

| Subject: | Re: Semi- Vanagon topic: Getting hands clean after you've gotten them greasy |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Sat, 8 Nov 2008 20:04:53 -0700 |
Having to work on diesels, with that BLACK carbon-filled oil, I have found that a good-quality dish detergent (Palmolive, Sunlight or similar) gets rid of the worst of it, with a good go with a nailbrush (the masoschists out there could use a wire brush). Then I use Solvol soap, the pumice-filled one. Those who are into "exfoliation" should enjoy this stuff... use it in the shower too, for that refreshing feeling of raw bleeding skin. If the grunge is really bad, washing hands with a solvent like gasoline or turpentine before the detergent works well. Orange-based detergents do not work any better than far cheaper dish detergents. Neither do commercial gel cleaners such as Swarfega, so favored by mechanical workshops; these also leave an oily residue on the skin.
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