Hand cleaner, What do recommend?

Mr.Nutcase · Apr 23, 2009

What are the best hand cleaners brand out there?
What brand of Nitrile gloves would recommend?
Where do you buy them, do they last long?

-B- · Apr 23, 2009

For cleaning dirty hands use Swave shampoo
for nitrell gloves I use the green gloves New Pig sells then come in medical sizes not s-xl and provide a better fit.
for transcendental hand and tool cleaning I really like Safety Clean's Orange Wipes they are the bomb

krusty the clown · Apr 23, 2009

pro soy hand cleaner

sk farmer · Apr 23, 2009

i use fast orange with pumice or plain old gojo. if i am out in the feild i always have sprayway aerosol glass cleaner and hand towels . it actually works pretty good.

daveblank · Apr 23, 2009

For hand cleaner the Worx brand is good. The cleaners with ground up nut shells works good also--like the Snap On Nitro Gold.

fatfillup · Apr 23, 2009

Zep cherry bomb, Zoyl soybased hand cleaner.

If you get some hand cleaner you can't stand, put your gloves on and use it to cleand your tools. Beats throwing it away.

Tarheelgarage · Apr 23, 2009

K1 for hands cleaning;

mkdive · Apr 23, 2009

not the best or for every day use...but in a pinch the other day I was at a metal supplier and got my hands filthy....I didnt want to just jump into my truck and F!@# up my steering wheel and interior...All I had was a couple paper towels and purell hand sanitizer...worked freaking great! got all the rust and grease right off. I was surprised. In a pinch it worked great.

Every day use in my garage I have a hand soap container filled up with regular old antibacterial dish soap, (apple I think) LOL. Works great at getting grease and whatever gunk I have on my hands off. Nothing glamours or special, but it works for me. Cheap also. I pick up big bottles of it at target for $2.

As for the nitrile gloves, I use two kinds. When I need a tough glove that wont tear or break 99% of the time I have Derma-max 8mil. Freaking tough gloves! But they are a pain to take off and put on. For lighter jobs I use Renown Gen purpose nitrile, not sure the mil rating but they feel half as thick and durable as the derma-max ones. I have a case of each. That should last me a while.

Steve in Mi · Apr 23, 2009

For hand cleaning - Spray can of scrubbing bubbles and paper towels.

Joy dish washing soap and hot water if I'm at a sink.

Danglerb · Apr 23, 2009

Keep your finger nails trimmed SHORT.

GoJo or whatever followed by dish soap. Nail brush helps a lot.

Microtouch brand seems best to me, but I'm still working through a couple boxes of HF cheapo dual layer nitrile / latex gloves. Sometimes I will wear a set of heavy gloves, leather work gloves when handling junk, Playtex dish washing gloves when any of the thin gloves would fail to hold up long.

GC_Anthony · Apr 23, 2009

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Dymon hand scrubs, I used them all the time when I was an auto glass guy. They take windshield glue off your hands which is sticker than pretty much anything you'll run into working on a car.

ricleh · Apr 23, 2009

Zep TKO hand cleaner.

idubvdub · Apr 23, 2009

fast orange :thumbup:

walrus · Apr 23, 2009

Powerclean works great

rhp · Apr 23, 2009

Wet - Lava soap
Dry - Goop

bb1970 · Apr 23, 2009

Boraxo powder.

Vulturej · Apr 23, 2009

Kresto hand cleaner is what I use. I have not found one that works better yet.

http://www.krestohandcleaner.com/kresto.html

bchee · Apr 23, 2009

I really prefer Fast Orange with pumice. It's not petroleum based and is biodegradable. I like that it doesn't leave a greasy residue. I like it much better than Goop.
As a hobbyist it works well for me. Otherwise I've been wanting to try some Zep stuff.

bowtie3 · Apr 23, 2009

Dura Block makes a bar thats called Dura Scrub its a bar of soap with kinda like a soft scotch brite pad molded in, its the best way to clean your arms and hands I've ever seen. The Cornwell guy carries it.

Stuey · Apr 23, 2009

Joy or dawn if I'm at home. Gojo or Fast Orange if I need to cut through heavier grease. Industrial bathroom hand soap at work.

Gloves: I prefer Kimberly Clark nitriles, but Microflex are good too.

Steve in Mi said:
For hand cleaning - Spray can of scrubbing bubbles and paper towels.

