Hand Cleaner

Always used Go Jo , but lately it's been irritating my hands
Just wondering 🤔 what you fellas use? Been meaning to try those wipes they have. Thanks

Yeah Jay , guess I have OMS too. Backs of hands break out in a rash if I use Go Jo anymore. Dr did write me a Rx cream that knocks it out pretty well .
Thanks !

Edited by ACinSC - 26 Jan 2024 at 1:23pm

Yeah Mike, I also use lava bar soap once I'm in the house, don't have any water in my little shop. Thanks

Joe's is the only one I can use that doesn't cause my skin to crack and get very sore.  Ex wife had a real problem with dry skin and cracking on her hands.  She started using the Joe's as a hand cream and problem went away.

Thanks Phil . May order some Joe's and try it out .

tadams(OH) wrote: I have found that Dawn removes the grease by itself and just rinse with water.

So, I've always had some sort of hand cleaner around... when i was young, Dad had Goop... and then they came out with Orange Goop...

When I got married, My wife was somewhat purturb'd by the presence of such things by the kitchen sink, so she moved it beneath the sink...

and then was upset by the presenc and essence of 90wt on the cabinet handle and other products under there... of course, there was nothing i could do to resolve that... so she tolerated having it by the sink.

and one saturday evening, we'd been working hard on projects, and she was tired, and the oven and stove was a greasy mess, so instead of letting her scrape goo, I told her that "I would cook" , which in classic breadwinning husbandform, is pronounced "where would you like to go?"

But before we went out the door, I grabbed a chip brush, threw a cookie sheet in the oven, dumped my Orange Goop in an ice'cream bowl, got down and slathered every square inch of that nasty oven with Goop... then shut the door.

She thought i was totally out of my mind, till we got back from Rastrelli's, when she opened the oven to find it spotless... with all the goo on the cookie sheet.

30 yrs later, we have our own place, and just inside the door is a laundry/mud room with a big sink for washing hands, eggs, and an occasional pet... and a dispenser of some pumice-injected citrus hand cleaner... and when she visits with an ice-cream bowl and a chip brush, I know I'm cooking dinner.

I was using Fast Orange but recently switched over to Cherry Bomb, Dawn mixed with a little Comet works good too. The best thing though is to use disposable gloves. A lot of the chemicals we come in contact with can be readily absorbed through the skin plus it is nice to peel the gloves off and have reasonably clean hands. I buy several boxes at the time from Horrible Fright, usually 7 or 9 mil.

Fast Orange , with or twithought pumice   Use to use Go Jo but the petroleum smell lingers and if you don't use soap and water soon after or rinse with water it's still oily .

Been in the mechanic trade seems forever, we used atf or diesel to remove the larger chunks then go-jo with pumice to try to clean any grooves or wrinkles, moved to Any of the citrus based products as while peeling a orange saw it does clean good.
Have been using disposable nitrile gloves more and have seen some improvements but they seem to tear easily wasting that effort most occasions.



Edited by DMiller - 27 Jan 2024 at 5:42am

Thanks again guys! Ordered some Joe's and plan to buy a tub of towels next time I'm out

I’ve used fast orange to clean an oil pail to convert to a watering pail. I like that stuff.

Beaver nut scrub. Bout the only thing thay cuts the duesel oil

Luke