Here is a little trick that I learned in North Carolina while visiting Bob
Hicks of "VW Hicks" shop. If you get grime in your nails by not using
gloves, have handy a guitar pick and your favorite (ivory) bar of soap. Dig
into the soap with your nails (like a tiger) and use the pick to bring out
the shaving of soap with a lot of the grime. Then the brush works a little
less. As for solutions, dish soap and goop are King in my surroundings.

Oh and my local Harbor Freight flier has the Nitrile gloves on Sale! Guess
where I was going this weekend?

Hope this helps,
Tony
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82 Scirocco "Rodolfo"
85 Vanagon "Blubrik, El Guapo"