Expanding foam warning.

Hello all, today I was using a can of expanding foam to seal the shed window frame as it is in poor condition and I forgot to wear gloves, that foam sticks to the skin harder than glue and trying to pick it off is dangerous as it literally takes the flesh with it.

I managed to remove some of it with white spirit, but the rest is to stubborn so I shall just have to let it wear off naturally.

So the moral of this tale is wear gloves.

 

@JEFF JOHNSON So sorry to hear of your plight Jeff. Good advice. It’s a while since I’ve used the stuff and would surely have remembered that outcome if it had happened to me. I recall that a pair of latex gloves were included in the pack, so I very probably used them.

John

 

Hello John, I'm normally very careful, but today I made a daft mistake and now I have to put up with the consequences of that mistake, such is life, Jeff.

 

Hi!
Try clean with acetone or thinner

 

Thinner should work as long as you don’t have real sensitive skin...

 

@JEFF JOHNSON

I think all carpenters have tried it.
But just calm down.
By the way, nothing can adhere for a long time to living skin, so don't worry - in 2-3 days everything is gone again.

Tom

 

Thanks for the comments fellow lampers.