...simply because I absolutely HATE the smell of gasoline on my hands!
What in the world will clean this off?
I've tried:
Fast Orange --- both the regular and the wipes... does not get gasoline off. Just plain old doesn't work.
isopropyl alcohol --- sort of works, maybe better than other stuff, but not good enough. Pre-moistened alcohol swabs actually work pretty well if you use like 20 of them per hand and are very aggressive. Not so great for your skin, maybe better than gas.
Dr. J's hand sanitizer --- no, not that Dr. J. This stuff is 75% ethanol. One would think it might work. And it does, a little bit. But not nearly good enough. I mean, they mix ethanol into gasoline, right? so it must be soluble.
Shout/Oxi-clean/Totally Awesome/etc. "oxi" type cleaner --- yes, this stuff does kind of work too. It's as good as anything, and if you get the Totally Awesome in bulk from Family Dollar, it's a cheap way to clean lots of stuff. But it still is not good enough to get the job done.
Simple Green --- no, this doesn't work either. But it is good for grease, oil, etc. that's otherwise hard to get off your hands. Totally Awesome is close to as good at like 1/5 the price.
Berryman says use "baking soda and vinegar" which sounds pretty dumb. I mean, why would you intentionally mix a base and an acid like this? But I might try adding baking soda to the Dr. J's ethanol hand sanitizer to make a bit of a gas-cleaning paste. I have to do something. What a mess.
What in the world will clean this off?
I've tried:
Fast Orange --- both the regular and the wipes... does not get gasoline off. Just plain old doesn't work.
isopropyl alcohol --- sort of works, maybe better than other stuff, but not good enough. Pre-moistened alcohol swabs actually work pretty well if you use like 20 of them per hand and are very aggressive. Not so great for your skin, maybe better than gas.
Dr. J's hand sanitizer --- no, not that Dr. J. This stuff is 75% ethanol. One would think it might work. And it does, a little bit. But not nearly good enough. I mean, they mix ethanol into gasoline, right? so it must be soluble.
Shout/Oxi-clean/Totally Awesome/etc. "oxi" type cleaner --- yes, this stuff does kind of work too. It's as good as anything, and if you get the Totally Awesome in bulk from Family Dollar, it's a cheap way to clean lots of stuff. But it still is not good enough to get the job done.
Simple Green --- no, this doesn't work either. But it is good for grease, oil, etc. that's otherwise hard to get off your hands. Totally Awesome is close to as good at like 1/5 the price.
Berryman says use "baking soda and vinegar" which sounds pretty dumb. I mean, why would you intentionally mix a base and an acid like this? But I might try adding baking soda to the Dr. J's ethanol hand sanitizer to make a bit of a gas-cleaning paste. I have to do something. What a mess.