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Hand cleaner, What do recommend?

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#1 ·
What are the best hand cleaners brand out there?
What brand of Latex gloves would recommend? Where do you buy them, do they last long?
 
#53 ·
Funny that I found this thread.

I came to this forum and signed up to find a hand cleaner that someone dropped off to our shop. Hand Kind Scrub. Can't friggin' find it!

I have tried everything, Gojo, Snap On, Fast Orange, TKO, Cherry Bomb, Zep, and on and on. We get into milling grease on parts to fibrous ceramic insulating materials and Welding fabrication. The best product we have ever used is called Hand Kind Scrub. Blows away literally EVERYTHING!! I have never used anything that cleans that good and it actually makes your skin feel good after using it.

This guy dropped it off to our shop as a sample about three weeks ago and everyone flipped over how good it worked. I know the guy that dropped it off was the guy that developed it so I'm going to guess that he's just getting started. Problem is I cannot get in touch with the company or find the product anywhere. If I do, I will post the info here so you all can try it. It is the best I have ever used, period. It really is that good.
 
#54 ·
A bit of a follow-up to my last post (#48)...

I've been using the 5-star product on an almost daily basis at work as well as at home in my own garage. I still don't use it anywhere near as often as I'm sure that many of you guys might ... but I've got to say that *I* really like it.

It's pleasantly-scented ... (it smells a little like bubble-gum), and has some pumice in it. It dissolves paint, grease, oil, dirt, etc very quickly ... much better than some of the harsher hand-cleaners like Trounce. I have a bottle of it under the sink in the main bathroom, and haven't gotten into trouble with the wife for leaving greasy residue in the sink.

The real test?
Wash your greasy hands in the sink. Scrub a while, let the pumice do it's thing. Let the water out of the sink, and then rinse the "fallout" down.
Have a look at your hands...
Yup, they're clean.

Now dry them off with that white towel.

OK, OK ... I usually wash *one more time* with ordinary hand soap and rinse before doing that.:D
 
#55 ·
My all time favorite is a product called Micro Brush Hand Scrub. It's spendy, so I don't buy it, but I worked for a few places that had it.

Now that I have to pay for it, I use ZEP Shell Shock. It is soy based with walnut shell grit. Works fast and doesn't dry out my hands.
 
#56 ·
I like the ladies,so I gotta save my pennies.I found out at an early age cars and girls go hand and hand(pun intended)Also nice clean soft hands are important.stinky hands BEFORE a date is a nono.So I use HF gloves to mix and paint cars... afterwards, if needed I can use a painters soap with softening additives in the latex gloves and put them on. but usualy when I do mechanical work,or I cut steel, I got some real nice woodworking gloves,made by ROC "very nice" they are resistant to cuts,even razor blades they are extremely thin too(I highly recomend them),then I use dawn dishwashing soap,it works great for grease and if you put it in the latex gloves and put them on for a while,it really works well, plus it keeps your hands in nice shape.years ago I could care less and my hands were so rough I could put a run in a pair of stockings just by rubbing a girls leg,that'll get you nowhere fast (but they do like getting an expensive pair of stockings)I dont know what the big deal is but someday I'll try on a pair (hey Joe Namath can do it,so can I).Dawn (and i'm talking about Tony Orlando's)works great for getting grease outta yer hair too.So if you aint real good lookin a great car really helps but a great car and clean hands gets.gets the ladies every time,ya dont even need a six-pac.
 
#60 ·
scrot said:
It's been mentioned before, but Tarkelp works great. Best thing about it is that it's less than $2 per tub from our Chinese buddies (Harbor Freight).
Thats what I was getting ready to suggest, I didnt realize that HF sold it, I bought a tub sometime back at big lots and am down to about half a tub and was worried about not being able to find it.
Thanks
Shane
 
#67 ·
Are they petroleum based? My big problem with all the 'orange' cleaners and other solvent based goop is that it dries out my skin and causes my nails to crack...not to mention the smell that my wife hates.

I used the sample i ordered about 5-6 times and it cleaned perfectly without the petroleum smell but I have no idea if it will cause the same issues (they say they don't).

I guess $12 bucks isn't too much of a risk for 1 1/2 lbs.
 
#69 ·
I thought I posted in this thread. My brother works for Castle Products. They make the best glass cleaner I ever used (way before he got there) and their handcleaners are great too. There is a smooth and a gritty type liquid soap.http://www.castlepackspower.com/index.cfm?
Made in Rochester, NY; which is good to support a small local business.

Also, I'm extremely sensitive to dyes. Cheap clothes, socks, soaps, lotions and even shampoos and hair care products. I break out it a (local) red rash.
I used to use cheap shampoo for oily hair; breaks through grease and doesn't dry out my hands. And its usually pretty cheap. Theres no grit, but I use a nail brush or vegetable brush (any soft bristled brush) and it takes the crud off easy. Im also sensitive to latex, so I have to use nitrile or a cream made to guard against 'contact dermatitis'; something like 'invisible glove'.
I even use this when I paint stuff. I wear the flex gloves, with the invisible glove stuff from the heel of my palm to about a third the way up my forearm, and my neck/collar area.

Ask your dentist for some old dental picks (after they've been sanitized) and a box of nitrile gloves. Mine usually gives em to me.
 
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