On 6/23/2011 11:18 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Today at someone else house, I got a splinter in my thumb
from a wooden handle wheelbarrow. The woman there had got a
splinter, also.

I may be back in a few months, or I can contact them by
mail. I'm curious some ideas to make the handles safer.

The wheelbarrows are for moving fire wood, in front of a
store. They are outdoors all summer. This is in NY state,
USA.

I'm thinking coat of polyurethane, wrap in electrical tape,
sports tape, the wide stuff with the zigzag edges, spray
clear spray paint. Who has this knowledge? Tried and true,
please.


1. Wear gloves
2. Wood filler, sand, paint
3. Have someone with a sewing machine sew "socks" for the handle with
some canvas....can even put some ties on the "socks" so they don't slide
off. Line the socks with fleece for comfort )

It's not tried and true, and I don't have a PhD in rocket science (yet),
but if the wood was on the side of the store, one would keep it painted.