How Do You Care For Your Hands--Or Don't You?

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dibbons

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Gloves, invisible glove goop, creamy hand cleaner, laundry detergent, gasoline? I've tired 'em all. My brother-in-law (full-time mechanic) seems to have hands permanently darkened by continuall grease/oil saturation.

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I tend to care for my hands by;

Making sure they don’t get crushed

I punch someone clean and squarely

Keep them out of places where they don’t belong, like a horses ***

:lol:
 
I only wear gloves when welding or doing sheetmetal work. Mechanical work is a bare handed affair for me. To clean my hands I use a combination of Stoko and dish soap, and a stiff brush.
 
I have been wrenching since 1978, the last 15 to 20 years, the first thing I do is put on rubber gloves. Between the fumes and chemicals I'm in I have to protect myself, I wish I would have used gloves a long time ago!! Hand cream before bed. Like mentioned I'm very careful of what I reach into, like around fans and such. My hands and hammers don't get along so well though. I'm always hitting them. I also wear leather gloves when using a hammer. Had thumb surgery a year ago. My skin on my thumbs cracks open a lot, I have stock in Band-Aid. LOL
 
I find handling cardboard/paper my hands dry out and crack (painful-long healing time).

I did develop a permanent callus on the end of my right thumb, caused by using that hand (thumb and index finger) to spin fasteners in and out with my bare hand.
 
A friend turned me on to lanolin.
I get it at Walgreens.
Lansinoh HPA Lanolin Skin Protectant Ointment

Here in Colorado during the winter it is so dry my fingers would crack, even worse if I got into some chemicals.

The stuff works wonders.

I also use rubber gloves and wear fingerless cotton liners inside

Now if you look for lanolin at Wallgreens you have to man up cause it is in the baby / breast feeding section.
Let the ribbing begin...
 
Thanks, I will recommend the lanolin to the girl in the family who is expecting a new baby this July. Maybe we can share it (not the nipple, the cream).
 
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I use gloves if I know I am going to be working on something really greasy or dirty. I've tried just about all the readily available hand cleaners. Fast Orange is my go to. Good stuff. Gets in the creases and fingerprints. Non greasy. Tried GoJo for a while and got tired of washing my hands after washing my hands to get the greasy off.
 
I wear nitrile gloves for working on oily/greasy stuff. Cutting meat for 48 years, I had a lot of problems with dry chapped hands. Best thing worked for me was Vaseline. I would rub it into my hands real well before bed, then either put some old socks over my hands, or a pair of cotton gloves.
 
wear nitrile gloves when using chemicals like brake cleaner or you'll lose a kidney after long repeated exposure. For regular greasey car work I wash my hands with "Shout" spot remover (for laundry)-it kicks *** for cleaning hands-WAY better than GoJo or D&L .
 
Nitrile gloves.
Bright orange ones made by gloveworks. Get gloves that fit.
DL hand cleaner with lanolin.
Hands used to dry out and crack, not since i started using powder free gloves.
Many employers are too goddamn cheap to supply good, proper fitting gloves. The daily use of solvents and chemicals is bad enough to inhale the fumes, but you shouldnt bathe in them.
 
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