How too remove Diesel odor

markie61 · Oct 8, 2004

( I'm one of those "big sissys" who usually use gloves when I can while working on engines etc. )

I buy the gloves by the 100's. Somehow, there is always a hole that forms and the orange hand cleaner gets most of the diesel and oil and grease off, but I can still smell a little of the diesel odor.

One day, I am going to try those nitrile gloves (you know, the picture with the fork trying to poke through....)

Mark

Junkman · Oct 8, 2004

( I still need to send Junkman bills for my therapy.
)

Better hurry....... I am running out of money and my Social Security hasn't kicked in yet ..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I use tooth paste and rub it into my hands..... the peppermint type. I also have a hand brush that I got at Wally World that I use with dish washing liquid to get my hands and nails clean. Thirty five + years ago I was on the emergency squad and also responsible for keeping everything rolling. I learned that if you use straight dish washing liquid and rub that into your hands before putting the water to it, it will clean better. I never had grease under or around my finger nails, and I would scrub them like a surgeon. Many times, I had less than two minutes to get clean and into uniform because the call was "hot". That was before the days of latex gloves being used in patient care. We had to have clean hands because many times we were dressing wounds. Dirty hands just weren't acceptable. I also learned to clean the areas that I would be working on first. If you eliminate the grime first, the job goes easier and faster. The worse thing to get off is black hot engine oil from crankcase draining.
I usually buy 6 natural bristle brushes at a time. They cost about $1 each. They are soft and wear out quickly and they don't take your skin off when using them like the plastic bristle brushes.

jwstewar · Oct 8, 2004

We are truly laughing with you Bob. That has to be one of the classic stories here at TBN. I remember laughing so hard at that thread that I had tears in my eyes. Of couse, I was just now getting some funny looks again because I was laughing out loud. Hope you aren't too mad at us for "poking" at you a little bit. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Bob_Skurka · Oct 8, 2004

I've got to admit that when I was re-reading the posts I was sitting there laughing and the lovely Mrs_Bob asked what I was up to. I told her it was a funny, but pornographic joke that she just wouldn't appreciate! I really didn't need to have her re-live the moment. . . did I mention that I still wake up nights in a cold sweat?

PineRidge · Oct 8, 2004

Dargo wearing a suit and tie while operating a cabbed tractor..... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I think I hear the theme song from "Green Acres" playing in the background here. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Bird · Oct 8, 2004

( my "Sam's Club" run today. Last time there I debated on buying this big, like two gallon, jug of something orange hand cleaner )

Brent, for the 3 years I was working on air tools, I went through several jugs of it from Sam's Club. I used Varsol as the solvent in my parts cleaner, and it's peculiar stuff; never bothered my hands as long as I kept them wet in the parts cleaner, but would really chap them if I let them dry. So everytime I used the parts cleaner, as well as working on anything else dirty in the shop, I used the Fast Orange, so I sometimes washed my hands a dozen times a day with it.

kensfarm · Oct 8, 2004

"I "wash" my hands with about a tablespoon of Crisco baking shortening,"

Then how do you get the diesal smell out of the fried chicken? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dargo · Oct 8, 2004

Thanks Bird, I'll pick up a jug of Fast Orange at Sam's tomorrow. I think I'll try the jug first before I go for the 55 gallon barrel. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Jackrabbit_Slim · Oct 8, 2004

( "I "wash" my hands with about a tablespoon of Crisco baking shortening,"

Then how do you get the diesal smell out of the fried chicken? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

A light citrus sauce of course. Fast Orange... Citrus GoJo. Wine selection is always a problem though. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif