Preferred hand cleaners

[Ghoste]

I need to refill my hand cleaner in the shop.  I've been using that gritty orange stuff and it works okay but since I have to get some, what is everyone's preferred stuff?  Maybe there is a better one that what I have been using.

[chargergirl]

NAPA with vitamins and lanolin...keeps your hands decent and not cracking in the cold. $9.00 a jug.

[elacruze]

  I've wanted a hand cleaner thread my whole life.  

The vast majority of the time, I use liquid Tide laundry soap. It's cheaper by a ton than anything else that works as well.

Cra-Z soap is magic, but hard to find and expensive, as far as bar soaps go. http://www.cra-z.com/

Kresto works very well in wall dispensers. I have no idea what it costs. http://www.krestohandcleaner.com/kresto.html

Those are my top 3 picks. The purpose-made soaps are very good, but there is *nothing* liquid Tide won't remove (ok maybe a quick rinse in the parts washer for axle grease mixed with brake dust and brake fluid)

[bill440rt]

I like just the regular Gojo cream type hand cleaner, no grit.
I think there's a cherry scented version with the grit that works pretty well, too.

[FLG]

I just use dishliquid and one of them dish brushes with the rough sides, trim my nails short so they clean uop easy  

[red79]

lava soap bars for me

[Back N Black]

Dish liquid soap with a tea spoon of sugar to give it the grit, works really well. 

[68X426]

Real men don't wash hands. 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

We use this stuff @ work....has walnut shells in it & it pretty gentle on the hands but does a good job cleaning them

http://www.jdindustrialsupply.com/solopol83187.html

[terrible one]

How about this? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlGcNlseR0

[Ghoste]

I've used the granulated Tide a bunch of times Elacruze but never felt like it was a safe idea.  The stuff always got hot when using it and that kind of freaked me out. I am guessing the liquid doesn't do that? (or it doesn't give you any misgivings)

[skip68]

My hands don't get dirty.  If they did, I would use my shirt.  Hehehe

[elacruze]

I've used the granulated Tide a bunch of time sElacruze but never felt like it was a safe idea.  The stuff always got hot when using it and that kind of freaked me out. I am guessing the liquid doesn't do that? (or it doesn't give you any misgivings)

No, the liquid doesn't get hot. The dry Tide works great too, but in the end you have to use a lot more than the liquid plus endure the heat or rinse it off before you're done. Hm...I wonder about a combination of the two for really bad jobs...

[twodko]

GOJO or Lava bars, sometimes steel wool............I'm old school.

[Tilar]

We use this stuff @ work....has walnut shells in it & it pretty gentle on the hands but does a good job cleaning them

http://www.jdindustrialsupply.com/solopol83187.html

I use that at work and it does work good.

Dish liquid soap with a tea spoon of sugar to give it the grit, works really well.  

I use dawn dish washing liquid in my shop. The idea about sugar might be worth a try but the soap alone does a good job.

[plumbeeper]

I've always liked Fast Orange for the shop. We use Cherry Soyl at work and it works real good.

Dave

[tan top]

 gojo is good , used  loads of different ones over the years , but when i was a mechanic all the time !! what ever one we was using  would mix saw dust with it !!

[BIGBLCK11]

Fast Orange.  Sounds like what you are using now.

[chargd72]

Scrubs in a Bucket. Awesome waterless hand cleaner. Takes off oil, grease and paint with minimal scrubbing. 

[ITSA426]

I like the Fast Orange best.  I've heard Gojo described as "homogenized kerosene" which is probably why it works like it does.  I use latex gloves mostly now that motor oil is believed to be a carcinogenic. 

If you want to multi task you can wash a sink full of dishes using Dawn dish soap.  It works great and your bride probably won't ask you to wash dishes for awhile.  You'll have to ask her how to clean the dish towel after you dry them.

[HOTROD]

Scrubs in a Bucket. Awesome waterless hand cleaner. Takes off oil, grease and paint with minimal scrubbing. 

I just found these - we were doing a job putting Furnture in the Offices and had to walk threw the wearhouse they had skids of them (made them there) we all got 2 small buckets but I can not find them in the stores !!?
They work good but dry out .

[chargd72]

They work good but dry out .

Make sure you snap the lid back on.  I've had two buckets for 6 months and they still work like the day I bought them.  Also, I haven't pulled the Gojo out from under the sink since I started using these.  Much easier.

[bull]

Kresto works very well in wall dispensers. I have no idea what it costs. http://www.krestohandcleaner.com/kresto.html

Kresto is the bomb! I love it. We've got that stuff at work and it's awesome.

[twodko]

After further consideration perhaps 70 virgins would be the best hand cleaners. 

[BIGBLCK11]

Scrubs in a Bucket. Awesome waterless hand cleaner. Takes off oil, grease and paint with minimal scrubbing. 

I just found these - we were doing a job putting Furnture in the Offices and had to walk threw the wearhouse they had skids of them (made them there) we all got 2 small buckets but I can not find them in the stores !!?
They work good but dry out .

Kresto works very well in wall dispensers. I have no idea what it costs. http://www.krestohandcleaner.com/kresto.html

I was checking out the links from this thread.   Coincidentally, the 'scrubs in a bucket' are available at the link in another reply, for the kresto hand cleaner.  Just use the kresto link and click 'scrubs', near the bottom on the left column. 

Sorry, no link for 70 virgins. 

[twodko]

Damn.

[68X426]

Sorry, no link for 70 virgins. 

Actually it's 72, and it's Houri. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houri

Yes, that would likely be the best hand cleaner available. 

" In Islam, the ḥūr or ḥūrīyah (Arabic: حورية‎) are described as "(splendid) companions of equal age (well-matched)" "lovely eyed", of "modest gaze", "voluptuous women", "pure beings" or "companions pure" of paradise, denoting humans and jinn who enter paradise after being recreated anew in the hereafter. Islam also has a strong mystical tradition which places these heavenly delights in the context of the ecstatic awareness of God. "

" The concept of 72 virgins in Islam refers to an aspect of paradise. In a collection by Imam at-Tirmidhi in his "Sunan" (Volume IV, Chapters on "The Features of Heaven as described by the Messenger of Allah", chapter 21: "About the Smallest Reward for the People of Heaven", hadith 2687) and also quoted by Ibn Kathir in his Tafsir (Qur'anic Commentary) of Surah Qur'an 55:72, it is stated that:

"It was mentioned by Daraj Ibn Abi Hatim, that Abu al-Haytham 'Adullah Ibn Wahb narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudhri, who heard Muhammad saying, 'The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and seventy-two houri, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a."

Signed, Cliff Clavin

[BIGBLCK11]

  Sounds Good, Add 2 more to the bunch!