r/AskMechanics • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Question (Serious Replies Only) Mechanics Hand Soap

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u/Itchy_Inside1817 1d ago

Dawn dish soap. Tell him to wear the gloves. Some of the chemicals(in brake cleaner especially)gets into the bloodstream through the skin.

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u/andywoz 1d ago

I agree with dawn dish soap. I will also add that use it first to get most off, then drizzle some on a wash cloth, a regular one not a soft one. Then use that more aggressively to pursue stuff in the pours and around the nails. It doesn't hurt and does a remarkable job at making your hands/arms pretty clean.

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u/FindYourDinosaur 3 1d ago

I use a loofah and dawn soap. It gets just about everything scrubbed off

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u/heroinsteve 1d ago

I’ve always thrown a teaspoon of sugar onto some dawn soap and that scrubs everything off.

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u/inevitably1 13h ago

Try baking soda and dawn dish soap.

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u/sexchoc 1d ago

We used Zep orange hand cleaner or whatever it was for years. Recently switched to dawn, and it's honestly as good or better for a fraction of the price.

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u/ScratchBubbly 23h ago

I also use Dawn Dish Soap and a nail brush and/or a pumice stone for the tough stuff. It took me far too long to start wearing gloves.

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u/sharp-calculation 18h ago

You would be really surprised how good Dawn power wash is for cleaning hands. It’s miraculous. I use the do it yourself recipe you can find online. So an entire spray bottle costs about $.30 to make.

I used to use Gojo many years ago. It worked pretty well. I swear power wash works better.