Clean Hands After Work?

metomeya

You guys have any problems getting paint off your hands?

I scrub like crazy but always had paint left in spots (like where the nail meets the skin).


Any tips you guys have for getting your hands clean?

YourWayPainting

They sell "liquid gloves" at the paint store. I have used it, but only if I have something very important after work. It comes in a tube, and you smear it on your hands and it dries to a thin layer. Not good for hard work, but it should keep the paint out of around you nails.
Other than that, I just use hot soapy water. Some paints are worse than others at getting off. i.e. Advantage 900 from Porter is almost like oil paint. Hard to get off.
BTW, if it is oil paint you are working with, then you will have to use something other than soap and water to remove it.

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NAPA SELLS A PAINTERS HAND CLEANER , IT IS MARKETED TO THE AUTOMOTIVE PAINTER BUT REALLY WORKS GOOD ON ALL PAINTS. I HAVE USED IT FOR YEARS AND HAVE BEEN VERY SATISFIED.

Teetorbilt

Don't make a mess of yourself in the first place. I have never understood why many painters consider looking like a grub a badge of honor. I can paint for weeks without getting any on my clothes.

As far as your hands go, consider latex/vinyl gloves. I use them all of the time, you don't want to know what epoxy can do to you.

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metomeya

I've never seen liquid gloves at the paint stores.

I googled it and I see something called Skinwear, but I don't see it being sold anywhere online.

Joewho

I like using my hands and get paint on them regularly. Can't stand too much though. I keep my nails short, except for the pinky. I use that nail to straighten out lines where wall meets ceiling.

Something I've noticed is that enough paint can get under the nails to actually hurt, so just keep em short.

Yes, good primer is a bitch and a half to get off sometimes, use an oil based cleaner if dish soap won't work. In an emergency, use wet paint on dried paint to loosen it.

donb1959

Show me a painter with very little or no paint on their clothes, and I'll show you a non painter

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BMAN

There is this stuff called painters clean, it is made by PARR. It will take everything off except latex. For latex nothing works better then a washcloth and elbow grease.

Danahy

I use dynamics orange gritty stuff... works wonders..

Also, on a side note I always carry that hand sanitizer, that dries instantly, kills 99.99% of germs/bacteria... I've worked in some very unclean homes (especially near or around the toilet)... Just makes sense to me to have a little container of this in your tool bag... IMO

metomeya

I found this product (its really for putting on before working with grease like in your car).

Man-O
http://www.manoproducts.com/products.htm#mano

But you have to order off the phone. I hate giving my credit card number over the phone.

ComicMan

I have this little secret to tell all of you, some might know this and some not, but someone told me this 5 years ago!

Believe it or not...You can use OLIVE OIL, thats right, OLIVE OIL!

The Cooking Olive Oil , that will clean everything off and will Clean Oil Paints too!

Try it out and you will remember me! hehe And its much Healthier too


Im a Villagerr ))

Check it out and let me know what you guys think


Great Stuff

Joewho

LOL, good tip comic man. Olive oil is part of my heritage and has many uses. It's kind of expensive to wash your hands with, or even use in the shower . (to moisturize).

I did mention above to use an oil based product. But you brought up another painters trick, like using vaseline in your hair when spraying so the paint washes out. Ya, I used olive oil in my hair when I was a kid, the damn cowlick.

metomeya

Funny, you know that stuff stickers leave behind.

I tryed all different cleaning products (goof off, dawn, denatured alcohol) and scrubbed (green pad) and scrapped (razor blade). But nothing got it entirely off.

Then my mom put olive oil on and and used the razor blade and cleaned it completely clean!!!! (I was a kid of course, I don't live with my mom now......... )

premierpainter

If you don't make a mess of yourself why do you wear gloves, "all of the time"?? Maybe there is a little "grub" in all of us and we just don't know it

metomeya

Check out this video:

"Hi, I'm John"

http://www.skinwearusa.com/video/training_english.wmv

4thGeneration

Baby oil or skin so soft is good for getting oil based paints off. It is better to rub some on exposed areas before painting, but still cuts through it pretty well after painting as long as you are not a nut and allow the oil to dry. For years I took a mineral spirits bath because it was all I was told to wash. The skin so soft is also good to repel bugs when painting in the South in the Summer months.