A very big nuisance – collecting and peeling walnuts, you run the risk of getting your hands dirty for a long, long time. We have selected for you the best tips to help you wash your hands from nuts right at home.
Everyone wants to taste fresh, just from the tree, walnuts. But if in childhood we don’t even think about washing our hands right there in order to preserve their skin and manicure, then as adults, we are no longer so happy about the summer treat straight from the tree.
Of course, you can simply not leave the house until everything has passed, or you can quickly and easily wash your hands of nuts.
A few nuances:
- You need to start cleaning your hands immediately after you finish cleaning nuts.
- You can use a prophylactic so as not to fight stains: just put on rubber gloves before cleaning.
- Be sure to stock up on a scrub or pumice before cleaning.
- You won’t be able to completely wash your hands, but you can get rid of stains as much as possible.
Cleansers are best used sparingly, without much enthusiasm. The best thing is to just wait a bit. But if you need it urgently, try the following methods.
How to wash your hands of nuts at home
At home, you can use several easy and fairly quick ways to clean your hands. The question is how much you hurt the skin of your hands.
Natural remedies:
- Lemon juice. Cut a fresh lemon and rub the cuts on the stains, and then make a lemon hand bath. Of course, the spots will not come off immediately, but they will become much more transparent, they will come off faster. Repeat these steps until the stains are gone.
- Handwash. If immediately after cleaning the nuts, you start washing and wash it intensively with your hands, with a lot of detergents. It is best to start immediately, without waiting for the hands to turn brown.
- Potatoes. Starch, reacting with iodine from the peel of nuts, discolors it and the stains disappear. In order to wash your hands of nuts in this way, grate starchy potatoes on a fine grater and hold your hands in the gruel. Start scrubbing with a stiff brush and soon the stains will recede. It works only with fresh stains, but, unfortunately, it will not completely discolor the stains. The method is non-aggressive and suitable for allergy sufferers.
- Unripe grapes. If you have green grapes that have not yet ripened, then squeeze the juice from it and dip your hands for a few minutes in the resulting slurry. The acid found in grape juice acts as a gentle exfoliator and also helps remove nut stains.
- Peeling or scrub. First, steam your hands in hot water until they are wrinkled at the fingertips, and then scoop sea salt and some baking soda into your palms. Start rubbing and three until the stains begin to fade. So you will not only wash your hands of nuts, but also exfoliate dead skin. At the end of the procedure, be sure to smear your hands with a moisturizer – salt can dry them out a lot.
Strong means:
- Hydrogen peroxide. It will work productively only on fresh stains from the nut peel. If your hands aren’t brown yet, wipe them with peroxide, without rubbing too hard.
- Ammonium chloride. If brown spots appear on your hands, you can get rid of them with ammonia. Soak a cotton pad in the product and wipe the stains: first with light movements, and then three. Do it on the balcony or by an open window so you don’t get a headache.
- Stain removers. This is an extreme case, if you really need to have clean hands. This method can cause an allergic reaction, irritation, or severe drying of the skin.
- Bleach. “Whiteness”, “Vanish” and all other bleaches, and even oxygen ones. This is the most effective way, but at the same time the most harmful, because the delicate skin of the handles can get a chemical burn. Allergies can also start, so use this method only if you urgently need to wash your hands of nuts.
Do you have your own life hacks to clean your hands from a nut? Tell us!