What kind of soap or powder do you use for very dirty hands

Better than the apple scented green Dawn?

Gee what a bunch of wimps... What's next apple/cinnamon scented air spray and candles in the shop....

The one I normally use is plastic and has a handle on top. The handle is open on one side so it can hang on the edge/side of a bucket. I couldn't come up with an image doing a quick search... The ones I linked to would work fine though and the one you use looks good too.

I hear ya on the vaseline :)

What I usually do is wash up good enough through the day to eat lunch and stuff without using the brush too much. Then really scrub up when I know I'm either done with the project or done for the day. I have long finger nails and nothing but a brush can clean them well...

Hey, you have to have scents for the gentle and sensitive _gay_ mechanics out there.

-- Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. -- John Quincy Adams

Not for sensitive eyes:

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

I bought it, because I like to eat apples. What better reason?

His entire head is soaking in it. :) He really should come up for air, at least once every couple days. ;-)

I will try Borax soap also, I bought 5 lbs of this powder to try out.

Orange goop does not work well with sooty, greasy stuff.

Hoookay. If you mean Boraxo, it works. If you really mean Borax, that's just an alkali that's used in laundry to attack smelly stuff, like sweaty T-shirts.

However, it will clean your hands. I've used it in a pinch but it's nothing compared to Boraxo.

I see that a lot of guys are using the various orange concoctions. I haven't tried them so I can't give you any comparison. I tend to stick with things that have worked in the past.

I will try that invisible glove stuff...

Wrong URL

How far back in the past are you talking? Lockheed started using orange based solvent in place of Trich about 15 to 18 years ago.

Dan

Hmmm....maybe 40 years. I'm loyal.

But I'm not talking about Trich. Vaginitis is not something I know about. Ask Ron Paul. He really knows his way around a vagina.

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Amongst metal workers Trich is 1-1-1 trich!oroethane.

Dan

I covered cleaning and finishing for a couple of magazines, visiting and interviewing dozens of companies, and I've never heard the term used that way. I've heard it called "trichlor."

However, in the OB/GYN industry, it's trichomoniasis.

One or two other people have mentioned this in passing, but one of the best solvents for dirty grease and oil is...clean oil. Motor oil, ATF, drugstore mineral oil, or cooking oil all work, rub into hands well and then follow up with whatever other soap you're using, it will usually be just a quick washup rather than a prolonged scrub session. Side benefit is it doesn't dry out your hands as much. This also works very well on pine pitch.

--Glenn Lyford

When I was doing this regularly (getting my hands really dirty), I found that straight 20 Mule Team Borax worked better than Boraxo, since it was more abrasive. When you say "Borax soap" are you referring to Borax or Boraxo (finer grained Borax, mixed with soap powder)? Another plus is that you can use the Borax as brazing flux.

Yeah, ATF was always my favorite when I'd gotten into a really old oil leaker of an engine which was caked with thick, greasy mud. ATF washes off easily with soap in the sink, too. It's a high-detergent oil.

WD-40 removes stickers and remaining adhesive readily, too.

-- Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. -- John Quincy Adams