greasy finger marks!!!!

[markus]

i always seem to get finger marks on my work piece no matter how hard i try to avoid it. as you know you can not sand it out,and it shows through the finish. what can be done to remove these marks????

 

[Mr T]

If it really is greasy finger marks, stop eating fish and chips in the workshop or get a water stone instead of an oil stone!

However, I used to have a collegue who had problems with acidic sweat. He used to leave grey/blak finger marks on the wood, especially if it had a high tannin content. It was so bad that his tools had rusty finger marks on them.

I also have a student who is a farrier, he has had problems with his timber getting darker as the project progressed, caused by ingrained dirt in his hands (much of it ferrous) getting onto the timber.

The only solutions I can suggest is a thorough hand was before starting work and application of a barrier cream.

 

[joiner_sim]

wear the thin surgical gloves you can get for administering first aid and that sort of thing they are throw away and don't make ur hands sweat.

 

[Chris Knight]

When getting to the end of a carving, I use white cotton gloves from Boots. They work very well.

 

[OPJ]

Yeah, I bought a box of 100 (50 pairs) cheap, throwaway gloves from Screwfix for less than a tenner. The gloves themselves aren't the best quality but the box has lasted over two-years now.