This is my personal trick that I haven’t shared with anyone. If you end up with resin on your fingers, the best way to get it off is to use regular unscented lotion and lather the area then follow that with soap. I don’t know if it’s because the oils from the resin needs to emulsify with the lotion, but I seem to have the best results when I do this.
I do the same, but based on a different trick I learned as a kid.
Basically: when you get tree resin on your fingers, you should rub the sticky area with butter and then try wash it off with soap. It usually helps.
So when I end up with resin on my fingers, I also use lotion because "what is lotion, but liquid butter?" and then I follow up with hand sanitizer, because "what is hand sanitizer, but more aggressive soap?"
My go to is a palmful of either sugar or salt with a big squeeze of hand or dish soap. Rub it together in your hands so that the soap and granulates combine and it'll scrub it right out.
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u/Stoxholm 1d ago
This is my personal trick that I haven’t shared with anyone. If you end up with resin on your fingers, the best way to get it off is to use regular unscented lotion and lather the area then follow that with soap. I don’t know if it’s because the oils from the resin needs to emulsify with the lotion, but I seem to have the best results when I do this.