getting oil off your hands

[Mr Sam]

by trade im a landscape gardener so got very rough crack hands which oil and grime just does not come out of, swarfega is a waste of time

 

so been wearing latex gloves as much as i can hadnt noticed one had torn and ended up with a black thumb

 

happened to have a can of SIMONZ engine degreaser in the other hand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fook me thats good stuff on hands, i wish it worked half aswell on engines

[sab6024]

I know someone who uses Head & Shoulders shampoo to get the oil off when they're at home

[louie bagel]

i just use imperial leather soap and a nail brush job done my hands come up spotless everytime

[BIGKEV]

I have the same problem - A very stiff nail brush is the answer - you can use ordinary soap

[cisco24uk]

I use wurth brake cleaner from work. Nice high pressure stream of degreaser usually does the trick, or try the orange paste swarfega that has walnut shell in it.

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

sugar and washing up liquid

[Lukey]

I use wurth brake cleaner from work. Nice high pressure stream of degreaser usually does the trick, or try the orange paste swarfega that has walnut shell in it.

 

I use brake cleaner too, make sure you have no cuts or grazes though. Stings a bit!

[Vista]

I wouldn't use engine degreaser, brake cleaner or anything else like that on your hands. It may seem a good idea as it's effective at breaking down the oil, but if it's that good at breaking down oil, think of what it's doing to your skin/health! I'm aware that makes me sound like a bit of an old doris, but your hands have to last you a long time and if you make a living from them it's best to look after them.

 

I had a stoker working for me once who always scoffed at wearing barrier cream or latex gloves when working with turbine and gearbox oils or diesel, turbine oil especially is a pretty nasty synthetic oil. He was invalided out of the navy about 10 years ago with the most horrendous case of dermatitis I've ever seen.

[mr squidian]

brake cleaner always dries before i get chance to wipe it off

[blower]

sugar and washing up liquid

 

, with a bit of butter

[Tom]

sometimes if i'm really greasy i use some wd40 on a rag

[geoffersmasher]

sugar and washing up liquid

 

 

hell yeah works a treat

[geoffersmasher]

I wouldn't use engine degreaser, brake cleaner or anything else like that on your hands. It may seem a good idea as it's effective at breaking down the oil, but if it's that good at breaking down oil, think of what it's doing to your skin/health! I'm aware that makes me sound like a bit of an old doris, but your hands have to last you a long time and if you make a living from them it's best to look after them.

 

I had a stoker working for me once who always scoffed at wearing barrier cream or latex gloves when working with turbine and gearbox oils or diesel, turbine oil especially is a pretty nasty synthetic oil. He was invalided out of the navy about 10 years ago with the most horrendous case of dermatitis I've ever seen.

 

im with you vista when i did my mechanics course this was the one thing they would always tell you to do

[Fiesta Steve]

Washing up liquid and washing machine powder

[mk3cokebottle]

petrol

 

or kitchen spray or whatever else looks potent in her box of tricks under the kitchen sink

[Cookie]

In the winter I always ger cracked and chapped hands, (Nivea soft moisturiser is the best ) I find the sugar and fairy the best bet.

 

But, if you have stubborn dirt wear latex gloves and get your hands boiling and seaty, this may mean you have to do some work mind,lol, and then give them a good scrub straight away after removing gloves, works a treat.

[jimbo]

I wouldn't use engine degreaser, brake cleaner or anything else like that on your hands. It may seem a good idea as it's effective at breaking down the oil, but if it's that good at breaking down oil, think of what it's doing to your skin/health! I'm aware that makes me sound like a bit of an old doris, but your hands have to last you a long time and if you make a living from them it's best to look after them.

 

I had a stoker working for me once who always scoffed at wearing barrier cream or latex gloves when working with turbine and gearbox oils or diesel, turbine oil especially is a pretty nasty synthetic oil. He was invalided out of the navy about 10 years ago with the most horrendous case of dermatitis I've ever seen.

 

Amen to that.......I use heavy duty marigold style gloves, for the heavier stuff. For light engineering work, there are some blue latex gloves, I get off my father-in-law. They use them on the floor at his engineering workshop. They have a special name, but I can't remember it at the mo.

 

If I have a glove failure I use a combo of fairy liquid, handwash and salt (sugar if I have a cut).

 

My mates been a scaper for years and swears by nutrogena hand cream for keeping his hands good (he also plays bass, so needs supple hands). Guys he works with make doris references, but their hands are always first to crack in the cold, or blister when sweaty......

[Stu_B]

Orange swafega or salt/sugar & fairy

[mossy]

swarfeaga stuff .... followed by normal soap...Repeat about 2/3 times for white towel clean hands!

 

ive got some snap-on mechanics gloves...proper bo they are!

[mk1super]

As above the old swarf or washing up powder mixed with washing up liquid works for me

[hotrodholty]

sugar and washing up liquid

 

, with a bit of butter

and 10 grams of flour and you've got a nice bubbly cake

[hotrodholty]

As above the old swarf or washing up powder mixed with washing up liquid works for me

that what i use, works everytime

[MK2Ed]

Swarfega and sand.......

[Silverback]

Best thing for clean hands? Get someone else to do the work for you