Best soap after greasy suspension work for hands and arms .what do you use

[Jerry peachuer]

tried a few heavy duty cleaners including industrial walnut types from work but at home swapping parts around and you need a good hand soap what do you use..

Above average type of work say rear end swap and gear oil is on you and or control arm swap
Wife calls you in for dinner grab garden hose and what soap

Gojo suppro max is my new favorite
Wd-40 works pretty decent
Transmission fluid works incredible
Tork wipes work ok if you need to get some of the heavy first layer off

What have you found thats worth the money

Fast orange eh
Lava soap eh
Borax powder decent but mess
Cintas heavy duty is decent but not great

[massacre]

I usually wear nitrile gloves and then wash up with hot water & dish soap. If I was working with gear oil

[gt4494]

Dawn with a surgical scrub brush.....

[Jerry peachuer]

Working with gloves is tuff for me but makes quite a bit of difference for clean up

Dawn is a engineering masterpiece by the chemical people

[dtmilsap]

Gloves, then I use Dawn dish soap with a blue scrubby.

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[billkandi]

For REALLY nasty hands and arms, I use Castrol Super Clean or Purple Power. I know, that stuff's caustic, but I scrub and rinse pretty quickly. That gets the majority of it off quickly, then I use a less aggressive one. Kinda stings if left on too long.

[massacre]

Sometimes I add salt to the dishsoap for an abrasive
also have a brush for the nails

[Jerry peachuer]

Cherry bomb i think its called is very gritty but pretty weak
There's this green paste we use at work ill see if I can get the name off of it that could be used with or without water
Its better with water though and it has chunks of pumice

[gt4494]

The "Go-To" for hands in the distant past was Go-Jo. Not sure if they still make it but its what most heavy production work bathrooms and garages used.

[WilliamCapri]

I like Fast Orange waterless hand cleaner. It has abrasives and lanolin. Rinses off with water pretty well.

[MERCURY MOTORSPORT]

Here's what I use for almost everything (car parts & greasy hands etc) and works extremely well . . .

Mixture of:

• 60% Glass Cleaner (Windex etc)
• 20% Purple Degreaser (SuperClean etc)
• 20% Dawn dishsoap

I mix all 3 very well, let the foam/suds settle for a little while, then use a funnel to pour it into a spray bottle. Really works awesome. It gets sprayed directly onto parts to degrease pretty much everything. Now & then (but rarely) I might need something additional but this mix does mostly all and is pretty safe for finishes too.



For my hands, I put the same exact mix in a "foaming" pump bottle kept by the sink to wash my hands with after I've done some really dirty greasy work. I always use a good hand scrub brush though it isn't always needed.



For standard daily handwashing, I use the same style foaming pump bottle with 80% Windex + 20% Dawn and is the perfect handsoap.



With either mix, it ends up being way cheaper & more effective than using only store-bought soaps by themselves. No "fumes" or "posionous gasses" either BTW. We buy 1-gallon sizes of all 3 soaps so it's bulk priced and can use plenty. Using a spray bottle or a foaming pump conserves usage too and is plenty strong to clean almost anything I get myself into.



I do keep one large bottle of Zep "Cherry Bomb" Industrial Hand Cleaner (contains grit/abrasives) by the sink for the occassional time I need to deep-scour stained skin etc.



I got to experimenting with different soaps because I worked in industrial heavy-labor construction most of my life around the filthiest equipment & extreme conditions - plus have worked on my own cars/trucks and house/property etc since my teens - I've tried to be society-independent & a DIYer, as much as possible anyway. Among other things, I used to clean/degrease/pressure-wash etc all kinds of heavy construction equipment and found that mixing up the above ingredients seemed to be effective 90% of the time to get me clean at night. But I suppose "results may vary" and there's always some goop or glop that's particularly stubborn! Some really bad greases & tars require a petroleum-based degreaser first, followed by water-based degreasers/soaps etc.

