best way to clean your hand after sharpening

[cchhcccch]

I use dish washing liquid with 3m sponge to wash my hand .
It works well but I wonder if there are better ways .

 

[Vertigo]

 

[gentiscid]

 

[M1k3]

https://www.permatex.com/products/h...fine-pumice-lotion-hand-cleaner-1-gal-w-pump/

 

[Uncle Danny]

Who cleans

 

[zizirex]

https://www.lush.com/us/en_us/p/pumice-power-foot-soap

this

 

[OkayMode]

Nail brush and lots of soap?

I’m a desk jockey, so a small remnant of some manual labour is welcome to be honest.

 

[Assynt]

It might sound weird but I have taken to trying to wear disposable gloves, when I remember. Otherwise I have these almost tattooed hands for the rest of the week!

 

[Chopper88]

I really don't have to do anything special besides normal soap and a nail brush

 

[blokey]

I just use soap….

 

[ModRQC]

After sharpening? Nothing special.

After thinning… depends on the job. Warm soapy water which I always prepare in the sink nearby anyway and a brush. But yeah clipping your nails might help with « residuals » if you’re not the kind to do so everyday.

 

[mengwong]

Briefly energize the MRI, wiggle fingers, done!

 

[ModRQC]

Briefly energize the MRI, wiggle fingers, done!

Keep knife away.

 

[MowgFace]

The old JKI soap or GOJO orange.

 

[OkayMode]

If it’s an expensive Jnat - by licking my fingers to catch all the good stuff.

My insides are semi mirror

 

[Troopah_Knives]

Plenty of soap recommendations here. I have also found that a good hand moisturizer can help to get rid of that dark staining from steel swarf on your hands.

 

[Simon082]

There is a soap for metal/garage workers, its in liquid form with granules in it for exfoliation. Is it better then normal soap and a good scrub, don't know.

 

[OkayMode]

There is a soap for metal/garage workers, it’s in liquid form with granules in it for exfoliation. Is it better than normal soap and a good scrub, don't know.

You can get that for bike mechanics too - not sure how good those beads are for the planet though.

 

[Matt Jacobs]

sharpen daily and call it patina?

 

[aporigine]

Time.

 

[M1k3]

There is a soap for metal/garage workers, its in liquid form with granules in it for exfoliation. Is it better then normal soap and a good scrub, don't know.

https://www.permatex.com/products/h...fine-pumice-lotion-hand-cleaner-1-gal-w-pump/

 

[benomatic42]

by licking my fingers to catch all the good stuff.
My insides are semi mirror

Reminds me of over of my favorite Dutch expressions:

"A bit of sand scrubs the guts."

Eaten. At the beach of course.

 

[GorillaGrunt]

It might sound weird but I have taken to trying to wear disposable gloves, when I remember. Otherwise I have these almost tattooed hands for the rest of the week!

Tbh I also ended up with that as my solution, I had tried a bunch of different things but nothing got them clean-clean right away if I had done a bunch of knives or a big thinning/repair job.

 

[bjmsharp]

A friend of mine is a mechanic and picked me up a bottle of hand wash with ground up walnut shells in it, works really well on those days when my hands get extra dirty after thinning!