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Yesterday afternoon I was collecting walnuts from a friends tree.. Got a good basket full and got very dirty hands doing so.
So after much washing I still have very black hands.. Ive tried normal soap and water, tried lemon juice and olive oil etc but nothing seems to shift the black stains from my hands..
Anybody got any ideas how to get back to normal white skin, short of taking sandpaper to my hands to erode a layer or two of skin?? |
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"Yesterday afternoon I was collecting walnuts from a friends tree.. Got a good basket full and got very dirty hands doing so.
So after much washing I still have very black hands.. Ive tried normal soap and water, tried lemon juice and olive oil etc but nothing seems to shift the black stains from my hands..
Anybody got any ideas how to get back to normal white skin, short of taking sandpaper to my hands to erode a layer or two of skin??"
white spirits and or vinegar |
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"Yesterday afternoon I was collecting walnuts from a friends tree.. Got a good basket full and got very dirty hands doing so.
So after much washing I still have very black hands.. Ive tried normal soap and water, tried lemon juice and olive oil etc but nothing seems to shift the black stains from my hands..
Anybody got any ideas how to get back to normal white skin, short of taking sandpaper to my hands to erode a layer or two of skin??"
Google says try toothpaste if lemon juice and salt doesn't shift it. |
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haven't tried toothpaste yet.. Wd40 just makes my hands nice and slippy.. but hasn't shifted it..
Tried vinegar too and thats not helped.. Even put my hand in some brobat, but I just found I had a few cuts on my fingers so spent the last 30 seconds screaming like a baby |
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"Are you going to roast them?
How?
Let’s get the important stuff sorted "
Ready for crimbo and to add to the odd salad or two..
Would love to know how to make walnut whips.. loved those when i was a kid |
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"haven't tried toothpaste yet.. Wd40 just makes my hands nice and slippy.. but hasn't shifted it..
Tried vinegar too and thats not helped.. Even put my hand in some brobat, but I just found I had a few cuts on my fingers so spent the last 30 seconds screaming like a baby"
Sorry, but that did make me laugh x |
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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago
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I've never picked walnuts before so I'm not understanding where this un-washable dirt/stain comes from; is it off the walnuts? Or, are they growing in a tarpit or in some sort of industrial waste? |
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Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but, the stain actually penetrates several layers of skin and is basically a temporary tattoo. I think the only option is to wear it off. |
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"Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but, the stain actually penetrates several layers of skin and is basically a temporary tattoo. I think the only option is to wear it off."
Hard graft moving rocks should do it. |
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"I've never picked walnuts before so I'm not understanding where this un-washable dirt/stain comes from; is it off the walnuts? Or, are they growing in a tarpit or in some sort of industrial waste?"
Walnuts used to be used as a skin stain. A primitive fake tan. Sorry no idea how to remove the stain. |
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"Are you going to roast them?
How?
Let’s get the important stuff sorted
He might be pickling them "
I keep reading the title of the thread as pickling instead of picking |
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"Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but, the stain actually penetrates several layers of skin and is basically a temporary tattoo. I think the only option is to wear it off.
Hard graft moving rocks should do it."
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Douse hands in petrol, light hands
Give it some time
After screaming, put hands in ice water
Boom, black mess gone... Half the skin too... But black gone
*please note post may contain bad advice or potential for an episode of jackass. |
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"Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but, the stain actually penetrates several layers of skin and is basically a temporary tattoo. I think the only option is to wear it off."
Lots of wanking then... |
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I use the walnut shells to make a traditional wood stain and if your hands are stained theres bugger all you can do to remove it..just a matter of time(normally a week or so) |
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I used to make the same mistake so always wear disposable gloves as my hands end up green. I've just picked at least 500. They are all drying nicely ready to be stored.
There is no magic way to remove the stains, you will have to wait about a week unfortunately, just keep washing with normal soap! |
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You may also find the nuts are no good when you open them too. My parents have a huge walnut tree and their crop is buggered this year because of the weather x |
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"Are you going to roast them?
How?
Let’s get the important stuff sorted
Ready for crimbo and to add to the odd salad or two..
Would love to know how to make walnut whips.. loved those when i was a kid"
You can buy the marshmallow in a jar, it's called Fluff.
It's also quite easy to make.
For the cones, keeping the chocolate at the right temperature & consistency while piping is tricky, takes a bit of practise x |
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thanks for all the advice.. seems like the wait a week or so for it to wear off is where its going..
Tried a few more things.. Acetone really doesn't help,, finds the cuts too.. Bleach I already found doesn't help neither does swimming pool chlorine, which i guess is the same..
