Make Your Mechanics Hand Cleaner?

It isn't the soft Goop; but I mix finely grated soap with powdered borax to wash my hands with after gardening; and it does a really good job. You wet your hands, add some of the powder (I keep it in an old shaker jar) and scrub your hands together. The borax adds grit for abrasive cleaning. I have been shocked at some of the grime this can get off! I don't know if you could add borax to liquid soap without it dissolving?

Another solution, though one less popular, is hand-washing dishes! I have yet to see dirty hands come back out of the dishwater.

I used to work on cars and I would use liquid dishsoap and powdered laundry soap mixed together. Works great.

Don't know how to make the exact goop, but have had a lot of success with this-- first apply some inexpensive greasy lotion or oil to hands and rub in before washing; the lotion/oil will help loosen the grime so that it washes away easier. It might take more than one "lotion/soap" process--especially around cuticles. Using a brush is also helpful.

fjusty21980

July 13, 20160 found this helpful

I tried using this but it wasn't clean as I wish it to be. Now I use Power Cleanse Hand Cleaner With Lanolin. I get it from Texas Refinery Coatings btw.

 

Mix equal parts of sodium laurel ether sulphate with odorless kerosene.

To the man from South Africa -- please be more specific about quantities of each ingredient. Your formula is close to one used where I worked years ago. They used water, oxalic acid, and kerosene.

seabreezefantasea

November 7, 20180 found this helpful

I found a really great recipe for goof off, it is also great for getting stuff off your hands even paint, without being all that bad for them. Its simply rubbing vegetable oil and then baking soda on your hands. I tried mixing them together and keeping it tat way but the baking soda settles to the bottom and its really hard to get it out. I did some work on my bike and used this to lift it out of the crevices then washed it all off with dish soap. Left my hands soft and clean.