My kid asked why my hands are always rough now

I was helping with a school project about jobs, and my daughter just looked at my palms and said they felt like sandpaper. She asked if it hurt to work with hot metal all day. I told her it's just part of the job, but her question stuck with me. Made me realize I never really think about the wear and tear anymore. Do you guys use anything specific to help with cracked skin from the heat and sand?

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palmer.val6mo ago

Yeah, that got me thinking. When your kid points it out, it hits different, right? You just tune out the soreness after a while. What kind of work are you doing exactly? Like, are you forging, or is it more grinding and finishing? The type of heat and grit really changes what helps.

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elizabeth_martin6mo ago

Totally, you tune it out until someone says something. Palmer.val, you're right that the type of grit changes everything. Forging heat is a whole different beast than grinding dust.

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haydensanchez5mo ago

Man, that reminds me of when my nephew asked why my jeans always had holes in the knees!

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