No - no-one warned me.. and I certainly didn't know about it being used as fake tan or temp tattoo..
Worried about wanking as I don't want a black knob, well maybe I do but a bit longer would look better.. lol
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"thanks for all the advice.. seems like the wait a week or so for it to wear off is where its going..
Tried a few more things.. Acetone really doesn't help,, finds the cuts too.. Bleach I already found doesn't help neither does swimming pool chlorine, which i guess is the same..
No - no-one warned me.. and I certainly didn't know about it being used as fake tan or temp tattoo..
Worried about wanking as I don't want a black knob, well maybe I do but a bit longer would look better.. lol
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On the upside, you could sneak into
Afghanistan as a spy and no one would notice you...
Have I been reading too many 1930s spy novels? |
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"Nothing wrong with a black nob.. 
True.. But it would look a bit out of place on my white bod.. lol
Pick more walnuts, do it naked  problem solved  "
damn, I hadn't thought of that.. would have to roll around a bit,, Be like picking a pressing grapes..
Brings new meaning to extra virgin walnut oil.. lol |
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"Standard Thinner is a good stain remover.
how about using Walnut Oil?"
Did try that and still no go.. thinners is pretty much the same as acetone I think, will just make me scream like a baby when it finds all the little cuts in my hands that i've self inflicted.. |
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"Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but, the stain actually penetrates several layers of skin and is basically a temporary tattoo. I think the only option is to wear it off."
Sorry but this!! |
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"Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but, the stain actually penetrates several layers of skin and is basically a temporary tattoo. I think the only option is to wear it off.
Sorry but this!!"
I think that you were right.. it's finally starting to wear off |
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"Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but, the stain actually penetrates several layers of skin and is basically a temporary tattoo. I think the only option is to wear it off.
Sorry but this!!
I think that you were right.. it's finally starting to wear off "
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"Yesterday afternoon I was collecting walnuts from a friends tree.. Got a good basket full and got very dirty hands doing so.
So after much washing I still have very black hands.. Ive tried normal soap and water, tried lemon juice and olive oil etc but nothing seems to shift the black stains from my hands..
Anybody got any ideas how to get back to normal white skin, short of taking sandpaper to my hands to erode a layer or two of skin??"
Dip your cock in detergent then sand and wank fast  |
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"Yesterday afternoon I was collecting walnuts from a friends tree.. Got a good basket full and got very dirty hands doing so.
So after much washing I still have very black hands.. Ive tried normal soap and water, tried lemon juice and olive oil etc but nothing seems to shift the black stains from my hands..
Anybody got any ideas how to get back to normal white skin, short of taking sandpaper to my hands to erode a layer or two of skin??
Dip your cock in detergent then sand and wank fast "
Thought that's what you did for STI's lolololol |
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I think you are stuck with them for at least a few days as others have already said.
Isn't it a bit late to be pickling walnuts? I thought you did them when the shell was still soft and 'in the green'? Most around here are now hard and dropping out of the husk. |
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"I think you are stuck with them for at least a few days as others have already said.
Isn't it a bit late to be pickling walnuts? I thought you did them when the shell was still soft and 'in the green'? Most around here are now hard and dropping out of the husk. "
No, here they are still in the green husk.. It was a case of shaking the branches and then picking them off the ground.. It was later that I realised that when you de-husk them that you get the black hands.. I thought that they would just wash off afterwards but hey I know better next time.. Now however they are drying out nicely and taste fantastic.. Despite my slightly less black hands now |
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"I think you are stuck with them for at least a few days as others have already said.
Isn't it a bit late to be pickling walnuts? I thought you did them when the shell was still soft and 'in the green'? Most around here are now hard and dropping out of the husk. "
I'm picking loads right now, they are mostly out of the husks, on the ground. It's been an incredible year for them, I've picked over 100 Kg from our trees this year, that's well over 10,000 nuts !
Perfect growing conditions this year, topped off by a nice gate to bring them all down at once |
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"I think you are stuck with them for at least a few days as others have already said.
Isn't it a bit late to be pickling walnuts? I thought you did them when the shell was still soft and 'in the green'? Most around here are now hard and dropping out of the husk.
I'm picking loads right now, they are mostly out of the husks, on the ground. It's been an incredible year for them, I've picked over 100 Kg from our trees this year, that's well over 10,000 nuts !
Perfect growing conditions this year, topped off by a nice gate to bring them all down at once "
Wow .. thats loads.. I thought I was doing well with about 40kgs from my friends trees.. lol |
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