The Best Hand Cleaner?

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I am typing this with fingers covered with epoxy putty, gold latex paint and black gesso. I can usually clean up my hands with a combo of Lava soap and a Scotch Brite pad.

Any particular hand cleaner you recommend, anyone?

And don't tell me to wear gloves - I cannot work with gloves. :o

Thanks!
 
I personally like fast orange. Another one that is good is D&L hand cleaner.
 
I remember reading some time ago about some goop you slather on your hands and it dries to coat them like virtual gloves without the interference. When finished you just wash (or peel) it off. Anyone know if they still make that (whatever it was)?
:kaffeetrinker_2: Rick
 
I used to use D&L. But I thought that company went out of business many years ago. After I couldn't get that stuff I bought something kind of similar that came in a plastic tube but it reacted with the plastic and the tubes always cracked......

And I remember hearing about the "liquid gloves" stuff - gonna have to go browsing at my favorite little local indie hardware store tomorrow.

Thanks for the suggestions.
 
One tip I learned from a mechanic was to use just soap, no water, at first. Put soap on your hands and rub the gunk loose then wipe the soap and gunk off with paper towels. Most of the oily stuff says with the soap. Then wash as usual.
 
GoJo Pumice Hand Cleaner followed by lava soap followed by liquid dish soap followed by hand cream.
 
We sell Art Guard by Winsor Newton.
We ship just a well as daniel_smith or try a local independent art supply store.

It is a barrier gel works great keeps that nasty pigment out of the pores & finger nails.

I use it when ever I am going to clean technical pens, brushes & when I used to refill ink jet cartridges refill.

Let me know if you want some.
 
Yup.... fingercots.

Lots of uses in the photo and frame shop.

Gift to friend who needs demasulating.
Not real strong but they do keep you fingers clean when doing.... whatever.
Used over a finger band-aid makes the package waterproof.
Makes photos and paper and matboard easy to grip.
Handle photos and glass and matboard without fingerprints.

Doug
 
I've got a tub of 'liquid glove' - just some sort of barrier cream I suppose. It works to a degree but it's a bugger to get off itself!

Then there's Swarfega as a hand wash, but the smell brings back too many bad memories for me!

Best advice I ever had was from my Dad, who was a total grease monkey, and that was just to use good soap, like carbolic BUT - don't rinse until you've nearly worked the lather dry.
 
So it sounds like you and Jay are in agreement on that technique. Have to try that sometime. I've also wet my hands and then applied some Tide laundry detergent, working it into a paste, then using a stiff bristle brush for some abrasion, then rinsing. Works pretty well.
:cool: Rick
 
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