Oil of Tartar

I posted a query about oil of tartar a couple of years ago and received some strong advisories against its use from chemistry knowledgeable listers. It is basically hydrated potassium carbonate, and extremely caustic. The pure salt left in open air is hydrophillic enough to absorb

Re: Oil of Tartar

[EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I, too, have a problem with cyclically recurring hardened skin on my fingertips, and I thought oil of tartar might do the trick. I spoke to a local pharmacist about it, and he referred to a 19th c. pharmacopeia to see how to make it. When he saw