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Dave in GA

08-01-2006 05:22:26

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What is the best hand soap available that breaks up the toughest, old tractor grease and grime? I've been using Boraxo for years. It works well, but I'm wondering if there are better hand cleaners now.

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MeAnthony

08-01-2006 16:50:15

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

I've had great luck with Chemtool Carb cleaner. Spray it on a rag, then wipe. Burns like a mother on cuts and scratches, though. Maybe its a disinfectant as well?

Also does an excellent job of removing grease/oil stains from clothes. Spray on, then wash. But don't tell the wife! lol

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MF Poor

08-01-2006 15:02:57

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

WD 40 for the really greasey stuff and LAVA for everything else.

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Jak

08-01-2006 14:36:38

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

Work and home I have a gallon of GoJo ready at all times.Worked for me for years.

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Harlan Kruger

08-01-2006 12:08:21

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

The best working cleaner I have found believe it or not is Bakery Grease. They bakeries give it away in 3 gal buckets around here. It takes off paint, tar, grease, oil, anything. And the best part is, is it smells like mini donuts! I use it in the shop all the time, just use the grease, then go in the house and use regular hand soap and your hands will be perfect.

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John A.

08-01-2006 12:04:25

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

Dave, I will agree with some of the others here. Just plain ol blue DAWN soap. Just keep a pump dispenseer on the sink in the wash room. This is what I wash my parts in before I assemble motors back together. My Professor in a College Tractor Shop Class put me on to this years ago.
OBTW...Helps to keep your hands soft and supple too! LOL!
Later,
John A.

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Joe-Bob/IN

08-01-2006 09:08:41

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

I'll have to get the manufacturer of it but we use some Cherry hand cleaner. Basically a liquid soap with grit in it. You have to shake it up since the grits settle to the bottom. Works awesome! Nothing is as bad as old used grease or tar and that doesn't stand a chance to that Cherry stuff. Hyd. fluid works well for removing a lot of grease and oil too. Baby oil is what most of the basement waterproofers use to remove tar from themselves and some equipment.

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Dan Heglund

08-01-2006 07:47:34

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

When i was in the roofers union before i got on the FDNY we used to use lestoil to desolve the tar on our hands.Got splattered on the face once with hot tar and the ER nurse used mayonaise to disolve the tar on my face.Today to me the best thing to use is Dawn dishwashing liquid....Dan-o

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IH2444

08-01-2006 09:10:10

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dan Heglund, 08-01-2006 07:47:34

What ever happened to lestoil ? I used to use it for cleaning greasy coveralls, cleaning paint brushes, etc.

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old_bc

08-01-2006 20:53:02

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to IH2444, 08-01-2006 09:10:10

Do a lestoil search in Google. It is still around and one of the sites is Ace Hardware. old_bc

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williamf

08-01-2006 07:43:04

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

Pre-clean with WD-40 - it'll spray the cracks clean. I like the smell, and it even takes the smell of gas off skin better than anything else I've found. Then the WD-40 washes off easily with any hand soap. Wm

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msb

08-01-2006 07:34:28

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

If you happen to run out of the favorite soap,just dip your hand in some high detergent motor oil and rub it in.Its made to clean the very same crud up on your hands.Then ordinary handsoap will remove the motor oil.

I like Fast Orange the best.With pumice if hands are really, ground in,dirty.

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IH2444

08-01-2006 07:42:23

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to msb, 08-01-2006 07:34:28

ATF works well for this too.

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Gerald J.

08-01-2006 07:29:34

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

Pax Lanosav.

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Gerald J.

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Rauville

08-01-2006 07:18:54

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

I grew up on Lava hand soap, and still use it.

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dhermesc

08-01-2006 08:11:24

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Rauville, 08-01-2006 07:18:54

Lava X2

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dab

08-01-2006 06:26:23

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

Believe it or not but baby oil works real good.

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Walter Squires

08-01-2006 06:17:50

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

The best hand cleaner we have ever found to take tar and grease off fast is a product called Heritage, we have a large trailer repair facality and work on every thing from 6' trailers to 9500 gallon tankers which haul fuel, blood and tar. Theres nothing harder to get off than tar mixed with brake dust and grease but let me tell you this stuff really does the job well. We get it from a local supplier here in Springfield, MO. here is the website on the bottle: www.debsbs.com and the phone number is 800-248-7190, wish we had the dearship on this stuff because it really works.

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Jimmy King

08-01-2006 08:30:51

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Walter Squires, 08-01-2006 06:17:50

Walter, send me an e-mail I have lost your address.
Jim

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Tim...Ok

08-01-2006 06:02:47

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

I like the old original gojo with the fresh kerosene scent,you know,the slimy stuff :0)

Tim

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Badly Bent

08-01-2006 08:32:59

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Tim...Ok, 08-01-2006 06:02:47

I agree. Gojo seems to work best when I start cleaning up. Rub the Gojo on my hands, paper towel it off, then wash my hands with any soap I choose and I end up having cleaner hands than any other combination I"ve used.

Tim

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MN Bob

08-01-2006 05:49:08

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

Morning Dave; I keep "Fast orange" on the work bench. I can clean up dry, no water needed and it does a good job. If I am going in the house for something (dinner?) I finish with lava and liquid hand soap.

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jake4

08-01-2006 05:40:51

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

Nothing better than GOOP or similar creams [M30] rub it in use soap and water to rinse off, cleans under finger nails good stuff.

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Allan In NE

08-01-2006 05:39:38

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

Mornin' Dave,

I've been twistin' wrenches since I was 6 years old and have tried every blessed hand cleaner that has came down the pike.

The best I've ever found is warm water and liquid dial soap. Try it, this stuff is absolutely awesome and ya get it in the silly grocery store!

Allan

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IH2444

08-01-2006 07:16:04

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Allan In NE, 08-01-2006 05:39:38

Yep that is good stuff Allen. I buy it in gallons at Sams. I usually take care of the worst of the grease with pumice orange hand cleaner and then I am clean enough to go in the house and finish up with the Dial soft soap. No running water in my workshop.

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Dachshund

08-01-2006 05:38:26

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dave in GA, 08-01-2006 05:22:26

I've always had good luck with plain old Dawn dish soap.

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RodInNS

08-01-2006 06:59:27

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dachshund, 08-01-2006 05:38:26

I would agree 100%. That's generally all I use, but most any liquid disk soap works good, and it's cheap.
I've used a variety of commercial hand cleaners, including Fast Orange and it's knock-off's, some of the cream stuff in a can (can't remember the name), and Reach. Reach was by far the best commercial hand cleaner I've used. However, the good old Ivory is the best in my books...

Rod

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Rich Va

08-01-2006 05:48:15

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Dachshund, 08-01-2006 05:38:26

i got the gallon size go-jo with pumice grit in the shop. works for me, expensive though.

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BigMarv1085

08-01-2006 16:28:17

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Re: Best Hand Soap in reply to Rich Va, 08-01-2006 05:48:15

In the aviation field it's called Kresto. I have never seen it anywhere else.

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