Home made hand cleaner

**Roverlord off road spares** · 3rd March 2017, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

I've had a large 5L bottle of Lightning fast orange hand cleaner for the past 10 years.
I think it cost me 25 bucks or so. Never needed anything else.

The grain in the mix is the trick though. I've used laundry powder but it is too caustic, and the skin on my knuckles split open an hour later. If you were going to DIY, with the softer cleaners (shampoo, dish liquid concentrate) then consider some kind of grit like pumice or walnut or even fine sand.

I used to use that, have now tried Swarfega - Orange, not gritty and gets grease off nicely

**Dark61** · 3rd March 2017, 09:45 AM

I suppose we could use gloves.
cheers,
d

**Toxic_Avenger** · 3rd March 2017, 10:34 AM

Don't be silly!

**BMKal** · 3rd March 2017, 10:34 AM

I've got a container of the Sodium Carbonate laundry washing powder in the shed - but I use that to make up the electrolyte solution for my rust removal / electrolysis set-up.

For cleaning my hands, I still have a small bottle of Solvol hand cleaner in the laundry, but have containers of the "Fast Orange" hand cleaner (I get it from Supercheap) in both the shed and the laundry. I refer to it as "Agent Orange" and have used it for years - gets almost anything off.

**Roverlord off road spares** · 3rd March 2017, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Dark61

I suppose we could use gloves.
cheers,
d

Gloves don't let you have the same sensitivity as finger tips do for come things. I have used surgical gloves for oil changes and other messy stuff like that but they burst very easily and are not robust enough.

**numpty** · 5th March 2017, 07:06 AM

Liquid laundry soap for me. Earth@#oice

**ballbag** · 5th March 2017, 07:36 AM

CT18 truck wash. Supercrap sell 5L for $20 every few months.

**jonesfam** · 5th March 2017, 01:17 PM

Petrol?

**ballbag** · 5th March 2017, 07:16 PM

Yep, guilty.

**superquag** · 8th March 2017, 01:44 AM

Back in the Good Old Days of making Biodiesel, I kept the 'glycerol' by-product and sometimes mixed in some sand. Worked as well as the $$$ specialized 'waterless' hand cleaners, and cost me nothing.

Perhaps (Fauldings) 'Barrier Cream' used before doing grubby grimy work ? - used to be able to buy it in large-ish tubs, only seen toothpaste-sized tubes of it recently.

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