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[pmsmechanic]

This is about the nicest hand cleaner I've found so far. It's easy on the hands and gets them clean. It's not expensive either. Also available in 1 gallon jugs with a pump.

 

[the old grind]

Who's advice I should use?

Just make everybody happy. That's all a guy ever as to do.

I wear gloves so I don't have to scrub my hands as vigorously or as often & learned to handle small parts with gloves on in the '70s while working on auto assembly lines.

If my phone rings when I'm gloved, my nose works the answer button just fine. New cases are cheap if one gets too grunky.

btw, Barrier creams will 'saturate' skin and reduce absorbed grime.

 

[dragoneggs]

I know how to reply to a message with one quote, only. How do you guys reply with two, three, etc?

Click the far right 'quote +' button to the right of 'reply with quote' for each of the posts and on the last, hit 'reply with quote'.

 

[stuckmotor]

That information doesn't fall under smart tips. You must apply to Big Barn for membership in the secret socity to intrusted with stuff that delicate.
Decide which post you want to quote first,secound,third and in that order click qoutation marks in black ballon in lower right corner of each post UNTIL final qouted post,click reply with quote like you ususlly do.

Thank you very much, sir.

 

[user.69169]

If you were closer, I would have doubled your money for it.

I use an old Singer 31-15 for my auto upholstery, canvas and leather. I put a 3/4 hp servo motor on it so it'll sew just about anything you can get under the foot. I was so involved in upholstery for a while, I have a walking foot attachment and all sorts of feet for it. I was going to update to a Consew Industrial right before my open heart surgery but that pretty much retired me to hobby work now. That old Singer will even sew auto carpet. The only thing it can't do is backup. But I work around that.

31-15 real sweet machine. Got mine few months back from lady who stored it 10 years after her father only man ever used died so one of her kids eventually adopt grampa machine. She took $50 for de machine and told me call her when I had it back running right. Got pretty close to right after fighting wid motor for a while. Singer did crap job designing dat drive fer lubrication.
She come by and brought dem neapolitan cookies. Test drove machine and gave me $50 back. Said she glad machine found good home where it get used. Little shocked to see #69 thread and 16 needle. First owner was tailor in Department Store till store closed.

Still fighting little with thread tension, might buy it a couple new parts. No problem punchin thru, thinkin maybe I put thread lubricator in path from tensioner to needle. Been sewing material from free supersacks making covers fer machinery. Some kind poly woven material, might be cutting thread up some.

Got some chinee needle threaders make life whole lot easier.

Worst case I walk down cellar and use walking foot singer or shoe patcher. I still glad I sent Landis line and soul stitcher to live wid Amishman years back. I ever need either I know where dey live and how Diesel starts.

 

[stuckmotor]

Thank you very much, sir.

That information doesn't fall under smart tips. You must apply to Big Barn for membership in the secret socity to intrusted with stuff that delicate.
Decide which post you want to quote first,secound,third and in that order click qoutation marks in black ballon in lower right corner of each post UNTIL final qouted post,click reply with quote like you ususlly do.

Click the far right 'quote +' button to the right of 'reply with quote' for each of the posts and on the last, hit 'reply with quote'.

Lets see if I can follow simple directions.

 

[stuckmotor]

Lets see if I can follow simple directions.

Yep, I think I've got it. Thanks to you too, Dragoneggs.

 

[fried1765]

Who's advice I should use?

Best advice: Don't wash your hands with WD40 for "years" !

 

[stuckmotor]

I read a report from a man who said he used ether to clean his hands. After a while doing this he found himself in the hospital with multiple organ failure. He attributed the problem to the ether and advised against using it in that way.

 

[JethroB]

I read a report from a man who said he used ether to clean his hands. After a while doing this he found himself in the hospital with multiple organ failure. He attributed the problem to the ether and advised against using it in that way.

Similar story with a neighbor who used naphtha for decades. He was an industrial painter.