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acadia
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 Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: fresh ink and chlorine? |
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i was hoping an artist could answer this for me. i want to get another tattoo, but have a job that involves me being in a swimming pool two times a week.
does anyone know if the chlorine exposure would affect the tattoo at all?
would you recommend me waiting until i leave the job (several months in the future, and i'd prefer not to wait if i didn't need to)?
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| I'm no artist, but I am a swimmer that has TONS of tats. You need to be completely out of the water for at LEAST a week after you get the tattoo. In that regard, yes the water will effect it. I think the thing that really gets to your tats when you have a job in a pool is the sun. I always make sure to apply waterproof sunscreen to all my tats before workout every day. I have only had mine for a year, but nothing so far has changed. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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...the chlorine keeps it clean 
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| n3cr0lu5t wrote: | | ...the chlorine keeps it clean |
or you can add bleach, it cancels the bad effect of the chlorine... |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Stay out of the water for at least 5 days...
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| Tattude wrote: | | Stay out of the water for at least 5 days... |
agreed, SPECIALLY chlorinated water.......its difficult i know, ive expressed many times the pain i have to go through to stay outta ocean for a week after ink. |
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