[ZZZZZ]

What do you like? What works best for you?

And which version or variety of your hand cleaner do you like, and why?

 

[WhatRnsdownhill]

good ol boraxo....cheap and cleans everything off your hands..and natural..

 

[Yodaman]

Dawn dish soap. If that doesn't get it off maroon Scotch-brite will

 

[cmorales]

I prefer to Regular Soap and Water for hand wash.

 

[Windows on Wash]

Dr. Bronners castile soap

 

[Msradell]

I agree with Yoda, Dawn or one of the other mild dishwashing detergents seems to work the best for most things. Haven't tried the scotch bright pad in combination with them but it sounds like a great idea

 

[ron45]

Regular soap and water.
Minor grease, Dawn.
Major grease, Dawn mixed with a little tide.

 

[joecaption]

Go Jo with prumis.
No water needed, gets off oil, paint, ink, grime, pine pitch.

 

[carmusic]

acetone sometimes but all other times dawn soap

 

[firehawkmph]

I haven't heard Boraxo for a long time, didn't know they still made it. Depends what I'm doing, sometimes I start with prepsol if I've been spraying auto paint. Most of the time dawn dw soap and water.
The thing I like after that in the winter time is O'Keefes to keep my fingers from drying out and splitting. Been using for a few years now and works better than anything else I've ever used.
Mike Hawkins:smile:

 

[imayearin]

Wd 40 if it's something that just won't come off, probably not epa approved.

 

[ron45]

To be honest I think hand cleaners for work are becoming a thing of the past. More and more places are now wearing gloves.

 

[craig11152]

When I was roofing regularly we used DL because it seemed to cut through roofing tars better than GoJo. Then I would follow up with laundry detergent because the utility sink in the basement next to the washing machine was my place to go.
When I didn't see DL up there as an option I was surprised. Then a little Googling showed me Permatex acquired DL in 1990. :surprise:

 

[Yodaman]

Wd 40 if it's something that just won't come off, probably not epa approved.

This post reminds me of something I learned about 15 years ago from a chemical engineer while at a technical seminar for industrial chemicals.

Any chemical or solution that touches your hands or any part of your skin is in your blood stream in 7 seconds. As tradesmen its common to be around chemicals, cleaners and lubricants, and having our hands in these solutions is common. Some are perfectly harmless and others can cause minor problems like dermatitis. And more severe reactions includes skin burns to cancer.

Just something to think about. Its just common sense but hearing it from a respected authority drives the point home, (it did for me anyway). I try to keep boxes of rubber gloves in convenient locations.


I have no clue how safe wd40 is. I know I keep several cans around and use it frequently for many purposes. But hand washing isn't one them. :vs_no_no_no:

 

[SeniorSitizen]

My hands haven't been so clean since that day the sargent said " you, you and you come go with me ". And we cleaned Cosmoline from new Colt 45s all day with our hands and Colt 45s submerged in Varsol.