How do you clean up?

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  1. comet666

    comet666 RAISE HELL AND DRINK WINE

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    I got "my own" towel at my brothers place since he thinks I´m always too dirty, but to wash my hands I use machine washing powder + dish soap , hands gets kind of weird after, but at least clean!!!!
     
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    PaulS Member extrordiare

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    No matter what you use to clean your hands, once they are clean dry them lightly with a towel and then put on some lotion. It keeps your skin from drying and cracking.
    I had the worst case of broken skin for a long time frrom using solvents and soap to get my hands clean. Now I wear nitrile gloves and wash with liquid dish soap and when I dry my hands I put some hand cream on (while my hands are still damp).
    After working on all kinds of equipment for 35 years I now have nice hands that are always clean. It helps when I am also a minister - people expect you to have clean well manicured hands.
     
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    I carry plain ol' Huggies baby wipes with me when I go junkyarding.

    Kind of like a wet nap that really cleans your greasy dirty hands.
    They work. :thumbs2:
     
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    One of the things i have always done to help with cleaning the hands ,is wash dishes. it works.
     
  5. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Wow! I didn't realize that this post was from MARCH (6months ago), till I got to the spamming!!!
    I just wipe my dirty hands on my wifes new towels, that always cleans them up real good.
     
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    My wife says I clean up ok......:oops:
     
  7. Bryant

    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    i use the nitrile gloves. it was hard at first to get used to working with gloves but now I cant stand working bare handed. as for hand cleaner we use zep's tko. it works awsome. it cleans anything off your skin and it seems to have some sort of lotion that keeps the hands soft. i dont think you can find it in a store you have to go through zep directly.
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    I think I must have missed a deleted post... If not, I can assure you my dilemma back seven months ago was a genuine plague of nasty funk hands.
     

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