Hi All, Edward here.
Serendipity! Arrived in Florida and decided to have a hot soak after a long drive. Within about 5 minutes, in the water, I was waterproof once again. Two days later tried another soak and was waterproof and sticky.
Since I cannot do much with the water system - it is Orlando city water - I decided to try the peroxide in a bath of water. I am limited in time to experiment so ran a bath of nothing but hot water and added 1 cup of peroxide. Still was sticky and waterproof - maybe a little less sticky but too little diference to be definitive. Added another cup of peroxide and continued the soak. I guess I will see if being a blonde is more fun! Just kidding, there were no side-effects during or after with the peroxide.
The result was disappointing. No real difference after scrubbing. Still sticky and waterproof. My first tries at home with different soaps made no difference to waterproof or sticky however I soaped down with some shampoo supplied by the resort. Both sticky and waterproof disappeared!
Now I have two variables - the peroxide and the shampoo. Is it possible that particular shampoo was better than all the different ones I tried at home or did the peroxide fix the water and allow the shampoo to remove the 'wax like' covering on the skin?
I only have on shot left before we leave this resort and are out of the Orlando area. So I will try a soak to see if the waterproof returns and then use the same shampoo to see if it will fix the problem. If it doesn't then add peroxide and then see if the shampoo can correct the waterproof problem. Wish me luck.
Remember that it is not the Orlando water that is the culprit. More likely the hot water tank in the condo - each one has its own. When I ran just hot water in the bath I could put my hand in for a couple of seconds before having to withdraw it. So the heater may be at the 125 degree critical temperature. causes sticky but not smell. Often one gets the rotten egg smell in Florida water systems for what ever reason.
Stay tuned, I will report the results on the weekend.
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Hi All, Edward here.
Serendipity! Arrived in Florida and decided to have a hot soak after a long drive. Within about 5 minutes, in the water, I was waterproof once again. Two days later tried another soak and was waterproof and sticky.
Since I cannot do much with the water system - it is Orlando city water - I decided to try the peroxide in a bath of water. I am limited in time to experiment so ran a bath of nothing but hot water and added 1 cup of peroxide. Still was sticky and waterproof - maybe a little less sticky but too little diference to be definitive. Added another cup of peroxide and continued the soak. I guess I will see if being a blonde is more fun! Just kidding, there were no side-effects during or after with the peroxide.
The result was disappointing. No real difference after scrubbing. Still sticky and waterproof. My first tries at home with different soaps made no difference to waterproof or sticky however I soaped down with some shampoo supplied by the resort. Both sticky and waterproof disappeared!
Now I have two variables - the peroxide and the shampoo. Is it possible that particular shampoo was better than all the different ones I tried at home or did the peroxide fix the water and allow the shampoo to remove the 'wax like' covering on the skin?
I only have on shot left before we leave this resort and are out of the Orlando area. So I will try a soak to see if the waterproof returns and then use the same shampoo to see if it will fix the problem. If it doesn't then add peroxide and then see if the shampoo can correct the waterproof problem. Wish me luck.
Remember that it is not the Orlando water that is the culprit. More likely the hot water tank in the condo - each one has its own. When I ran just hot water in the bath I could put my hand in for a couple of seconds before having to withdraw it. So the heater may be at the 125 degree critical temperature. causes sticky but not smell. Often one gets the rotten egg smell in Florida water systems for what ever reason.
Stay tuned, I will report the results on the weekend.
Edward.
January 12, 2012 - 4:13pmThis Comment
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