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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by oldsmerc, Nov 9, 2011.

  1. oldsmerc
    Joined: Feb 24, 2011
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    oldsmerc
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    from seattle

    A couple of days ago I ran out of my MOJO "natural orange" hand cleaner. My hands were very dirty from replacing springs on my pickup. I had some Simple Green and decided to try it. WOW! That stuff is as good or better than any hand cleaner I have ever used. I am probably the last guy to discover this but I thought maybe someone out there could use the information. Cheaper and better.
     
  2. 94hoghead
    Joined: Jun 1, 2007
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    I love simply green, its great stuff.
     
  3. oldolds
    Joined: Oct 18, 2010
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    Careful with the Simple Green as hand wash. It is a bit caustic. Will take the skin off if you use it too much.
     
  4. nsra_23
    Joined: Oct 7, 2011
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    from Indiana

    I use some hand cleaner that i get from my snap on man that is called Nitro Gold and it is the best hand cleaner i have used.
     

  5. bobwop
    Joined: Jan 13, 2008
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    Simple Green tears my hands up, but it sure does clean them well
     
  6. I use simple green as a hand cleaner all the time. 409 too if I have it sitting around.
     
  7. Marcosmadness
    Joined: Dec 19, 2010
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    from California

    Rinse your hands with warm/hot water... put some dishwasher detergent (Palmolive/Joy) and a teaspoon of table salt. This works as well as any hand cleaner I have used and it doesn't screw up your hands with repeated use.
     
  8. jerry
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    I usually use Dawn dish soap. Works good and is easy on your hands.


    jerry
     
  9. dirty4
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    tide laundry soap cuts right through the grease
     
  10. 62Furious
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    I have used dish soap when the wife is doing dishes and it just pisses her off
     
  11. I've used the green liquid Palmolive dish soap to clean my hands for years. It also makes a great car wash soap. I've also used it as an engine degreaser (when thinned out with water) and floor mat/carpet cleaner. This stuff has many great uses.
     
  12. sololobo
    Joined: Aug 23, 2006
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    Simple Green is good but caustic. Using Dawn dish soap with some salt as pumice will do it all and treat your hands better, tis the season to use some hand lotion anyway. ~sololobo~
     
  13. They replaced silicon in the local GM factory with Simple Green. Used for a lub to install rubber on doors and windows.
     
  14. 1964countrysedan
    Joined: Apr 14, 2011
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    from Texas

    Surprisingly shaving cream will easily clean your hands where other stuff fails.
     
  15. Paul B
    Joined: Sep 29, 2007
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    Use shout when the wife inst looking or liquid tide
     
  16. Mr48chev
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    It will take hide, hair and all off your hands while it is getting them clean too. That was all we used in the first shop I worked in as a mechanic.

    Any mechanic that has gotten used to the Green Zep hand cleaner with the grit in it won't want anything else.
     
  17. That is my old standby as well. It also makes a great 'cut finder'. Every time I use it, I learn what knuckle got scraped up when I was working.
     
  18. TOMMAY
    Joined: Nov 11, 2005
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    TOMMAY
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    from MOBILE,AL

    WD-40 works pretty good as a hand cleaner if you don't have anthing else. Of couse you still have to wash with regular soap when you get to a sink.
     
  19. 54reno
    Joined: Dec 4, 2009
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    Zep Cherry Bomb is the best hand cleaner, bar none!!!
     
  20. Dawn and sugar is my choice! Sugar seems to hold up a little longer than salt and is not as corrosive on sinks/drains.
     
  21. BOWTIE BROWN
    Joined: Mar 30, 2010
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    I use simple green to clean my tires not hands.
    "AND THE BOWTIE ROLLS ON"
     
  22. Gator
    Joined: Dec 29, 2005
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    This is the best stuff I've found, I get it at O'Reilly's auto parts. Works great even on paint and doesn't stink or seperate like some of the other commercial products.

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