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Jan 30, 2018 22:35:54 GMT
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No, not that you bunch of pervs.  I'm talking about hand cleanser. I usually wear gloves in the Manroom, but they often split/lose a finger etc, which will of course eventually leave you looking like you've been mining with one or two fingers. So once I leave the garage, usually in search of food, I need to get clean. I usually use Manista which has always served me well. I am always looking for other options though. My Dad always swears by original green Swarfega, as that's what he always used (I love the smell of it!). Simple question: What do you use? |
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Keeping Yourself CleanBenzBoy
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Jan 30, 2018 22:43:42 GMT
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Orange Swarfega at the workshop, although I try to wear latex gloves for really dirty jobs. At a push I've used fairy liquid and a few teaspoons of sugar for an effective hand scrub.
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Jan 30, 2018 22:44:34 GMT
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Green Swarfega. Look out online or in Boyes for when its on offer...
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wodge
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Jan 30, 2018 22:45:47 GMT
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Yep gloves first. Then fairy and sugar or if it’s really bad wd40 then fairy and sugar
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Keeping Yourself Cleanjohnthesparky
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Jan 30, 2018 22:48:31 GMT
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Orange Swarfega at the workshop, although I try to wear latex gloves for really dirty jobs. At a push I've used fairy liquid and a few teaspoons of sugar for an effective hand scrub. Much the same, orange swarfega or at the minute some lemon substitute stuff. Or washing up liquid and sugar, or washing up liquid and washing powder. If they are really gunky oily, spray my hands with wd40 before I start.. Nowadays I try to wear gloves though, it’s a lot easier! |
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Jan 30, 2018 23:29:45 GMT
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This will sound really wierd, but the other day I couldn't get my hands clean and in the end I used smooth peanut butter. A good dollop of it rubbed in for about ten minutes loosened everything up, then a bit of a scrub with Manista, and finally just a general wash with carbolic! Hands were cleaner than they'd been in a long time!
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This will sound really wierd, but the other day I couldn't get my hands clean and in the end I used smooth peanut butter. A good dollop of it rubbed in for about ten minutes loosened everything up, then a bit of a scrub with Manista, and finally just a general wash with carbolic! Hands were cleaner than they'd been in a long time! Surely you’d have been better with crunchy peanut butter, for the extra scrub 😉 |
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I was a truck fitter for 20 odd yrs, could never get in with the gloves thing. Yeh wore them for ‘really’ filthy jobs, but in general really annoying things. They make your hands sweat terribly, catch on stuff, especially in cable ties, if you are fitting them & the really dangerous one is a drill. If you get it caught in the chuck, bad news.
As most said Swafega or wash liquid & sugar
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I found out to my partners cost that making bread shortly after really pulls the dirt out from under your nails that nothing else will shift.. The kneading just pulls it out! and makes the bread inedible.
I also use WD40 if its really bad or i have found anything that says de-greaser on it works wonders, maybe not great for your health mind.
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Keeping Yourself CleanBenzBoy
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For quite heavy, dirty stuff that doesn't need a lot of fine dexterity I use a pair of Mechanix gloves. They're good at protecting against skinned knuckles, gashes from the rusty ends of Jube clips and the like and also keep your hands clean. I need to get a new pair as the current ones have gear oil perma-stink that won't go away.
I used to have a job where I couldn't really turn up to a meeting with ingrained oil in my hands and dirty figernails so I have investigated in these solutions quite a bit.
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Latex gloves here too, but you do go through them. I have a mate that runs the local B&Q trade counter that managed to score 4 of the 1 gallon green swarfega green tubs at £3 each!
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Its not broken, its resting!
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Jan 31, 2018 11:34:17 GMT
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Surely you’d have been better with crunchy peanut butter, for the extra scrub 😉 I must admit I initially thought that too, but it's not very good at all. The bits of peanut sort of clump together then fall off leaving you with just the smooth paste. Also, as they fall down the plug hole they clump together in the trap, and after a while block the waste. Trust me, stick with the smooth! |
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Jan 31, 2018 11:47:06 GMT
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"Green Certified Foam Hand Cleaner. Version. 1.3... . Skin
contact must be avoided by using impervious protective clothing (gloves, aprons, boots, etc). "
Recommended use upon some hand cleaners can get interesting with modern materials & chemical safety instructions...
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Jan 31, 2018 12:05:33 GMT
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I use petrol. Not really health and safety but hey cleans up good
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Jan 31, 2018 12:14:26 GMT
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I use ecover washing up liquid with a squirt of stardrops for added cleaning power. I tend to wear nitrile gloves and replace as soon as they get damaged, keeps my hands clean, just the odd bit of muck under the nails by the time I've cleaned the tools and packed them away.
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Jan 31, 2018 12:19:53 GMT
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I try to use nitrile gloves rather than latex gloves as they seem to last better, and someone on a local car boot was selling them at a very low cost per box. They still break, but I can get quite a few afternoons out of them if I'm not working with stuff they'll catch on.
I have got to a point with most of the stuff I work on that it isn't all that dirty now, and it's a bit of an incentive to try to keep them that way, keep on top of oil leaks and so on.
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Jan 31, 2018 12:29:17 GMT
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For quite heavy, dirty stuff that doesn't need a lot of fine dexterity I use a pair of Mechanix gloves. They're good at protecting against skinned knuckles, gashes from the rusty ends of Jube clips and the like and also keep your hands clean. I need to get a new pair as the current ones have gear oil perma-stink that won't go away. I used to have a job where I couldn't really turn up to a meeting with ingrained oil in my hands and dirty figernails so I have investigated in these solutions quite a bit. same here, office job day to day involves many boring meetings etc, quite often I try to hide my hands out of view. I use the orange latex gloves tiger grip. They last 5 times as long then the usual blue latex type. Got them from the autosport show last year and never looked back, not cheap but really good. The mechanix ones I use for heavy stuff, like suspension axles wheels etc on landrover working and welding. fabrication work. the black nylon ones we use at work for the site operatives (joiners plumbers etc) are great until they get wet or covered in oil, after that they end up in the bin. For cleaning ive used allsorts, at the moment wyns fast orange that was on offer at eurocarparts is going the business. followed by o'keefes working hand cream for splits and dry skin. |
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Keeping Yourself CleanNathan
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Jan 31, 2018 17:10:14 GMT
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Before doing any work in the garage I put on Barrier Cream, take a few minutes to soak in. Tends to stop any oil getting attached to your skin and simple soap tends to do the trick.
These days I tend to wear 2 pairs of latex gloves as I find they don't rip at all then.
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Jan 31, 2018 20:18:25 GMT
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I suppose we all have our ways and I don't want to sound smug but the prevention is better than the cure - now bear in mind I run a full time professional restoration workshop - more panel / fabrication / paint than mechanical but the odd greasy lump also passes through the workshop - I use the following  Bit obvious but thick red welding gloves for the welding & heavy grinding, a decent pair of anti slip for the heavy work (orange) the lightweight grey ones I use all the time for assembly, panel work, profiling etc and the latex gloves for paint & fluid chemicals - I keep nails short at all times - now bear in mind that my hands are working in acres of polyester filler & gallons of paint for most of the time - and here is a pic taken today and this is how clean they are 99% of the time   It's vary rare that I have to use more than a normal liquid hand soap and if I need something stronger I use the Orange swarfeaga |
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