As far as the barrier stuff goes, i worked with a mechanic for a while that
had tubs and tubs of vaseline atop his work cabinet. One day i asked him
about it. He said if you apply it regularly, even over the existing grease
and apply it regularly when off hours thus keeping the hands well
moisturized, it makes the grease more reluctant to stick. I have tried it
with some success and keep petroleum jelly around in my tool sack for so
many other reasons that i find it's a GREAT thing to have. The nitrile
gloves are great, but i can still manage to destroy them faster than i can
afford them.

The orange-clean style cleaners with the pummice, i hate. I think there's so
few things better than good old Go-Jo, and i find the pummice is just
annoying. I find a whopping dollup of Go-Jo rubbed liberously amongst the
hands and then removed with a paper towel works smashingly. Then, you go to
your favorite sink and use DISH SOAP to scrub your hands and i feel this
gets most of it off. The illusive stuff that can be found around/under the
fingernails however is tricky to take care of. The finger nail brushes they
sell work, but i take dirt as an item of pride after a good day of work. I
can deal with a little bit of dirt which will always casually
remove its-self.

When you do eventually get gunk in cuts (cuts and gunk go hand in hand),
Hydrogen Peroxide does a great job of bubbling it out.

-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:

> Over time, I've become quite fastidious about dirt and grime on my hands,
> though I used to do this stuff for a living.  I now will hardly even touch,
> let alone work on anything in the shop if I don't have the nitrile gloves
> on
> the entire time.  I try to reuse them so as to avoid needless waste, but
> they've become an absolutely vital tool in my shop.
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net
> >wrote:
>
> > Yes, I've never seen this question on the list before, but maybe no
> > one was brave enough to ask such a simple question.  Of course, I'm
> > talking about getting grease and grunge out from under the
> > fingernails, cuticles, and skin folds.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Casey
> '87 300TD
> '94 100CSQ Avant
> '89 Bluestar
>