best hand cleaners

[96terrano]

I have recently been comparing liquid items to see what's the best for cleaning, 'not off the shelf cleaners' and I found that in the following order, these are the top 3 great hand cleaners I found worked

Used gear oil 'filter the swarf first'
Wd-40
Sugar soap.

Please comment if you found anything else

 

[solarman216]

You do not specify what you are cleaning? for hands, swarfegga, and fairy liquid, engines kerosene,then wash with water, Rick

 

[spiderpig37]

For hands washing up liquid with a bit of sand works a treat

 

[exosteve]

last thing my hands need is more fairy liquid.
mine are in it all day and are drier than gandis flip flops.
it sucks moisture out quicker than tipping salt on a slug.
swarfiga and nivia.

 

[briggie]

wet hands first , then apply neat washing up liquid ....... shifts almost everything :thumb2

oh you rinse it off after

 

[Banshee]

The old classic

Soap, Washing Up Liquid and Washing Powder

 

[clivvy]

what Banshee and rick say. I use Swarfega in various guises, my favourite being Swarfega Power, in the big red tub, brilliant, but I also love the swarfega wipes, they are really effective on engine grease etc:clap

 

[rustic]

I have recently been comparing liquid items to see what's the best for cleaning, 'not off the shelf cleaners' and I found that in the following order, these are the top 3 great hand cleaners I found worked

Used gear oil 'filter the swarf first'
Wd-40
Sugar soap.

Please comment if you found anything else

Ryan you are heading down the route of serious dermatitis...:doh
OR WORSE...

Using old oil has solvents and chemicals in which can pass through your skin and into your blood stream.

NEVER use solvents to clean hands, for example, cellulose thinners, as the paint will dissolve in the thinners, then the solvent will allow the debris to pass easily through the outer layers of the skin.


SO only use correct hand cleaners if you are using them regularly, like swarfega, although soap and sand sounds ok.

Using washing up liquid dries out the skin and cracks will appear if you are using it several times a day.

The best way is to start the day with a barrier cream, but I don't as I only get and dirty about twice a week...:naughty
Swarfega for heavy grime, wash up liquid for lighter stuff, and liquid soap with moisturiser for the final rinse. And still, if I peg the washing out, I still manage to shred my wife's tights. :doh:doh
Gets me out of that job anyway.....:augie:augie :lol:lol

best regards,
Rustic

 

[quixote]

I still manage to shred my wife's tights

I find clipping your toenails helps....................... :lol

Washing up liquid & sugar works for me :thumb2

 

[11redrex]

GLOVES :doh get yourself some decent quality thin rubber gloves and you won't get your hands dirty in the first place.

I had some hand cleaner a few years ago that was a thin white cream that you didn't need to wash off, I'll try and find the tub and let you know what it was called. Never used anything as good as that. It was lanolin based.

Just looked up lanolin, its the stuff that stops sheep weighing 3 tons when it rains.


Sheep.

 

[Tony]

GLOVES :doh get yourself some decent quality thin rubber gloves and you won't get your hands dirty in the first place.

I had some hand cleaner a few years ago that was a thin white cream that you didn't need to wash off, I'll try and find the tub and let you know what it was called. Never used anything as good as that. It was lanolin based.

Just looked up lanolin, its the stuff that stops sheep weighing 3 tons when it rains.


Sheep.

Gloves ,on building sites you are required to wear them ,mechanics in garages wear them, they will keep dermititis at bay.as will a good barrier cream
After 40 years in costruction i have never had any problems but then i wear the gloves. Tony

 

[rustic]

I find clipping your toenails helps....................... :

Thanks for the tip...

will try that.:thumbs
:lol:lol

 

[rustic]

GLOVES :doh get yourself some decent quality thin rubber gloves and you won't get your hands dirty in the first place.

Sometimes you start off with these, but when you use a socket set, they get wrapped around the socket as you turn it, they also get trapped in the threads of nuts and bolts, so I don't bother sometimes

 

[quixote]

Thanks for the tip...

Ach, think nothing of it :lol

I have a few pairs of thin cotton gloves left from a previous place of work that have rubberised palms & fingers. They were pretty good, but I found I lost 'feel' with them on. Same with the latex gloves. My hands used to sweat up really badly with them, & when they eventually split sweaty hands & grease just spelt knuckle-splitting disaster!

Far better I reckon just to whack on a decent barrier cream & then scrub afterwards

 

[davis8008]

I use soap and a t-spoon full of sugar works well for me! or soap and a nail brush :thumbs

 

[larson]

For hands washing up liquid with a bit of sand works a treat

i use washing up liguid with sugar, we dont have no sand but it works well on oil

 

[briggie]

I just use neat washing up liquid

 

[solarman216]

Ryan you are heading down the route of serious dermatitis...:doh
OR WORSE...

Using old oil has solvents and chemicals in which can pass through your skin and into your blood stream.

NEVER use solvents to clean hands, for example, cellulose thinners, as the paint will dissolve in the thinners, then the solvent will allow the debris to pass easily through the outer layers of the skin.


SO only use correct hand cleaners if you are using them regularly, like swarfega, although soap and sand sounds ok.

Using washing up liquid dries out the skin and cracks will appear if you are using it several times a day.

The best way is to start the day with a barrier cream, but I don't as I only get and dirty about twice a week...:naughty
Swarfega for heavy grime, wash up liquid for lighter stuff, and liquid soap with moisturiser for the final rinse. And still, if I peg the washing out, I still manage to shred my wife's tights. :doh:doh
Gets me out of that job anyway.....:augie:augie :lol:lol

best regards,
Rustic

missed this post till now, well said Rustic, I had to have a career change many years ago due to diesel dermatitis, you would not believe my hands and arms after a days work, puss dripping off my fingertips, it is no joke, fortunately I am now fine after not going near oils for many years, now I should wear gloves but forget most times but fortunately have not had any problems and it is not like I get oily every day, but there are so many chemicals in today's oils that yes everyone should take care, as it is not just oils but everything you come into contact with today, Rick

 

[96terrano]

Ryan you are heading down the route of serious dermatitis...:doh
OR WORSE...

Using old oil has solvents and chemicals in which can pass through your skin and into your blood stream.

NEVER use solvents to clean hands, for example, cellulose thinners, as the paint will dissolve in the thinners, then the solvent will allow the debris to pass easily through the outer layers of the skin.


SO only use correct hand cleaners if you are using them regularly, like swarfega, although soap and sand sounds ok.

Using washing up liquid dries out the skin and cracks will appear if you are using it several times a day.

The best way is to start the day with a barrier cream, but I don't as I only get and dirty about twice a week...:naughty
Swarfega for heavy grime, wash up liquid for lighter stuff, and liquid soap with moisturiser for the final rinse. And still, if I peg the washing out, I still manage to shred my wife's tights. :doh:doh
Gets me out of that job anyway.....:augie:augie :lol:lol

best regards,
Rustic

Yes, I was told that by someone else too, that's the end of that :augie

 

[rustic]

Yes, I was told that by someone else too, that's the end of that :augie

Ryan, I am really please you acknowledged the issue.:thumb2

Take care, don't take too many risks.

best regards,

Richard.