Rips

[bogwoppit]

MIne wear cotton socks, but the handybalm they put on is very thick and goopy (like medicated grease really), so it stays on the rip and the socks don't stick.

Try a pumice stone instead of a nail file, careful that you don't shave off too much though! Ouch!

[Laura]

[quote=I-Heart-Beam;12503]This is an incredibly stupid question I know but it is fully driving me up the wall... what material do the socks have to be? Mines are cotton (I think) but they stick to the rip and peeling it off in the morning is incredibly painful and pointless as it rips off the skin that has grown back overnight . [quote=I-Heart-Beam;12503]

I wrap my hand in gladwrap / clingwrap and that works really well. Keeps it nice and moist underneath!

[I-Heart-Beam]

[quote=Laura;12539][quote=I-Heart-Beam;12503]This is an incredibly stupid question I know but it is fully driving me up the wall... what material do the socks have to be? Mines are cotton (I think) but they stick to the rip and peeling it off in the morning is incredibly painful and pointless as it rips off the skin that has grown back overnight .

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Originally Posted by I-Heart-Beam I wrap my hand in gladwrap / clingwrap and that works really well. Keeps it nice and moist underneath!

thanks a lot!

[coachmike]

I believe all these are good ways to prevent rips. When you already have a rip New Skin really helps take the pain away, protects the rip from reripping and you still have a good grip on the bars. Sometimes using tape can make it difficult to hold on the to the bars.