Joy dish washing soap and hot water if I'm at a sink.

Isn't scrubbing bubbles moderately toxic?!!

Kurn · Apr 23, 2009

Second the Boraxo.I don't think any of the hand cleaners work as well as they used to.Musta been the Benzine.

Steve from Socal · Apr 23, 2009

I also use Boraxo, it does a better job than any gel type cleaner and is easy on your skin. I have friends that use a myriad of hand cleaner, none sem to work as well as the old 40 Mule team. For gloves I use the Horrible Fright blue gloves, not great but cheap, I use a few pairs at a time due to tears but even the good gloves tear in my experience.

Steve

pearltsi · Apr 23, 2009

Zep TKO works awesome

Underdog · Apr 23, 2009

Zep Reach, works on oily hands.

Thedroid · Apr 23, 2009

I like the kresto also. We recieved a sample at work and everyone loved it. I'm going to pick up a dispenser and and a bag of it for home

Delray · Apr 23, 2009

Gojo on the road and joy dishwashing detergent when there is water.

ephotrod · Apr 23, 2009

Dawn and a hand full of sugar.
Josh

mag99 · Apr 23, 2009

Joe's hand cleaner (green label) with pumice! And these gloves are the best I have ever used. I use the same pair multiple times before trashing them. Stand up well to paints, laquer thinner, bondo. I like the added length, use with a long sleeve shirt and they cover to the sleeve. :thumbup:

Frank Elson · Apr 23, 2009

Do you guys not have Swarfega on your side of the pond ?

ProGun3400 · Apr 24, 2009

Vulturej said:
Kresto hand cleaner is what I use. I have not found one that works better yet.

Our company has a national account with Cintas. Cintas provides our shop rags, rugs, hand soap, and bathroom freshener (uniforms, coveralls, and jackets also) Kresto is the brand they supply and it works great.

A_Pmech · Apr 24, 2009

Lemon Dawn and a kitchen scrubber sponge is all I've ever used in the shop.

Cheap orange pumice cleaner and a damp rag on the road.

Nik_95Cobra · Apr 24, 2009

Zep Cherry Bomb here... :thumbup:

Keep · Apr 24, 2009

Any of the orange citrus based cleaners. Work well are pretty cheap and they do not smell bad.

Fedwrench · Apr 24, 2009

Zep Cherry Bomb for hand cleaner. However, it is hard on your skin after awhile.

For nitrile gloves, I try to use Best brand. They're US made, come in assorted mil thicknesses, and last slightly longer then their Malaysian on PRC counterparts. They still tear but, at least not putting them on from the box.

chad s · Apr 24, 2009

Snap on Nitro Gold is the best soap I have ever used. Its not cheap, but a $25 container lasts me over a year, and I wash my hands a lot. Its well worth the expense. When the $25 price tag holds you over for more than a year, it really isnt all that bad of a value.

Brad54 · Apr 24, 2009

Another for the Fast Orange hand cleaner. I keep it in the laundry room at the sink, and another one in the shower for those times I've been bear hugging and wrestling transmissions, heads, rear end housings, etc. and have grease up past my elbows, on the back of my neck from rolling it it, on my knees, shins... I make hot rodding a full contact sport.

What I REALLY love is the tub of Fast Orange hand wipes. It's remarkable what they'll scrub off your hands. I don't have a sink in the shop, so I'm always grabbing them. They clean as well as soap and water. I keep the small individual packets of them in my tool box for junk yarding trips or on the road fixes. All of my friends who have come to my shop eventually have bought a bucket of them for their garage. It's like "wet wipes" for guys.

-Brad

sammerdog · Apr 24, 2009

+1 on the Fast Orange with pumice. If I know I'm going to get into the funky grease off an axle, steering rack, etc, I'll lather up before hand with Goop and not wipe it off. That thin layer keeps the heavy junk from sticking and when I'm done the Fast Orange takes care of whatever is left.

Biggest mistake? After you're greasy, trying to use water in any way shape or form to wash.

balrog · Apr 24, 2009

Mean Green or Microbrush

back2class · Apr 24, 2009

straight dish soap on dry hands melts away grease. Try it.

Charles (in GA) · Apr 24, 2009

Search mechanism on this board brings up the following posts worth considering.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5173&highlight=hand+cleaner

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17339&highlight=hand+cleaner

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