HARD REPAIR — Seals Deep Cracks Without The Sting
If Tape And Superglue Are Your Hand-Repair Kit, Read This First.
Nearly every trade hand ends up the same way — fingers taped over, cracks glued shut just to grip a tool through the shift. It gets you to knock-off, but the split's still there in the morning. HARD REPAIR is the waterless balm that actually seals the crack and lets it close: absorbs in 30 seconds, doesn't sting on open cracks, and stays on through ten hand-washes.
- Absorbs in 30 seconds — no greasy film on your tools
- Doesn't sting on open, splitting cracks
- Stays on through ten hand-washes
- 100-day money-back guarantee
Nothing else could fix these hands
"Thumbs used to split every winter and catch on everything. Three nights of this and they'd closed. First thing that's actually worked."
"Doesn't sting when you put it on, that's the difference. Every other cream burned. This one just seals it and gets on with it."
"Doesn't come off on the tools like the greasy stuff. Put it on at night, still there in the morning after washing up."
What five nights looks like
Bricklayer, 34 yrs on the tools. Deep splits across both knuckles.
Heating engineer. Thumb tip that split and bled every wash.
Individual results vary. Photos from customer submissions.
Four layers that close the split — and stay on
Ordinary hand cream is mostly water. It flashes off in minutes and rubs onto the first thing you touch. HARD REPAIR works in four stages that build on each other.
Takes the tightness and burn out
Aloe vera, panthenol and allantoin settle the raw, tight skin around the cracks so it stops stinging.
Pulls moisture in and holds it
Glycerin and sodium hyaluronate draw water into the split and lock it there, so the skin has something to close over.
Speeds the skin closing over
Allantoin drives cell turnover while panthenol restores suppleness — the crack knits shut instead of reopening every morning.
Locks it shut through ten hand-washes
Petrolatum, shea butter and squalane form a wash-resistant seal over the repaired skin so it holds up on the job.
18 months of formulation. Reviewed by a skin-barrier scientist.
HARD REPAIR wasn't reformulated from an existing hand cream. It was built from scratch over 18 months, with a skin-barrier scientist advising on every layer, then tested on the hands it's actually for — tradespeople who wreck them daily.
"Trade hands don't fail from lack of moisture — they fail because the barrier is physically broken and never gets left alone to seal. We built HARD REPAIR to hold that seal through a working day, which a water-based cream simply can't do."
Figures from Grafthide customer field reports and in-house wear-testing, not a clinical trial. Individual results vary. HARD REPAIR is a cosmetic skin-repair balm and is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any medical condition.
Built for working hands — priced like it's meant to be used
The Repair Kit — 3 Jars
- Enough for a full repair cycle + keep one in the van
- Lowest price per jar
- 100-day money-back guarantee
- Free UK shipping
HARD REPAIR — 1 Jar · 100g
- One jar lasts weeks — a fingertip is enough
- 100-day money-back guarantee
Six actives that do a job — no water-and-filler padding
Petrolatum
Forms the wash-resistant top layer that holds the repaired skin shut through the day.
Shea butter & squalane
Rebuild the skin's own barrier and keep it flexible so it doesn't re-crack under grip.
Glycerin & sodium hyaluronate
Pull water into the split and hold it there so the skin has something to close over.
Allantoin
Speeds cell turnover so the crack knits shut instead of reopening every morning.
Panthenol (Pro-Vitamin B5)
Settles raw, tight skin and restores suppleness so it stops stinging.
Aloe barbadensis
Takes the burn out of open cracks from the very first application.
Full INCI: Aqua · Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice · Glycerin · Petrolatum · Butyrospermum Parkii Butter · Squalane · Panthenol · Sodium Hyaluronate · Cetyl Alcohol · Stearic Acid · Glyceryl Stearate · PEG-100 Stearate · Allantoin · Tocopherol · Ethylparaben · Phenoxyethanol.
No fragrance. No alcohol. No essential oils. No formaldehyde donors. No colourants.
Hi, I'm David
My dad laid brick and did carpentry for 37 years. I grew up watching his hands come apart — cracked, split, calloused. He'd stop shaking hands. Some nights I'd find him running them under the cold tap just to take the edge off.
We spent hundreds of pounds on hand creams over the years. None of them touched it. They're made for office workers with a bit of winter dryness — a £3 billion category, and not one product built for hands that actually get destroyed.
So I spent 18 months making one. Research, skin experts, version after version, until it did the one thing every cream had failed at: seal the split without stinging, and stay on through a day's work.
I gave Dad the first jar without saying much. Two weeks later he asked for three more. Four years on, it's on hands all over the country.
"My hands don't hurt anymore. Send another jar." — the message we get most.
Try HARD REPAIR Risk-FreeWhy a trade balm has to be different
Grip, grit & cement
Working hands aren't dry — they're physically split, over and over, under grip and abrasive materials. A moisturiser can't fix a structural break.
Ten washes a day
Trade hands get washed constantly. Water-based creams flash off in minutes. The repair has to survive the sink, not dissolve in it.
Tools don't wait
Anything greasy comes off on the first tool you pick up. It has to absorb fast and seal — so you can put it on and get back to work.
HARD REPAIR vs ordinary hand cream
| HARD REPAIR | Ordinary hand cream | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Split, cracked trade hands | Mild office-hand dryness |
| Base | Petrolatum-rich, waterless seal | 70–90% water |
| Stings on open cracks | No | Usually |
| Survives washing | Through 10 hand-washes | Rubs off in minutes |
| Leaves grease on tools | No — absorbs in 30s | Greasy film |
GUARANTEE
Better hands in 100 days, or your money back
Use it nightly. If your hands aren't visibly better within 100 days, we refund you in full — no forms, no return shipping, no questions about why. Refunded within 3 working days. Covers single jars and every kit.
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