I know it sounds gross but does anyone else have this problem and what do you do about it? Last night at my final class for course 3 I could barely even squeeze my piping bag because my hands were sweating so bad. I would pipe two shells and then have to wipe my hand on my apron so I could grip the bag again. It took me FOREVER just to pipe my borders. Also when I was making fondant this past week I got stuck so bad I had to have my friend come pull my hands out of it. I used crisco on my hands an everything. Anyone have any suggestions to help me out with this problem?
Thanks!
I don't know, wish I could help. The only thing I can come up with on the sweating hands when decorating is to put gloves on. I don't know about the fondant. ~Josie 
My husband's aunt has hot hands. She said the disposable piping bags are the worst. She uses the reusable ones--I don't know if some are thicker than others or not. I hate the disposable bags anyway, they're too slippery. Anyway, she also works in like 20 minute segments to give her hands a break. I know you don't want to try and hold ice cubes for any extended period because that just shocks your body into thinking your hands are cold and then you get more blood flowing into your hands and they end up getting even hotter. I'm pretty sure she runs them under cool water though.
I don't know if you even want to concider it but have you tried cloth gloves? That may help keep some of the heat away from the bag.
fellow hot hands sufferer here...
my solutions:
parchment, best
featherweight next best
disposable worst
divide all icing into at least 3 batches, if not four.
three bags in fridge, while you work w/ fourth.
then when need to change bag...put used one in freezer and grab one from fridge.
on next change, put used one in freezer, move one already in freezer to fridge and get a new one from fridge.
this rotation insures firm, but not frozen, icing.
as for gloves, the very thing cotton ones used for making candy or handling easily damaged items (kind archivists/conservationists use when handling rare stuff for museums and like) work the best. provide small cushion of air while allowing hands to breath and not get even hotter.
Ya know those little plastic thingies you freeze and put in lunchboxes to keep the food cold? I keep a small rectangular one of those in my freezer and use it when my hands got really hot while icing. Just pop it out of the freezer and hold it in your hands for a bit. Works for me!
i can totally relate, i have extremely hot hands. i never use disposables, only parchement and then featherweights. i have to rinse them in cold water often and funnily enough its worse if i have nail polish on!!! LOL
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