What do you clean your Hands with?

[Yellow Saddle]

My chemistry teacher at school, only a PhD's worth older than us recounted that in uni they'd regularly cleaned chemicals off their hands by washing in benzine. Only a few years later we 6 formers we're banned from using benzine at all

Those were the days when we were tough and chemicals were scared. I remember playing with a bottle of mercury. IIRC, the strongest toilet in the world can't flush it. Or was it now, that the strongest toilet in the world could flush Sodium. Can't remember anymore.

 

[fossyant]

I use gloves so I don’t need to use any products. Thwack. Ooh matron

Gloves..... ......I can't use the things, so don't go letting a surgeon loose

 

[fossyant]

Those were the days when we were tough and chemicals were scared. I remember playing with a bottle of mercury. IIRC, the strongest toilet in the world can't flush it. Or was it now, that the strongest toilet in the world could flush Sodium. Can't remember anymore.

Copper slip.... used it for years, got it from my dad who was a engineer - works, cranks don't stick....

 

[Profpointy]

Those were the days when we were tough and chemicals were scared. I remember playing with a bottle of mercury. IIRC, the strongest toilet in the world can't flush it. Or was it now, that the strongest toilet in the world could flush Sodium. Can't remember anymore.

When I was 7 or 8 the dentist gave me a little phial of mercury as a gift because I'd been a brave boy ! I used to play with the mercury in my hands then carefully pour it back into its phial. It all disapeared eventually - mmm .

People today are just too scared to give small children toxic heavy metals and carcinogens to play with - 'elf n safety gorn maad theses days

 

[Blue Hills]

When I was 7 or 8 the dentist gave me a little phial of mercury as a gift because I'd been a brave boy ! I used to play with the mercury in my hands then carefully pour it back into its phial. It all disapeared eventually - mmm .

People today are just too scared to give small children toxic heavy metals and carcinogens to play with - 'elf n safety gorn maad theses days

Yes I have childhood memories of being with a mate playing with some mercury.

Different times for sure.

 

[mybike]

Many years ago I recall that we used Paste Hand Cleansing that felt as if it contained sugar or salt. No idea what the other constituent was. We cleaned the machines with carbon tetrachloride, ans probably our hands too. But that's nasty stuff. Then I discovered barrier cream which is pretty good and washes off very easily. If I forget to use barrier cream first I use washing up liquid followed by soap.

 

[Illaveago]

I can't use Swarfega as it brings me out in a rash so I use Coma lemon hand cleaner instead. Back in the old days mechanics would mix sawdust with the Swarfega / hand cleaner as it absorbed the dirty oil from your hands leaving them clean.

 

[Profpointy]

I can't use Swarfega as it brings me out in a rash so I use Coma lemon hand cleaner instead. Back in the old days mechanics would mix sawdust with the Swarfega / hand cleaner as it absorbed the dirty oil from your hands leaving them clean.

The orange swarfga already has bits in it for the same purpose. I got a bit worried I might have inadvertantly bought some thing with plastic granuals in it but fair play, it was sawdust or wheat husks or similar harmless thi g

 

[Profpointy]

Yes I have childhood memories of being with a mate playing with some mercury.

Different times for sure.

You weren't brought up in a village in Carmarthenshire in the 60s were you?

That would be a coincidence ... but it was likely common practice for dentists to give little phials of mercury to small children back then

 

[Gravity Aided]

When I was 7 or 8 the dentist gave me a little phial of mercury as a gift because I'd been a brave boy ! I used to play with the mercury in my hands then carefully pour it back into its phial. It all disapeared eventually - mmm .

People today are just too scared to give small children toxic heavy metals and carcinogens to play with - 'elf n safety gorn maad theses days

Let alone alloying it with silver to make your tooth fillings.

 

[Profpointy]

Let alone alloying it with silver to make your tooth fillings.

there isn't anything wrong with that though, at least for the patient . Long term risk for the dental staff if not handled carefully I guess

 

[Gravity Aided]

I dunno, I think the EU banned it last year, and Murrican dentists tend to use acrylic resin and U/V anymore.

 

[Profpointy]

A friend's dad used to offer welshcakes to visitors, which he'd made earlier that day. After a short pause he'd add "nice clean hands now" We all laughed, but his son would grimace. The son then said, you can laugh now, but it wasn't funny when he still worked in engineering

 

[DaveReading]

there isn't anything wrong with that though, at least for the patient . Long term risk for the dental staff if not handled carefully I guess

If you have to have an amalgam filling drilled out, best not to swallow any of the bits though.

 

[Dogtrousers]

If you have to have an amalgam filling drilled out, best not to swallow any of the bits though.

I'm sure I've read of concerns that mercury vapour could be released by crematoria. Not sure if that's true.