Question for Mechanics, Garnders, or anyone who get's their hands dirty

[Tommouse]

So when you guys and gal(s) get your hands dirty on the weekend, working on your car, in the garden, home improvements, etc. I can never get all of the dirt out from under my fingernails. I scrub and scrub, soap with pumice, dish soap, bar soap, but I can never seem to get it all. Now don't get me wrong, my hands are clean but just never look the same as before until a few days later.

So my question: Do you wear your hands like a badge when you go back to work on Monday? I know I do, as I go back to being a nerd IT guy when most people as in my coworkers haven't done any work outside in months.

 

[daniel1113]

My dirty schedule is inverted. I am dirty during the week (I work on construction sites), and enjoy being clean over the weekend.

 

[tasmanian]

I dont, it sucks when my hands smell like gas for a couple of days.

 

[lokiju]

Just take an old tooth brush and some soap and get under your nails.

Works every time, whenever I work on cars.

 

[Pepsi90919]

get's ?

 

[potato28]

I don't care, my boss's like my work more than my dirty, greasy hands.

 

[rbV5]

I wear gloves for the dirty work, and I do plenty of it. My hands are full of callouses and scars, but if I'm not actually working in the dirt, at least they're clean.

 

[Bryophyte]

I don't really care what people think about my dirty fingernails.

I wear gloves when greasing the tractor/implements and usually when handling fuel (gets on my nerves to smell it on my hands all day), but I don't wear gloves when gardening. A big glob of Gojo on DRY hands (doesn't work with wet hands very well), with a brush, will remove almost anything. I just got a special cream that you put on your hands before doing dirty or greasy work, that makes everything you get on your hands wash off really, really easily (it's a little waxy), but I forget to use it most of the time.

 

[ponyo]

keep your nails short and use soap and brush on the nails. Even then you won't likely get everything but who cares.

 

[txrandom]

You suck at English.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Tommouse
So when you guys and gal(s) get your hands dirty on the weekend, working on your car, in the garden, home improvements, etc. I can never get all of the dirt out from under my fingernails. I scrub and scrub, soap with pumice, dish soap, bar soap, but I can never seem to get it all. Now don't get me wrong, my hands are clean but just never look the same as before until a few days later.

So my question: Do you wear your hands like a badge when you go back to work on Monday? I know I do, as I go back to being a nerd IT guy when most people as in my coworkers haven't done any work outside in months.

I go in with dirty hands, show them to all the honeys, ask for a date and then go and wash my hands.

 

[spidey07]

Cut your nails or use a brush.

Or use the old secret - before you start scrape you nails over some soap so their is a protective soap barrier.

Also - GOOP is a life saver for cleaing your hands.

 

[olds]

Gojo and a nylon brush.

 

[Evadman]

gojo, and lava for anything stubborn. I have also found that a brass brush works better than nylon.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Seems silly to consider it a badge of anything. Self-conscious are we?

 

[voodoochylde]

To hades with Gojo! Simple Green, in my experience, kills grease from my 17-year-old Subaru far better than most hand cleaners do.

I just spray it on, rub it in, and use a plastic kitchen scrubber to get into the cracks and creases of my hands. I keep my nails short and use a soft-bristled brush to clean them.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
My dirty schedule is inverted. I am dirty during the week (I work on construction sites), and enjoy being clean over the weekend.

Amen. :beer:

 

[thehstrybean]

I take pride in it. I'm a field archaeologist!

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

GOOP is some amaing stuff.

 

[sdifox]

who doesn't clean up thoroughly afterwards? That stuff is nasty!

 

[Squisher]

Keep your fingernails short. Dig out the bulk with something (knife, nailfile). Then GoJo pumice with a scrub brush (Google hand and fingernail brush).

 

[Analog]

I usually use gloves.

 

[0roo0roo]

boxes of disposable gloves