What is the best way to remove auto grease from hands/nails?
Wasco from Sacramento
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The mess is actually dirt or burned carbon in the grease/oil.
Avon Skin-So-Soft is a gentle option that works really well.
WD-40 is fish oil based and works well.
Lava soap has pumice to scrub/grind the grease out.
And then there is simply time.
We use a product called Fast Orange, which is a combination of pumice and citrus. You might try a little lemon juice and soap.
If you have no product to hand then try some liquid dish soap and a tablespoon of sugar. You'd be surprised how well this works. Use as little water as possible until it is time to rinse.
Believe it or not use cold cream. Buy a large jar of cheap cold cream. Put a generous amount on your hands and rub all around like you are washing your hands. You can leave on for a minute or two. Then the grease will come right off. Your hands will be soft and clean.
Grease or oil removes grease... Just pour a bit of cooking oil on to your dirty hands & rub it all around then add a small squirt of dish soap or shampoo & then rub this around too... Now just rinse this all off with warm water & you'll have the cleanest & softest hands on the block! If you work on cars a lot, it pays to keep a small bottle of cooking oil & dish soap next to the outside water spicket during the warmer months, this way you can wash the gunk off before you enter your home!
* To save money, you can store "already used" cooking oil for hand cleaning in a container, but any type of oil will work, baby oil, mineral oil, Crisco, Wesson oil, even motor oil & also peanut butter, lanolin & some hair conditioners will work because oil removes oil, but don't forget to add the squirt of dish soap!
---> But if all this oil business sounds a bit messy, just buy that "Goop" hand cleaner stuff they sell at the dollar store, it works like a charm! I keep it on hand by my washing machine to remove spots & stains from the laundry before washing.
There's a tub of stuff called Goop. It's fantastic... we use that a lot or we mix some baking soda and dishwashing liquid and use that with NO WATER... then rinse with warm water.
As per a dear friend who has owned a mechanic shop for three decades, yep, good old fashioned 'Goop' :-)
I just use ordinary dish soap. I little dab goes a long ways!
I wear gloves, latex exam gloves, and only one or two fingers get dirty. Then I put on the Goop and a new pair, wear it for an hour while..well, online..and then scrub it off.
I make my husband a mixture of dawn dish soap, and sugar in a lidded container. It scrubs away the oil.
Go to your local auto shop, and see what's available there. Here in Australia, we have a product called 'orange power'. You simply scoop a bit out of a tub and wash. It worked wonders for my auto mechanic boyfriend. It was grainy, and smelled of citrus. Otherwise, another product he found great was a solid bar of soap called 'Solvol'. Again, it was gritty, and worked well, but didn't have the yummy scent.
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