Removing the Smell of Onions, Chives or Garlic From Your Hands
Simply rub your fingers on anything stainless steel (the smooth blade of your kitchen cleaver, sharpening rod, or the side of a pan). The smell is gone quickly and efficiently and no mess to clean up. Try it, you'll be glad you found this secret.
By Penny Carey
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RE: Removing the Smell of Onions, Chives or Garlic From Your Hands
I have always put vinegar on my hands first before cutting onions or garlic and it does work.
Post By by:Pat Baggaley (Guest Post)
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I will try these things - I hope they work. this smell is driving me crazy !
Post By Sheri (Guest Post)
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I tried the mouth wash and it worked good.
Post By KPNorthwest (Guest Post)
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I just tried it. Rubbed salt in and now its gone. Hey presto it works.
Post By sonya (Guest Post)
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Lemon juice or dish detergent like Joy with lemon get rid of onion and garlic smell from your hands. Gary Dominicus
Post by Gary dominicus
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Just about the best thing to get rid of onions, garlic, etc. is washing your hands with strong mouthwash. (Scrubbing with coffee grounds will work too if the smell isn't too strong.) You may need to wash, rinse and repeat, but the mouthwash will work.
Post By Peanut (Guest Post)
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Just about the best thing to get rid of onions, garlic, etc. is washing your hands with strong mouthwash. (Scrubbing with coffee grounds will work too if the smell isn't too strong.) You may need to wash, rinse and repeat, but the mouthwash will work.
Post By Peanut (Guest Post)
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Just about none of this stuff worked except rubbing my hands with a mix of hydrogen peroxide and common salt.
Post By ebony (Guest Post)
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WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF THE STAINLESS STEEL DRIVING AWAY THE ONION SMELL?""
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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A British £1 pound coin worked on my fingers, used garlic 2 days ago and couldnt get rid of smell, just did the 1 pound, and now 1hr later still no garlic smell! wooohoo!
Post By Darren (Guest Post)
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Try rubbing your hands with tomato..
Post By Nancy from Jamaica NY (Guest Post)
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A nickel worked for me as well
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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I work at a sub shop, and I work with onions almost every day, and I'm sorry to say that none of these tricks work. There are however ways you can get around the smell in general. When you're working with onions, wear gloves! If that's impractical, when you're done using the onions, wash your hands thoroughly in COLD water. Hot water opens the pores in your hands, allowing the odour or onions to get stuck in the pores. Cold water keeps them closed and lets the smell run off.
The only trick that may work is rubbing dry baking soda on your hands thoroughly and then washing it off... do it twice, and then rise the second batch off with soap.
Hope this helped anyone,
-Steve
Post By steve g. (Guest Post)
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Try rubbing your hands with a mix of hydrogen peroxide and common salt.
Post By Bhaskar (Guest Post)
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A combination of stainless steel rubbing, lemon, and fairy washing up liquid ridded me of my garlicy hands and now i smell pretty lol!
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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i did it under COLD water and it worked....but for some reason i think the smells coming back....also i constantly always smell onions...ever since this cooking lesson in skool....can any1 help me?i really wana smell nice but half the deodorants smell horrible can any1 help?
Post By rayo (Guest Post)
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WOW! I read through the posts and tried rubbing my stainless steel sink and rinsing with cold water. It worked! There is a very slight smell, but nothing like the onions and garlic I just added to a bean soup. Thanks
Post By Rosalie (Guest Post)
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Try using Coffee Grounds. Put them in a cup with a little bit of water until it forms a paste then rub it over your hands. It works quite well if you don't mind your hands smelling like coffee.
Post By Molly Wald (Guest Post)
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Olive oil plus coarse salt (kosher-ing salt)
Post by kiwi eema
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You can also dip your hands into lemon juice or vinegar. Both will remove the smell. Both, also, act as a mild bleach for removing stains around your fingers... good for the gardener to know...
Post by gator10tx
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this trick surprisingly actually worked more than i thought it would
Post By stani stan (Guest Post)
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I used a Nickel
Post By Patrick (Guest Post)
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Extraordinary but yes this does work to some extent - I ran a spoon over my hands whilst running under cold water and the magic happened. There's still a mild onion smell but no way as bad as it was!
Post By Merry Christmas (Guest Post)
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Is it supposed to work instantly? I have a date tomorrow night, and I don't want to smell!
Post By Sarah (Guest Post)
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Thanks for the advice. I hope that my fear of stinky hands we be resolved by your off the wall suggestions. Happy cookin everyone!
Post By Adam (Guest Post)
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This does NOT WORK !!!!
Post By mj (Guest Post)
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i heard rubbing your hand with coffee grounds work.....but then you have to deal with the smell of cofffe.....
Post By susan s (Guest Post)
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Does this trick work when pealing garlic onions that have been soked in water ?
Post By Tom (Guest Post)
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Yeah ... then you touch your face and get all kinds of pimples!! lol
Post By Susan (Guest Post)
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Hi Tom,
Once you get the onion or garlic on your hands, rinse with cool, not hot water. The hot water seems to make your hands absorb it. Once it has been absorbed, it is much harder to get off. You can also try rubbing baking soda between your hands and around your fingers, that should absorb some of the odor.
Susan from ThriftyFun
Post by ThriftyFun
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None of these worked for me any reasons
Post By Tom (Guest Post)
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I sprinkle a little table salt on, rub until dissolved and then wash with water.
Post By Enter your name.seeyude (Guest Post)
RE: Removing the Smell of Onions, Chives or Garlic From Your
Thsi works for garlic too. My fingers used to smell for hours after dealing with garlic until I discovered this trick.
Post By Lynne from Albuquerque (Guest Post)
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When lemon juice won't remove onion smell, I either rub back of stainless steel spoon over hands, while holding both under water, or with water running, I run my hands around my stainless steel kitchen sink. The make up of the stainless steel interacts with the chemicals, causing the onion smell to simply wash away.
Gladys Hill
Post by ThriftyFun
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Hello, I've heard that running your hands over your kitchen faucet will do the same thing. I've tried it once and it worked, much to my surprise!!!
Post By Terri H. (Guest Post)
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Rubbing your hands with cooking oil does this as well - also is good for your skin (olive oil smells wonderful) and you wash off the excess, ending up with lovely smooth sweet-smelling hands.
Post By Gill (Guest Post)
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