Floral Design Can Be A Messy Business

WD-40 Is My Answer To Removing Glue & Paint

The beauty of choosing floral design as a career is that we get to make such beautiful works of art out of flowers and other botanicals. But behind the scenes, it’s a very messy job!

We work alot with wet foliages, pollen, mosses, sticks and all types of botanical products that are just by nature dirty during the process. And then, of course, you have to add in all of the variety of glues that we use, sealers, enhancers and paints to make our products prettier and to ensure they last as long as possible. At the end of the day the florist industry is a very messy business.

I often laugh because you’d think that a since a floral designer works with nothing but pretty flowers and exotic plants all day that their work environment would be so clean and perfect. And yet, when we go home our clothes and hands are sometimes dirtier than those of a mechanic!

Great for Cleaning Floral Paint and Glue from your Hands!

I work a lot with a variety of glues: Oasis cold adhesive glue, Oasis hot pan glue, hot glue, spray glue as well as a variety of floral paints and tints. And they all leave a mess on your hands, under your fingernails and on your work tables.

Over the years of working in the floral industry I have seen and used a variety of different items to clean these items from your hands, but the one product that I have found that works the best for me is WD-40. Yes, you heard it right…WD-40. I just spray some of the WD-40 directly on my hands and massage the oil into my hands for a few seconds and then remove with a paper towel. The WD-40 makes the glue roll off of my hands. It also works the same on my work table.

I never like to recommend any products that uses alcohol or that are abrasive cleaners, but WD-40 not only removes the glue, but leaves my hands feeling moisturized. So, while I will not recommend this product for you, I will say that it works great for me!

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