[NAVYCAT]

I use LAVA soap for really thick grease on my hands (where ever) then Dawn soap

[AldeanFan]

I like Luster Sheen but it’s not easy to find, my local hardware store usually has it.


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[84zorro]

I use gasoline..jk..

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[Killingcivics]

You might laugh but I use shampoo. The stuff is kade to clean hair grease and seriously cleans your hands.

[84zorro]

You might laugh but I use shampoo. The stuff is kade to clean hair grease and seriously cleans your hands.

I'll try that next time.

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[gt4494]

You might laugh but I use shampoo. The stuff is kade to clean hair grease and seriously cleans your hands.

Best way to cut gear lube is using Dawn. Nut you better use a conditioner of some kind because it will take the hair oil along wiht the gear lube. I always thoughtt the womans adverts with dry straw hair were fake... LOL

[Killingcivics]

Best way to cut gear lube is using Dawn. Nut you better use a conditioner of some kind because it will take the hair oil along wiht the gear lube. I always thoughtt the womans adverts with dry straw hair were fake... LOL

You find out things when your soap doesn't cut it.

[KevinK]

First round is what ever is handy depending on what I’m doing next. For the second round and deep cleaning, I use shampoo and a small scrub brush while in the shower.

[D3vst8r96gt]

You might laugh but I use shampoo. The stuff is kade to clean hair grease and seriously cleans your hands.

Head and shoulders always works for me. Easy off works too but is bad for skin and paint, on parts its magic. Spray agitate and rinse.

My big thing is getting diesel and gas smell out of my skin.

[gt4494]

Head and shoulders always works for me. Easy off works too but is bad for skin and paint, on parts its magic. Spray agitate and rinse.

My big thing is getting diesel and gas smell out of my skin.

Only thing I found that works for Diesel is to overpower it with another scent. Then you smell like a bouquet all evening... LOL

[gr79]

When working at the dealer, asked mechanics how they kept their hands 'clean'.
Parts washing, clean supply of cotton shop rags.
Cream colored Go Jo in the can was common.
Plastic shopping bags can clean wheel bearing grease off hands enough for finish with soap.
Cleans grease off spindles too.
Wiping hands in grass or even dirt works to knock the grime down.
Smell? Does beer work?
Boraxo paste
Walnut cleaner (Nut Job brand from work)
Go-Jo green citrus
Lava soap bars
Green Scotch Brite pad
Rubbing alcohol
various hand brushes
bathroom mirror to get the hidden back of the arm elbow

one sharp young single girl coworker i ate lunch with had a dirt spot still on the back of her arm the next day.
I pointed it out as a flaw and ribbed her. Lisa appreciated it working for her best interest and mine.

[Jerry peachuer]

Good input thanks everyone

[T top 86]

There is a hand cleaner that keystone automotive (lkq) has called key magic. Best hand cleaner I've ever used an doesnt dry your hands out

[gr79]

Cleaning hands with soaps or solvents.
Acetone cleans well. Most solvents are flammable and defat skin, making it harder to clean later.

Removing the heavy grease gobs down to soap level. Newspaper? Ha try and find some.
Walnut based Zep, Jacks (smelly). Combo of soap and solvent. Citrus cleaners can work too.
Cherry type smell like dipped cigars.
Have used sandpaper, dry wall sanding screen to scrape paint off skin.
As mentioned before, shop workers kept hands fairly clean by washing parts in solvents during course of workday.
Mineral spirits, Safety Clean parts cleaner.
The cleaner orange rags retain solvent for quick wipes. Nice to have a cleaning service for them.
I hang or pile mine outside and let the weather clean the real greasy ones over time.

1,1,1-Trichloroethane or regular was used up to the 80's where i worked to clean dies and parts.
One worker cleaned his dentures in it.

Washed many times at work in a classic round brown Terrazzo fountain sink.
Had the step-on hose valves that worked 1/2 the time and cheap yellow powder soap you had to push the button for.
Most of it washed down the drain unused.