In a week and a half it will be the longest day of the year up here in the northern hemisphere so the sun will be at its most intense.
Anyway, today I knew I’d be in the sun so like everyone warns I dutifully applied sunscreen to exposed skin. It was that Waterbabies SPF45. By the time I was working up a sweat in the 90 degree heat, that stuff got in my eyes. It was unbelievably painful. I couldn’t see for about twenty minutes. I can’t imagine if that got in a baby’s eyes.
What, if anything, do you all use for sunscreen? Is it compatible with normal vision if any accidentally gets in your eyes?
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if i use it its bull frog stick on my face (remember your ears) and the spray on stuff elsewhere.
A wide brimmed hat and long sleeves.
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You need CopperTone Sport SPF50 in the blue bottle that stands vertically on its cap.
This is the only thing that I can apply in the morning that lasts all day out in the sun in the high Nevada desert at ~110 deg F. I've seen many people try many different things and I've not seen anything last like the Coppertone.
Then a wide brimmed hat for sure.
Daniel Neumansky
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I'm kinda like Piffin, but I use deciduous trees. Large ones.
PAHS works. Bury it.
I'll second the Madman, Coppertone sport spf 50
7 months in Iraq, used it everyday, never a sunburn even after sweating all day, and I'm Irish.
Chuck
You know I heard a story that a bunch of Army types had a pow-wow with the Burning Man higher ups on how to survive in the heat. How to build sensible shade structures that can be dismantled and used again-that sort of thing. Don't know if its true but it does make some sense. Nearly identical enviroments between Burning Man and Iraq.
Daniel Neumansky
Restoring our second Victorian home this time in Alamdea CA. Check out the blog http://www.chezneumansky.blogspot.com/
Oakland CA
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Banana Boat "Sport" SPF 30. Been using it for over ten years. Never let me down yet. Apply once it the morning and I'm good to go all day......provided I don't purposely wash it off. Seems unaffected by sweating.
Without any sunscreen, I'm burned in relatively short order. That started about 20 years ago. Never had a problem before that.
I wear it in the winter too on exposed skin.
Is it really the most solar intense day of the year?
I've heard the slightly out of phase orbit takes us further away from the sun during summer?
Is it really the most solar intense day of the year? I've heard the slightly out of phase orbit takes us further away from the sun during summer?
Now you got me. I just figured the sun was most directly overhead on June 21st. We need a real astronomer to set us right.
Google on "Earth Orbit". I found this:
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/6h.html
Apparently we are closest to the sun in early January, farthest in early July, and the difference is almost 3 million miles. However, the 23.5 degree tilt of our rotation axis, relative to the plane of our orbit around the sun, means that in mid-December the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, so that the solar energy is spread over more surface area.
NoAd.
I use 8 for a day ... then when I remember 6 or 4.
the kids use 15 applied a coupla times a day.
anything more than 15 is too many chemicals.
if U need 45 - 50 ... stay in bed.
under the covers.
both my Mom's skin cancer Dr and my Kids Dr say not to use anything over 15.
Mom is to dab 40-45-50 or what very on her "spots" ... aside from that ...
wear a shirt or reapply the 15.
me .. I'm more of a "burn it in" guy.
learned that from Dad.
he was always burnt to a crisp. Mom always hated the sun.
always covered up ... always under the beach umbrella.
she's got skin cancer ... he's fine.
go figure.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
My dermatologist recommended Neutrogena with helioplex. You can get it in a spray or lotion. Still stings alittle when you get it in the eyews, but not as bad as some. The helioplex technology supposedly makes it last longer.
"No AD-50" in the orange bottle. Wear a hat if you want to keep yer ears.
You shouldn't be putting it on above your eyes. Wear a hat.
After reading about this hat http://www.coolibar.com/02524.html here on BT a few weeks ago, I ordered one and have been wearing it.
It's well made from top quality, highly UV rated cloth which wicks sweat. It's very comfortable, and is easily adjustable for size and tension.
The bill is longer and wider than the usual ball cap, keeping the sun completely off my face at higher angles.
The drape is a nice feature, covering the ears and neck. It's lightweight material is comfortable too, wicking sweat away while keeping the back of my neck cool.
Edit: Like smlaw, my dermotologist recommends Neutrogena sunscreen.
Edited 6/12/2008 5:01 am by Hudson Valley Carpenter