UPSB v3
Hand Care / Washing Hands
Cold vs. Hot
-
Date: Mon, Dec 3 2007 04:35:46
I'm just wondering: Is it just me, or is it way easier to spin after washing your hands with cold water as apposed to washing your hands with warm/hot water? For some reason I find that the pen always slips out of my hand much more after I wash my hands with warm/hot water.
-
Date: Mon, Dec 3 2007 04:45:33
Ugh, for me i spin better when i wash my hands with any water. Plus putting chapstick in between your fingers is best
-
Date: Mon, Dec 3 2007 17:13:21
Interesting! Didn't know that washing of hands with different kind of water affects pen spinning.
I only know that lotion affects the gripping of your pen so far.
*noted -
Date: Mon, Dec 3 2007 23:51:36
Washing my hands makes me spin like somones grandma, putting a little gluestick helps sometimes...
-
Date: Tue, Dec 4 2007 01:37:33
Cold water dries you hands out more and closes the pores in your hands.
Hot water opens your pores and makes you hand clammy and sticky.
Personally I was my hands as little as possible when I don't need to because I get very dry hands/skin. I also avoid soap the majority of the time. God gave ya an immune system for a reason. -
Date: Tue, Dec 4 2007 01:42:22
I find washing my hands in lukewarm water is best, but barring that, just running them under cold water and drying them well seems to work too. I also like it when my hands are just a little clammy because it gives me good grip. Lately I seem to have bad friction and it sucks.
-
Date: Tue, Dec 4 2007 01:58:39
Avoiding dryness in my skin is my main motivation for doing anything as far as washing or lotion.
Gotta have some sort of grip with my hands, or my spinning goes to hell.
I find it works well to just spit all over your fingers and wipe it off... but that's just me.
Learned that from rolling up j... umm... cigarettes when my fingers would slip. -
Date: Tue, Dec 4 2007 03:06:55
Yeah, I mean I'm not washing my hands every time I spin to make my spinning better
. I always feel washing hands at all makes it worse; I just mean whenever I end up washing my hands for whatever reason, I normally end up psing afterwards anyway. -
Date: Tue, Dec 4 2007 12:09:23
washing your hands usually only works if you use a little bit of water (hence not really "washing them ) and I only like that grippiness on bare plastic like rsvp mx..
-
Date: Wed, Dec 5 2007 01:51:12
I full out wash, like as in using Soap. i fell that if my hands are dirty, my tricks are off.
-
Date: Thu, Mar 27 2008 16:56:02
once i wash my hand, it gets stuck all the time...it's like my fingers can't move anymore
-
Date: Sun, Apr 6 2008 14:39:27
I don't like washing my hands. When I wash it, hands are very dry and pen slide from my fingers.
-
Date: Sun, Apr 6 2008 16:10:49
i find it the other way around.
When i wash with cold my hand becomes stiff and the pen sticks easily to my fingers
When i wash with hot my hand becomes smooth and it's easier to spin
Also washing with warm water is healthier for your hands in general
-
Date: Sun, Apr 6 2008 16:48:12QUOTE (TeddyTemptation @ Apr 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i find it the other way around.
When i wash with cold my hand becomes stiff and the pen sticks easily to my fingers
When i wash with hot my hand becomes smooth and it's easier to spin
Also washing with warm water is healthier for your hands in general
I find this works for me as well. Especialy if one is outside in very cold weather for an extended period of time. -
Date: Sun, Apr 6 2008 18:05:10
I like warm water the best just because cold water makes my hands feel clamy while warm water makes them feel warmed up and smoother.
-
Date: Sun, Apr 6 2008 19:09:45
i like washing my hands
im pretty crazy about it, but anyway i like my hands clean and the hand functions better when its warm
man, you dont know hows its like to play ssbm with your hands cold too -
Date: Sat, Apr 12 2008 05:58:43QUOTE (servantofGod @ Apr 6 2008, 11:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I find this works for me as well. Especialy if one is outside in very cold weather for an extended period of time.
yeah, mostly 'ere in Minnesota we have cold weather, i've only been spinning since september so i don't know what spinning in warm weather is like.
It might be different then... -
Date: Sat, Apr 12 2008 12:32:58
i dont like hand washing,cause i have something like "dehydrate" feeling....i prefer cold
but i learnt how to keep my right hand dry when i have shower
-
Date: Sat, Apr 12 2008 19:29:29
haha. I find that just washing hand with hand soap before spinning makes it easier for me to do infinity-based tricks on the grips of my pens.
-
Date: Sun, Apr 13 2008 21:24:56
i only wash my hand on rsvp kinda bodies cause they always slip out of my hand... still practicing it without washing my hand but yea...
-
Date: Sun, Apr 13 2008 21:50:24
I tried doing infinities after washing my hand and without grips... the pen flew across the room and hit my mom
I think no water would be better for me
-
Date: Sun, Apr 13 2008 21:51:55
it kinda works like this
hands kinda wet -> grippy
hands dirty -> grippy
hands clean -> smooth
the truth is i think its better having it smooth because if its not it limits your speed and smoothness -
Date: Mon, Apr 14 2008 03:20:46
i not really like washed hands for spinning, all the oil from your hand is virtually gone, giving you no grip
-
Date: Tue, May 20 2008 09:32:52
i didn't know why everytime i wash my hand under the tap water,and when i dry them up..i went back to pen spinning and when i tried to combo,the pen always stick onto my hand!! zzz...so i dont think washing hands is a good idea
-
Date: Tue, May 20 2008 12:39:33
only wash my hand when when they are tooooo sticky
and never add chemicals to my hands to improve spinning -
Date: Tue, May 20 2008 16:17:36
I wash my hands often to keep oils from accumulating too much on my hands. The oils make it difficult to spin, and also can compromise some parts of the pen, specifically the grips.
I always use warm water, but the key is to use a soap with moisturizer so as not to make your hands too dry. Then, I always make sure not to rub too aggressively while drying my hands, because that can mess up the skin. Afterwards, I wait a few moments for all the moistness to evaporate from my hands, and then my hands are in perfect condition for spinning, health, and life in general. -
Date: Wed, May 21 2008 15:02:45
If you have issues with pens slipping around due to dry hands, i really highly reccomend trying out the BICtory SF mod that i wrote. This pen is great for this. It has a soft feel tube that grips your hands but doesnt cause so much friction that it is difficult to spin, infact i think it makes spinning a lot easier. This is the only pen that i have found to be perfect in size and weight for me.
Its great for infinities, shadows, thumbspins, fingerless tricks have never been easier. I highly reccomend it. I still havent gotten a response from anyone that has actually tried it out. Give it a whirl! -
Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 03:21:39
hot water helps but you have to dry ur whole hand off. spit sounds gross but if you like your hand you have a better grip. cold water just makes my hand all slippery
-
Date: Wed, Jul 16 2008 23:10:25
Since my basement is so cold if you spend a lot of time down there than your hands will be cold. So washing with some lukewarm water is better as it balances it out. Washing it with some lukewarm water without soap for a quick few seconds does the trick for me.