My hands cracked and bled after washing them with solvent for like a week straight so this is after 2 tough scrubs with "fast orange" hand cleaner.
I'm 20 and i look like i have old man hands...
my hair isn't much better either.
Anyone else have some good grease monkey pics? I know truckinwagen does
I haven't touched my dub in a week so my wants are finally getting clean lol. I keep my hair really short to avoid getting grease in it lol
YEP. Seems like every night I go to the farm I put on gloves. Then I need to do something that I need them off and get crap on my hands. Then I don't want to put them back into the gloves. So my hands usually don't come clean unless brake clean is used. Even then that RUST BULLET crap doesn't really come off it more wears off.
welcome to the wonderful world of Diesels!
and with diesels, comes there wonderful, black as night, grease..
my hands are not too bad RIGHT NOW. but when i was done installing the VNT on the 84, i was black clear up to my elbows, hair was a ball of grease from laying on my back under the car. face was all greasy from rubbing stuff off without thinking that my hands were dirtier than the actual spec i was wiping off my face. so in the end, i looked like a football player, had grease streaks under each eye..
is what really sucks is when you go on a good mechanic bender and your cuticles and that sort of thing get so dry that they break open and bleed..
I'm not that dirty here
If I am working under a vehicle I wear a toque to keep everything out of my hail.
yes I do...
one of the best ways to clean your hands, without using something that will hurt(like brakekleen) is to spray your hands with WD40, it cuts the grease really well, and wont burn on every little scratch.
and for hair, I have found that pre-washing it with Lava hand soap will keep stains off pillowcases(and thus, wives off your back)
and during the winter(when I am around my VW) my hands are rarely not stained and scarred from working on them.
it lets you know that you are doing something right in life.
-Owen
I don't know what everyone's problem is... a little bit of Canadian Tire soap and my hands come out nice and clean:
(sorry.. couldn't resist
)
I've been using a dishwashing liquid that has been working unexpectedly well. Kinda just happened out of necessity one day.
Its orange colored, and smells orange - AJAX citrus dishwashing liquid.
Been using it for over a year now.
My hands come clean everyday.
And they don't dry out. (B T D T - thinner, solvent, gojo)
I used to use blue DAWN dish liquid, it did dry them out some. This Orange Ajax is great and seems like it cleans better than Dawn.
I also use lotion on my hands and arms most every night for prevention. But i have no competition for Vincent's lovely hands.
If I am working under a vehicle I wear a toque to keep everything out of my hail.
Tyler, i think your hair musta stayed in that toque.
I don't see very much hair in that picture compared to your promo pic for Dr Dzl's Inj Pump.
I always wear nitrile gloves. Very well worth it to me.
my hands feel like they have gloves on them at all times.. i cant feel things very well when i have any gloves on. i would rather wash my hands, and my grease rags..
I use dish soap, and about 100 gloves a week.
My hands are crack free, and will come pretty clean if I work at it.
I always wear nitrile gloves. Very well worth it to me.
and about 100 gloves a week
Yup... I buy 'em 5 boxes of 100 at a time... now my wife and kids use 'em as well. Swell for picking up after the dog... opps... sorry, again.
that pic of truckinwagen is priceless; "Well actually it's like this see..."
that pic of truckinwagen is priceless; "Well actually it's like this see..."
Oh.. I thought he was caught in the middle of doing a little dance!
I thought it was more of a "Hi my name is Owen (hi Owen), and I am a diesel addict. It has been 10 hours since my last diesel...." look.