dirty hands

[Jazzscot]

Not long out of the shower and feeling fresh and clean mint shower gel is fairly refreshing and tingly!

Anyway my point is that my hands were dirty as usual, my Mrs says Iv got mechanics hands.

I have tried wearing the rubber gloves that you get in packs but they tend to rip when I look at them.

I remember my Nan used to wear Marigold's when she used to do the dishes when I was a kid. I wonder if these would work?

Do any of you guys wear gloves when working on the bike etc?

[agentpineapple]

marigolds are too thick imho, i was told off a couple of years back for not wearing gloves, i was in a spanish hospital and the nurse was trying to clean my oily hand whilst at the same time trying not to dislodge what was left of my thumb after a tractor mishap, all the latex gloves i've used just split and fall apart. i came to the conclusion i might aswell get grubby, washing up liquid and salt or sugar do a half decent job if you haven't got any special hand cleaner knocking around.....

[MacV2]

Yes do ware gloves, try looking for heavy duty ones from a car spares shop.

Top tip put two on each hand.

Also get some Swafega with the grit in it think it's called TUFFEGA either that or put sand in Swafega.

Mac.

[Flatline]

Best to use this type of cream:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rozalex-Dri-G ... 19d09ac36e

Works a treat and no need to use gloves

If you are going to do a mucky job, use a pair of gloves over the top. as soon as you have finished the mucky job you can remove the gloves and still have the barrier cream on

It will be available locally

Try Cromwell:

http://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/0801/hand-and-skincare

Fife - 01592 631632
4 Woodgate Way South
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 4PF

I am always amazed at how good these creams are

Enjoy

[slower110]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-BODYGUARD ... 35c05bf6f9

These are what I wear at work and when working at home, I buy them myself because the jonny gloves that work supply are absolute sh1t. Bit of diesel or oil on them and they just fall apart. Nitrile ones just wipe them and carry on.
Never used to bother with gloves tbh but by the end of the week it just becomes engrained on the hands, especially after clutches or brake jobs.
Gloves all the time now and clean hands of a weekend

[VTRDark]

I never wear gloves, I have mechanics hands too. I used to use a barrier cream years ago when I was working in a garage and getting greasy on a daily basis. I sometimes do wonder about my hands when spraying carb cleaner or handling brake fluid and stuff and have the thought that I should wear gloves really because this s not good for the skin. But saying that in all the years and crap I have got on my hands, I have never suffered from dermatitis or anything. I have tried gloves in the past but I just don't get on with them as I like to be able to have the sensation of feel in my fingers when taking nut and bolts off etc. It also makes it tricky to roll a ciggie

The thin disposable things just tear and I find them frustrating to put on and take off and they make my hands sweat. Yuk. I just make sure that I have a good hand cleaner and nail brush for afterwards. The Swarfega type hand cleaners are useless. You need a hand cleaner that contains fine particles like little beads to get into the nooks and crannies. I use a Beeline painter and decorators hand cleaner that is not chemical based and is good for the hands. If I have run out and there is nothing else then a handful of washing powder works well, but stings like mad in any cuts In a real emergency fairy liquid and sugar works OK.

(:-})

[lloydie]

im a man with man hands (dirty dry and hard)
never wear gloves and cant get on with them .
i use a good soap mixed with mud and paraffin and they come up nice

[agentpineapple]

im a man with man hands (dirty dry and hard)
never wear gloves and cant get on with them .
i use a good soap mixed with mud and paraffin and they come up nice

and your fluffy white dog prefers your hands to be like that.....

[lloydie]

She likes it woof :-)

[AMCQ46]

gloves, but you have to get the right ones or they split before you have got the tank off the bike!

will look at the pack when I get home to say which they are

[seb421]

My hands are ruined I mean totally wombles from years of various bike work and never using gloves, my knuckles looks deformed, my skin around the joins is now dry and sore,
when it gets cold the back of my hands crack and bleed and get very tight and painful and it feels like a burning sensation

If I was starting out I would have listened to advise and always wore gloves I'm conscious of my hands now when meeting people.

Also wear eye protection, last night I got a good blast of Carb / injection cleaner in my eyes I genuinely thought I was going to be blind it hurt that much, I thought to myself self last time I did this it nearly got me and was like nahhhh it will be okay I'll be careful.

Wrong when I was spraying a float Bowl in my hand it shot back and blasted me good was about 40 secconds before I got to the tap I couldn't see property for ages that was scare not to forget if I'm honest.

Hope it won't have done any lasting damage.

So yeah safety first now

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[VTRDark]

Oo yeh carb cleaning spray in the eye. I know that one, it stings. Actually carb cleaning spray is pretty evil stuff, I must admit I don't like getting it on my hands and give them a wipe pretty quickly afterwards. Different peoples skin react differently. Sounds like you react to chemicals and stuff pretty bad Seb. Sounds like Eeczema or Cirrhosis or soe form of dermatitis. A mate of mine who has always suffered from Asthmaa, Eeczema, hayfever amogst other allergies would always where gloves when doing this kind of stuff.

The problem is if one continues getting all this stuff on their hands then you run the risk of becoming sensitive to these things and can develop skin conditions. I think I am one of the lucky ones and my hands have just toughened up to them over the years and I don't get any reactions, just a few callusies and rough looking. Until they get cleaned in washing powder or fairy liquid. "with mild green fairy liquid" What is that kid says "haven't you got lovely soft hands"

When I was decorating I never used to wear a dust mask when rubbing down a tonne of filler. Over the years I have become more sensitive to it and It gives me hay-fever type symptoms and burns inside my nostrils from where I have snorted so much . I have to wear a mask now.

(:-})

[silver storm]

Not long out of the shower and feeling fresh and clean mint shower gel is fairly refreshing and tingly!

Anyway my point is that my hands were dirty as usual, my Mrs says Iv got mechanics hands.

I have tried wearing the rubber gloves that you get in packs but they tend to rip when I look at them.

I remember my Nan used to wear Marigold's when she used to do the dishes when I was a kid. I wonder if these would work?

Do any of you guys wear gloves when working on the bike etc?

How does your mrs know what a mechanics hands are like.......................... I have tried to use gloves but they always breat within minutes.
Stevie

[seb421]

It's only this last year or two they have got bad but I've been at it with petrol and various muck since around 2002, never gave me any trouble at all then it's just slowly set in and got worse these last few years.
I think working in freezing temperatures at work has done them no favours either mate,
I used to think pah that's for girls them gloves but I wish I didn't, the palm of my hands are tough as old boots with manual work but it's the back that's sufferd and now looks old



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[Furrybiker]

I used to work for the AA, in an office job but connected to the patrols (That sounds so wrong...) anyway there were always conversations along the lines of "These are mechanics hands" "No these are mechanics hands!" The difference was the older ones had hands that looked like Seb's sound and the younger ones had always used gloves and had hands almost like an office workers.

It was pushed very hard by the management that used oil was carcinogenic and most vehicle related chemicals were damned nasty and that you used as many gloves as you needed to plus barrier cream. Always nitrile gloves and powderless. When this first came in the number of gloves used was amazing, but after a while, as people got used to wearing them they went through fewer. I thought at the time was that they had simply stopped being worn!

A mate has fingers that get very sore and cracked, he uses Neutragena cream, it seems expensive but as you only use a very small amount it lasts.