Today, while working on the Jag, I came across something that works better than I ever expected so I'm going to pass it on.

As you can see from my other posts today I was working on the rear wheel bearing replacement, it sure is an incredibly dirty job.

As you can imagine my hands were covered in oil and grease, it was a mess. After a few hours it was time for a break, so I went in to clean up. While getting started with some dish soap to loosen the grease, I noticed a new "Miracle Eraser" laying by the sink.

Just for the heck of it, I rubbed it on the grease stains on my hands. WOW - It came right off!!! Two swipes and clean. That would have taken 10 minutes of scrubbing even with Pumice based hand cleaner and a brush. Using a Miracle Eraser just never occurred to me before for my hands, but boy it sure works well.

Who knows, this may be so darn obvious that everyone knows about it already, if not give it a try sometime. Frankly I've never seen anything work so well and so fast.

I love the fact that this is a global forum. For those who don't recognize the name, "Miracle Eraser" (ME) let me explain:

It is a brand name by a company called Mr.Clean in the USA. It looks and feels like a white foam pad.

I've seen many discussions/debates about exactly what is in these things (forgive me if some of these discussions were on this board and I don't recall the author), but someone really sharp explained it best. It turns out that the white pad is a super fine abrasive that is very durable & extremely aggressive. No chemicals/soap included. I never thought of cleaning my hands with it, but like I said it works so well and so fast I wanted to share it.

Hope it helps you out.

John

 

Have these not reached the US yet ?

Can be used for all sorts of things (including car maintenance !!)

 

I would try latex gloves if I could find them in size XXXXL for my gorilla-sized hands....

 

David you made me LOL, that was a great question, perfect timing. Kind of hard to do in text!. You gave me a good laugh mate.

Jon, of course we are now all picturing you splitting latex gloves trying to put them on...that'd be a good photo.��

What a way to start the day.

 

If you don't have one of those eraser things...just try dish soap and ordinary white sugar. Sugar works like a mild abrasive but dissolves quickly.

 

Sugar! Never would have thought of that. I use comet, then lotion after if I need them super clean.

Gloves though, every time.

 

Personally I wouldn't use dish soap -by itself, it removes the oils from your hand(s), the next thing you touch will almost act like what a wood stain does too wood.

 

Can't believe that a specialist hand cleaner like this doesn't exist over the pond!

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...1ZeuRosm2JRERX

It emulsifies and turns black oily deposits into a form that just rinses off with plain water, I got my first tub of swarfega as an essential after-maintenance product to go with my V Twin Super Sports Morgan Three wheeler in the Sixties and have used it ever since.

We'll export some to you after Brexit!

 

I think you all should try foaming anti-microbial hand soap. It works as well as just about anything else and it does not need water. Dispense, rub and wipe off. And it does not stink.

I've been using everything from brake cleaner spray to the orange gritty soap for mechanics. This foaming stuff works great.

 

The choice of D.I.Y'ers back in the day. 'Guess not around any more..

 

give Goop hand cleaner a try. it is great for waterless cleaning and nice to your skin. i keep a can in the car tool kit with some shop towels.

GOOP - America?s premium multi-purpose hand cleaner since 1949!

 

I worked at a power station in the Bahamas for a while in the 70s and the hand washing facilities consisted of a bucket of diesel another bucket of sand and some old rags.
We had it tough in my day Laddy

 

Amazon sells it online this side of the puddle. I'm a firm believer in Orange Solve though.