Avon makes a lotion that is intended to be a barrier. Silicone guard  maybe.
It works well and you do not drop nearly as many wrenches as with other
stuff.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tabe Johnson" <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 6:35 PM
Subject: Semi- Vanagon topic: Getting hands clean after you've gotten them
greasy

>I almost always wear the blue nitrile gloves.
>
> In the good old days, before I discovered the gloves, I would rub in a
> good dose of hand cream (I like Neutrogena) right before starting work.
> The hand cream clogged up 90% of the cracks and pores on my hands,
> preventing the grease from getting in.  Clean up was much easier and
> faster.
>
> tabe johnson/87 westy