How do you dilute lanolin?

I've found 100% lanolin is very good for my hands in the cold weather. In the winter my hands get thin skinned, cut easily and they hurt more easily, but when I apply the lanolin none of that happens. I also don't get those little splits around the nails that get to be so painful, but it's almost like applying liquid Vaseline. And it's kinda sticky for a while till it finally gets absorbed in.

I'm thinking that if I can thin it down a little it would be easier to apply and would absorb quicker. Water won't do it and I'm afraid alcohol might undo some of the good effects so what's a good additive?

I figure a lot of you guys must use this stuff cause it's so good.

MEK

shotgun?

Lanolin thinner

You guys are a great help as always!!

My life would be so much more dreary without you.

Now where's the best place to buy that MEK Lanolin thinner? The drug store seems to be all out.

googles says

olive oil

aloe vera gel

.02

mineral oil

or mix it 1:1 with zinc oxide ointment

or 1.1.1 with zinc oxide ointment & mineral oil

That or just go rub sheep.

foxtrapper wrote: That or just go rub sheep.

The terms of my parole state I can't come within 100 feet of sheep anymore. Bummer!

We used that on at the track on race-horse's heels (very prone to cracking). Thinned it with mineral oil.

I have a great tip for you that I discovered while working at the newspaper. In the old days, we used to use beeswax to stick the type to the page. It works great, and you can peel stuff off to make corrections. Had the softest hands while I did that job - from constantly handling the beeswax. I still have a chunk of it, although it's not easy to find any more. Just knead it for a while, or melt some and put it on the dryest parts (knuckles).

Lesley wrote: We used that on at the track on race-horse's heels (very prone to cracking). Thinned it with mineral oil. I have a great tip for you that I discovered while working at the newspaper. In the old days, we used to use beeswax to stick the type to the page. It works great, and you can peel stuff off to make corrections. Had the softest hands while I did that job - from constantly handling the beeswax. I still have a chunk of it, although it's not easy to find any more. Just knead it for a while, or melt some and put it on the dryest parts (knuckles).

Many toilet rings are still made of bees wax. Cheap too.

akamcfly wrote:

Lesley wrote: We used that on at the track on race-horse's heels (very prone to cracking). Thinned it with mineral oil. I have a great tip for you that I discovered while working at the newspaper. In the old days, we used to use beeswax to stick the type to the page. It works great, and you can peel stuff off to make corrections. Had the softest hands while I did that job - from constantly handling the beeswax. I still have a chunk of it, although it's not easy to find any more. Just knead it for a while, or melt some and put it on the dryest parts (knuckles).

Many toilet rings are still made of bees wax. Cheap too.

Can you imagine how many bees it takes to make enough wax just so you can sit on your commode & read a GRM?

Yah really, their ears must be really small.