{"id":3786,"date":"2020-10-30T11:17:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T11:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2022-05-14T19:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T18:42:24","slug":"cleaning-hard-skin-on-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/cleaning-hard-skin-on-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning hard skin on feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best things about being a male, is we think out of the box, and sometimes we&#8217;re just downright lazy so will use whatever is at hand.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve worked in Warehousing for 10 years with steep toe caps and tough shoes. So over time I developed hard calluses on my feet from walking\/wearing them<\/p>\n<p>Found the solution that doesn&#8217;t involve Listerine<\/p>\n<p>The Man file! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re ever looking for a good file to remove hard skin (or even superglue on fingers), keep a good Metal File handy. I had plenty of metal files lying around that I never use, so kept one aside just for random shit in the house.<\/p>\n<p>The set I own is this one from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.machinemart.co.uk\/p\/cht128-11-pce-metal-file-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Machine Mart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The actual file is the 5th one from the left.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then just simply scrape away gently, within a few minutes your fingers\/feet will be soft to the touch again<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ta da!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best things about being a male, is we think out of the box, and sometimes we&#8217;re just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[170,1216,1215,1213,1214,1217],"class_list":["post-3786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","tag-diy","tag-keeping-feet-smooth-and-soft","tag-maintenance-like-a-man","tag-man-care","tag-man-maintenance","tag-metal-file-for-feet"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I needed a solution to cleaning hard skin on feet. 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