How do you clean up?

Regular old GOJO is what I use.....and Irish Spring soap in the shower takes care of the rest left after using the GOJO.....I can't stand the stuff with the pumice in it. If I wanted to rub grit all over my hands, I'd just go play in the sandbox

 

I always liked playing in the sand box when I was little. Maybe that's why I like the stuff with grit in it.

 

First, get used to wearing Nitrile gloves (they are more oil resistant than latex) and get a "waterless" hand cleaner. GoJo works fine but use it to "wet" your hands before you do any work without gloves. Then wipe them "dry" with a shop towel. When you work the cleaner keeps the dirt from getting into your skin. I used to use the gritty type soaps and cleaners - Like Lava and Tarkelp - found out these cleaners would dry my hands and deepen the grooves in my skin. That made them harder to clean each time I used it. Went back to the lotion type waterless cleaners and using them before I got dirty and found that my hands were healing and easier to clean. After thirty five years of working on all kinds of vehicles I now wear gloves all the time. My fingernails are clean and my hands are never chapped and cracked and bleeding anymore. If I get dirty enough that the GoJo doesn't get them clean enough I use a bio-degradable dishwashing soap and a nail brush to get them clean again. (sometimes gloves get holes before I notice).

 

i can usually get my hands pretty clean but i'll walk around all week with the same dirt stuck under my nails

 

when do you do work

 

I use the blue nitrile gloves,but for those times when I'm in a rush and don't put on my gloves, and my hands get really grimmy.....I use WD-40.....YES, WD-40 works great for many uses....This is one of them. I wash my hands with WD-40 then wash them again with pumice based gojo of some sort.

 

I use the fast orange stuff and scream and cuss at my hands while doing it, as my wife is screamin and cussin at me for using the kitchen sink to wash my hands. Next weekend I'm installing a work sink in the garage, I'll probably still yell at my hands, but at least I won't be getting yelled at while doing it.

 

probley as much as i do

 

It's funny you say that. I used to work in a shop where we applied used truck oil to steel forms for concrete - hands got REAL dirty there. We used Gojo and mixed in SAND. Our hands were always clean after that.

 

Eddie: I put a laundry sink from Menards in our basement after I got tired of the cusssing I got. Best thing I could have done its nice and DEEP so you can get clear up to you elbows and scrub. Plus it holds lots of water for soaking stuff too! Good Luck

 

Itake a shower, Shave, Deoderant, and maybe some cologne

 

My skin isn't really dry or oily, but liveing in Florida equals perpetual sweating 9 month out of the year, I think that is a factor.

Nitrile gloves work well and last many times longer than latex. You can buy them at Harbor Freight, box of 100 for about $8. If you don't get them very dirty,you can reuse them.

Gojo works well followed by dish soap. Gojo loosens it up, dish soap floats it away.

For gunk under your nails, keep an old toothbrush in the shower and use shampoo in it to scrub with.

 

Looks like Spam to me...

 

I wonder if we could clean/protect our hands with spam???"Gloves in a can!!!"

 

It may be spam....but at least it is "on topic". Better than some of the other posters on this board!!