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From: Periproct on 3 Jul 2010 18:30 "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:q9EXn.131873$Yb4.9354(a)hurricane... > Rob wrote: >> On 02/07/2010 21:38, Periproct wrote: >>> >>> >>> "Rob" <ngonly(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:4c2e202f$0$17805$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>> On 30/06/2010 09:18, Andrew Morton wrote: >>>>> Periproct wrote: >>>>>> Hope this isn't too off topic. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not sure if I'm turning into a snail but in this weather my >>>>>> steering wheel gets horribly sticky. >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't suppose you can help me with my metamorphosing into a >>>>>> snail problem but does anybody have a good steering wheel >>>>>> cleaning method. Flash liquid seems to leave it just as sticky as >>>>>> before. >>>>> >>>>> Using a dish cloth (now relegated to floor cloth) with a bowl of >>>>> water with >>>>> washing up liquid and keep going until all the gunge is off the >>>>> wheel worked >>>>> for me. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I find microfibre cloths good for this type of thing, wet with a >>>> weak detergent solution. I only get them when they're on some type >>>> of offer. Have a cupboard full now ;-) >>>> >>> Ah, a use for that useless microfibre bath towel that I thought was a >>> good idea at the time. >>> If I dig out the sowing machine I'll get a fair few cleaning cloths >>> out of the towel. >> >> Microfibre bath towel - sounds like a bizarre idea. The microfibre >> cloths seem to have a benign abrasive action on all surfaces I've >> tried. They'll cut trhough grease, for example, without the need for >> detergent - but that makes them very difficult to clean. Hadn't >> occurred to me to try drying skin with one . . . >> >> Rob > > one thing to avoid is using fabric softener/conditioner when they get > washed, it spoils the pick up action. I remember when fabric conditioner first appeared a long time ago. A consumer program washed one towel with and one towel without fabric conditioner and then poured water on them. On the one washed with fabric conditioner the water 'balled up' and sat on the surface. Can't think of the name of the program but the one with Esther Rantzen which specialised in strange shaped vegetables.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 3 Jul 2010 21:05 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Periproct" <Periproct(a)btinternet.com> saying something like: >Can't think of the name of the program but the one with Esther Rantzen which >specialised in strange shaped vegetables. That's Life.
From: Mrcheerful on 4 Jul 2010 03:46 Duncan Wood wrote: > On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:16:56 +0100, Periproct > <Periproct(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >> >> >> "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:78EXn.131770$Yb4.129144(a)hurricane... >>> Periproct wrote: >>>> "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:HdjXn.111369$aS3.55506(a)hurricane... >>>>> John wrote: >>>>>> "Periproct" <Periproct(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:7budnarcZ93jk7bRnZ2dnUVZ8qCdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Andrew Morton" <akm(a)in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:890cvsFi6gU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>>>> Periproct wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hope this isn't too off topic. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm not sure if I'm turning into a snail but in this weather >>>>>>>>> my steering wheel gets horribly sticky. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I don't suppose you can help me with my metamorphosing into a >>>>>>>>> snail problem but does anybody have a good steering wheel >>>>>>>>> cleaning method. Flash liquid seems to leave it just as sticky >>>>>>>>> as before. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Using a dish cloth (now relegated to floor cloth) with a bowl >>>>>>>> of water with washing up liquid and keep going until all the >>>>>>>> gunge is off the wheel worked for me. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks to both for your replies. I'll go for the washing up >>>>>>> liquid first. >>>>>> >>>>>> ....and don't drive with dirty hands. >>>>> >>>>> what comes off is a mix of skin, sweat and dirt, bit hard to avoid >>>>> unless you wear gloves :) >>>> I do seem to get rather sticky hands in this weather. Not pleasant >>>> for my poor customers when I shake hands. Maybe it's my hands that >>>> need the attention. >>> >>> perhaps you suffer from hyperhidrosis? There are treatments >>> available, but often problemmatic. >> I had wondered if it was just normal hot weather stickiness or >> something more. You've given me a name to google. Thanks for that. >> First glance it seems to be about people who sweat large amounts >> which I don't but I'll have a proper look tomorrow. >> >>> > > In which case you've not got it :-) sticky hands would usually mean they sweat a lot. Hyperhidrosis does not mean that you sweat everywhere a lot, it can be confined to just one area, such as the palms.
From: Periproct on 4 Jul 2010 04:06
"Duncan Wood" <nntpnews(a)dmx512.co.uk> wrote in message news:op.vfagb2s1haghkf(a)lucy.cable.virginmedia.net... > On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:16:56 +0100, Periproct <Periproct(a)btinternet.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:78EXn.131770$Yb4.129144(a)hurricane... >>> Periproct wrote: >>>> "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:HdjXn.111369$aS3.55506(a)hurricane... >>>>> John wrote: >>>>>> "Periproct" <Periproct(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:7budnarcZ93jk7bRnZ2dnUVZ8qCdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Andrew Morton" <akm(a)in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:890cvsFi6gU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>>>> Periproct wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hope this isn't too off topic. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm not sure if I'm turning into a snail but in this weather my >>>>>>>>> steering wheel gets horribly sticky. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I don't suppose you can help me with my metamorphosing into a >>>>>>>>> snail problem but does anybody have a good steering wheel >>>>>>>>> cleaning method. Flash liquid seems to leave it just as sticky >>>>>>>>> as before. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Using a dish cloth (now relegated to floor cloth) with a bowl of >>>>>>>> water with washing up liquid and keep going until all the gunge is >>>>>>>> off the wheel worked for me. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks to both for your replies. I'll go for the washing up liquid >>>>>>> first. >>>>>> >>>>>> ....and don't drive with dirty hands. >>>>> >>>>> what comes off is a mix of skin, sweat and dirt, bit hard to avoid >>>>> unless you wear gloves :) >>>> I do seem to get rather sticky hands in this weather. Not pleasant >>>> for my poor customers when I shake hands. Maybe it's my hands that >>>> need the attention. >>> >>> perhaps you suffer from hyperhidrosis? There are treatments available, >>> but often problemmatic. >> I had wondered if it was just normal hot weather stickiness or something >> more. You've given me a name to google. Thanks for that. First glance it >> seems to be about people who sweat large amounts which I don't but I'll >> have a proper look tomorrow. >> >>> > > In which case you've not got it :-) So I'm just an unpleasantly sticky person. Roll on autumn .. |