Who carries handiwipes on their tractor?

[brain55]

I'm sorry guys my first thought when I saw this was, I wonder if he keeps some Jergen's in the cup holder. I know it gets lonely out in the fields.

 

[Ken]

I am 66.

I was in the US Navy from 17 - 21.

Now that my friends are at the age where they are being stricken with cancer in various forms.....

I think of the awful solvents we used routinely in the Navy, bare-handed, which are banned today, and I sweat the Big C.

Gas and Diesel are both loaded with Benzene. I do not know about grease.

Exposure is NOW, medical problems crop up years later.

Don't forget the 55 Gal. drums of carbon tet. to clean metal with a pressure sprayer. When to dizzy to stand was allowed to sit down and smoke a cig. until head cleared to continue to spray.

ken

 

[dmccarty]

I remember when I was a little boy seeing my Dad use a slice of bacon and just rub and rub it around in his hands like soap to cut all the grease off...It really worked and he did that instead of using gasoline or solvent...there were not many safe solvents back then ...so the bacon worked...Remember that ...in a pinch it still works when your run out of the hand soap grease cutters like Go Jo...

If you put liquid soap on the grease WITH NO WATER, the soap will get the mess off real easy. Once the grease has been lifted by the liquid soap, water can be used to rinse but if you use soap AND water at the same time, it ain't gonna work. Learned this from an uncle.

Later,
Dan

 

[tcreeley]

I find dirt real handy when I've got grease or oil on my hands and I've wiped all I could off, and I am outside some place. Dirt gets rid of the oily feel. It also works with pine pitch to reduce the stick and with nettles, or bees if you are fast- to cut the sting - moist dirt for the last two and dry for the oil grease pitch.

 

[Danno1]

I remember when I was a little boy seeing my Dad use a slice of bacon and just rub and rub it around in his hands like soap to cut all the grease off...It really worked and he did that instead of using gasoline or solvent...there were not many safe solvents back then ...so the bacon worked...Remember that ...in a pinch it still works when your run out of the hand soap grease cutters like Go Jo...

Potato chips work very well too!


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[LJH]

I think I found burnieman's 'Man School' instructor:

:thumbsup:

 

[/pine]

I have a rag stuck in each end of the torque tube...does that count?

I have an outside stationary tub...for most greasy hand washes I keep a spent dish detergent (Dawn) bottle filled with about 15% detergent water...works as good as most of the hand cleaners...
I also keep a surgeons brush there for the nails and tough spots...

 

[tcreeley]

Then there is always the wire wheel to clean your nails- real man's tool- reach down deep and really scour that grease and oil grime out.:laughing:
-I can always tell - if it ain't red it ain't clean, cause it ain't bleeding.:laughing:

 

[Dr_Zinj]

noticed oil all over my hands = headache + a slight burning sensation

That's a sign you're developing an allergy or sensitivity to the chemicals. Solution is to wear gloves all the time (not always practical), or clean it off as soon as you get a break in the work. Fact is, continued exposure to those chemicals is NOT good for your skin, or the tissues inside your hands. That stuff is absorbed, and absorbs easier and faster the warmer the oil/fluid and the more you're sweating.

The time I spent in the UAE during Desert Storm, I had my bare hands up to my elbows in grease and dirt and who knows what. I can't wear jewelry or even tight sleeves anymore without my skin ulcerating within 30 minutes. (And no, I didn't bother reporting it to the VA for disability - I just don't wear those things anymore.) My hands are the next most valuable asset I have after my head. I'm going to take the best care of them I can since they need to last me the rest of my life.

 

[fordmantpw]

Another necessity is toilet paper when you're out working deep in the woods! Pine straw just doesn't cut it.

But it's better than poison ivy!