today i was out of coal so resorted to using some charcoal just to finish a project so my hands were black obviously but before i washed up i wrapped a handle with some twine and gorilla glued it and of course my hands were sticky so i used some nail polish remover to get rid of the stickiness but now the black wont come off from most of both my hands but it doesnt leave a residue on anything and ive tried all kinds of soaps and oils etc but anyone know what i could do to get my hands clean?

some stains just have to wear off

i like useing a dishwashing soap with clorine in it ... gorrilla glue will have to wear off tho..

If you are a blacksmith, your hands are supposed to be dirty. It will wear off.

Sounds like the acetone in the nail polish remover dissolved some of the stains and transported them into your skin layers. Acetone evaporated and now the stain is in your skin. Just have to wait till it wears off.

Make a meatloaf.

Micrell GoJo antibacterial soap is the best stuff I've found to clean blacksmith stuff off your hands. Some things like glue and paints or stains have to wear off.

Have you tried orange type hand cleaner?

Gorillia glue is not good stuff to get on your hands. None of the common household solvents will touch it. You might try "Goof off" which is a latex and non-alkyd paint remover.

I've discovered that I cann't use it in Lousiana's humid and hot climatet. It kicks before you can get all the clamps on for large projects.

You can allways soak them incider......So i'm told

Make a meatloaf.

Then wash the dishes, car, dogs, kids, every day for a month.

I use Dawn dish soap and a red scotch brite pad ( could use the finer green ones if your hands are not callast(sp?). I use this method lots cause it works. - JK

one thing I am positive will take it off. Blaze belts in 40 grit will eat anything. :)

one thing I am positive will take it off. Blaze belts in 40 grit will eat anything.

ya and leave bloody stumps!!!

try painters soap sold by automotive paint stores for oil based car paints

some things are forever or a two week vacation away from my shop. Whitch is the time it takes foe my hands to get clean.That said TarKelp from harbor freight works better and cheaper than gojo

On occasion, I've used kerosene to clean my hands with. For that nasty tarry stuff. It's less "harsh" than gasoline. And not near any source of fire, of course. Even a good spraying with WD40 can do wonders.

But some things just have to wear away over time.

Mikey

I have a 10in wire wheel on a 2 hp grinder you can borrow will make the fingers boney
white. Soft white hands say one thing Hard black hands say another. That gorilla glue is as bad as old grease mixed with old rotilla oil from the tractor. Will wear off in about 2 weeks.(Grin)
Ken

kk thanks guys :*( im pretty sure my hands are stained and my mom isnt to happy about it but oh well what you goin do ;)

I only used polyurethane glue once or twice because of the mess. After a big glue-up of a plywood carcass, my hands were stained and where it dried on my shirt it cracked and left a hole. I'm partial to PVA (yellow) glue for most woodworking, and sometimes epoxy. At least the epoxy can wipe off skin with acetone, though that is nasty stuff.

Make a meatloaf.

Yer killin me Mike!

Now I just have to remember to never eat your meatloaf.

The acetone will act as a transdermal and carry dirt into your hide which is what probably happened to you. WD-40 will too, you have to be VERY careful using these things to clean your hands because if you have something toxic on them it'll get carried right into your body. This is a BAD thing.

Next time you're going to be handling things that can stain wear the blue or purple nitrile rubber gloves. They give you good feel and are pretty proof against solvents, best of all they keep the dirt off.

Frosty

Wear gloves , laundry soap it has caustic in it :rolleyes:

laundry soap it has caustic in it

Making soap Soap that is to be used on the skin should be in the range of 7 to 9.5.

Saponification is what happens when a fatty acid meets an alkali. When fats or oils, which contain fatty acids are mixed with a strong alkali, the alkali first splits the fats or oils into their two major parts fatty acids and glycerin. After this splitting of the fats or oils, the sodium or potassium part of the alkali joins with the fatty acid part of the fat or oils. This combination is then the potassium or sodium salt of the fatty acid. This is soap.

a transdermal... WD40... clean your hands because if you have something toxic on them it'll get carried right into your body. This is a BAD thing.

now I didn't know that! Although I would never use WD40, and certainly not acetone directly as a skin cleanser, I can think of several occasions where I may have been been in contact with toxic things then got WD40 on my hands as part and parcel of what I am doing. Cleaning engines for example.

I will remember this.

Anyway, I would rather have a few stains on my hands, than pour chemicals all over them. You could try some sand in whatever soap your normally use - buts its going to take off you hard earned callouses.

Edited June 5, 200917 yr by Bob JS

Try some Boraxo hand soap