henfredemars,

Eczema, where your typical lotion just won’t cut it.

Maestro,
@Maestro@kbin.social avatar

I use it on my instruments. Greasing the cork connectors on my clarinet and lubricating the tuning slide on my trumpet.

Usernameblankface,

I use it kind of like WD-40 in a farm setting. It's messy, but not as messy as grease. It's effective to coat things that constantly wear and have started to rust. I also rub it on my leather boots to waterproof it for cheap.

LazaroFilm,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve seen it used on Cinema Camera filters to make funky reflections in the lens.

We were filming a dream sequence and to make the edges of the image soft and blurry, we used an optical flat (a clear filters basically a piece of clear glass that slides in front of the camera’s lens) and the DP (director of Photography, aka the Cinematographer) smeared some Vaseline over the edges of the flat, painting the blurry edges with his finger. It worked really nicely, unfortunately I can’t find the final video online to show the result.

Euraru,

Saving this for future filming thank you!

Hhffggshn,

Back in the olden days of television, a very thin film of Vaseline on the lens softened the wrinkles of anyone on air.

Euraru,

How old are we talking about? 1990’s or 1950’s?

Hhffggshn,

The olden days of the 1950s and even 1960s.

elavat0r,
@elavat0r@mander.xyz avatar

I’ve seen hairspray used on a clear filter to create a similar bloom effect!

FirstSeaLord,
@FirstSeaLord@kbin.social avatar

exzema and "slugging", ie cover feet in foot cream (or any other body part/cream type), cover that in vaseline and wear socks for a couple hours or overnight.

EtnaAtsume,

Why on earth would you do that?

Alto,
@Alto@kbin.social avatar

Eczema

EtnaAtsume,

Ohh, that makes sense. Just seems like it’d feel mad gross to put socks on over Vaselined feet?

ryathal,

Covering in Vaseline is a way to effectively seal the lotion in.

sci,

cracked skin on my soles

CookieJarObserver,
@CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works avatar

When i see to much i put it in my eyes

SpeziSuchtel,
@SpeziSuchtel@feddit.de avatar

Creating silicone dice molds for resin casting. The vaseline acts as a mold release

livus,
@livus@kbin.social avatar

IiRC that's what it was originally invented for.

Not dice specifically but casting release.

xedrak,
@xedrak@kbin.social avatar

When my siblings and I were young we would occasionally get eczema flair ups on our hands. Whenever this happened my mom would fill a sock with Vaseline and have us wear it on our hands to bed. Kinda funny.

99nights,

Did it work though?

Eczema runs hard in my family and my kids get it terribly. We’ve tried a lot of things but never thought of Vaseline.

xedrak,
@xedrak@kbin.social avatar

We had pretty mild cases, but yeah I remember it working quite well! I wouldn’t recommend it without speaking to a professional first since your kids’ cases are quite severe, but I’ve had good experiences with it.

99nights,

Yeah we’ve seen skin specialists and tried everything up until steroids.

In the summer it’s worst. I feel so sorry for my kids but we’re hoping that they grow out of it like we did. I’m 34 now and I only really get it on my hands and fingers, I can’t wear any rings because of it. I still get it mildy on my legs too and sometimes it gets bad to a point where I’m bleeding everywhere from scratching it but my hands are the worst, my skin is like old leather now and looks like it’s damaged from acid burns.

ArugulaZ,
@ArugulaZ@kbin.social avatar

Yes. And I'll take no further questions on the subject.

bluGill,

When I have a squeaky hinge I put some petroleum jelly on the pin and the problem is cured.

ANuStart,

I play chess with it

vaseline,

Masturbate

hamsteronvase,

Try Astroglide

vanderbilt,
@vanderbilt@kbin.social avatar

Does that not hurt? Vaseline seems like it would be way too gummy and thick?

vaseline,

Feels better than bare skin

KalabiYau,
@KalabiYau@lemmy.world avatar

ow?

OrkneyKomodo,
@OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

TBH, it’s not that great for lips. Try Carmex.

Fondots,

Back in my marching band days, we swore by blistex DCT as our lip balm of choice.

Take it from the people who spend all summer out in the sun preparing to press pieces of metal up to our lips in sometimes freezing weather.

Belgdore,

Carmex burns like fire

Crankpork,

It’s good to put around your eyebrows when you’re tinting them, so you don’t stain the skin or any invisible hair.

Also good for putting on nail polish, for similar reasons.

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