bar room physicist
Physics question: why does water (a lubricant) cause blisters? 5/7/2012 1:24AM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Why is it that when your socks get wet, e.g. running in the rain, you tend to get blisters, which are caused by increased friction, right?

More generally why is water in some cases act as a lubricant (e.g. trying to stop your car on a wet road) and in other case an anti-lube (e.g. wetting your thumb in order to better thumb thru some papers (or some money).
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RE: Physics question: why does water (a lubricant) cause blisters? 5/7/2012 3:53AM - in reply to bar room physicist Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
It softens your skin, so it gets irritated more easily.
waterboarder
RE: Physics question: why does water (a lubricant) cause blisters? 5/7/2012 5:43AM - in reply to bar room physicist Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Water changes the texture of absorbant materials such as cotton or paper.
 
RE: Physics question: why does water (a lubricant) cause blisters? 5/7/2012 9:43AM - in reply to bar room physicist Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
moisture in small amounts increases friction. if you had a constant flow of enough water it might prevent blisters, but there's no way you could do that inside a shoe. think tile saws here.
swooty
RE: Physics question: why does water (a lubricant) cause blisters? 5/7/2012 9:47AM - in reply to   Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Do you really think OP knows what a tile saw is?