands were wrecked. Dried out so bad, every joint had deep painful cracks . Used to sleep at night with Vaseline’d hands in disposable gloves

[@EverythingIsPhysics]

i'm definitely going to try that lotion+oil trick, thanks!

[@theharveyhubbell]

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[@pottersjournal]

So much of it goes unseen like cleaning up. I've not heard the 1/3 veg oil to hand cream. Thinking olive oil should be good too. I've always used olive oil soap because of it's benefits to the skin. Always thanks for the prospective from a big ware turner.

[@freddiemoretti8456]

Guy,
Jeff Kohut from The Potter's Journal let me know today that you were back doing pottery videos..cheers x 3.
As my skin just this year has indicated it needs a little care this is very timely and I appreciate the advice. I am looking forward to watching the rest of your new videos and hope more will be coming.
Stay safe, be well and enjoy.