What do you clean your Hands with?

[theloafer]

a small amount of sugar+washing up liquid ...easy peasy

 

[jay clock]

+1 for the washing up ;liquid and sugar version. But i also have box of nitrile gloves for the worse jobs

 

[Rusty Nails]

I keep my coffee grounds and use them together with any washing up liquid after working on the bikes.

Gets all oil and dirt off and nicely exfoliates my hands, keeping them silky smooth.

Very middle class, me.

 

[slowmotion]

Actually.....Swarfega Heavy with polygrains

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[Nibor]

Washing up liquid and an old spontex / green pot scourer

 

[tyred]

The washing up liquid and sugar works great as does washing powder (but I hate having my hands smell of Persil).

I am a big fan of the W5 Hand Cleaner you find in Lidl from time to time. It's the best I've used. It's not a liquid, it's more like gritty soap flakes but it works brilliantly.

 

[MontyVeda]

I keep my coffee grounds and use them together with any washing up liquid after working on the bikes.

Gets all oil and dirt off and nicely exfoliates my hands, keeping them silky smooth.

Very middle class, me.

gonna try that

 

[snorri]

Actually.....Swarfega Heavy with polygrains View attachment 455249 ….

Argh, polygrains, another name for microbeads I believe, not environmentally friendly, adding to the plastics in our seas.
https://www.electricteeth.co.uk/uk-...cts-expected-to-come-into-force-in-july-2018/

Quote The proposed ban will include other industrial hand-cleaning products.

 

[flake99please]

Unicorn tears

Dishwashing liquid & some sugar for the really stubborn stuff.

 

[alicat]

Coffee grounds and washing up liquid or swarfega. I like the fact that I am reusing grounds otherwise destined for the bin.

 

[Katherine]

I usually wear disposable gloves but am thinking about keeping some rubber gloves just for the bike and then washing them.

I have always used washing up liquid for the odd times when I wasn't wearing gloves.
I am going to start using sugar or coffee grounds now - what a great idea.

 

[annedonnelly]

Washing up liquid & sugar for me too. It's a good idea to get the sugar out of the cupboard before you start work - unless you want oily fingerprints on the cupboard and the sugar container...

 

[slowmotion]

Washing up liquid and an old spontex / green pot scourer

Pan scourers are good. If you get phenol/formaldehyde adhesive on your mitts, mechanical abrasion is the only way that you will get it off. You'll take off a fair bit of skin too, but it's a price worth paying.

 

[slowmotion]

Argh, polygrains, another name for microbeads I believe, not environmentally friendly, adding to the plastics in our seas.
https://www.electricteeth.co.uk/uk-...cts-expected-to-come-into-force-in-july-2018/

Quote The proposed ban will include other industrial hand-cleaning products.

That was pointed out by @Adrian,( late of this parish) a while back. As you can see from the photo, I have a very large pot of the stuff, so I won't be needing to get any more before I go to the workshop in the sky.

 

[Domus]

Swarfega Orange from a handy wall mounted dispenser bought many years ago.