How To Wash Gas Off Hands?

[drummereef]

Just wondering what the best method of completely removing gas and gas odor from hands would be?

I had to work on my lawn mower this morning and got gas all over my hands in the process. I need to do a water change tonight as well. I washed my hands a half a dozen times with Soft Soap but still smell a strong gas odor on my hands. Just want to be as safe as I can when I'm around the tank.

I know gloves would be ideal but is there a way to completely remove gas from your hands, odor and all, so my hands are reef safe?

 

[noahm]

carburetor cleaner. It will dry out your hands, but get pretty much all the residue off. Gasoline tends to get into the pores a bit.

 

[buy_baff]

Soap wash like 3 times.

 

[bertoni]

Regular soap or one of the mixes with an abrasive in it might work well, too.

 

[aquaph8]

Wash all you want, the smell has to wear off in time. Im sure some products will mask the smell though.

 

[drummereef]

OK but is the smell harmful if my hands are in the water? Does that mean there's still a residue on my hands?

On another note... I washed with dove soap and mixed in a little baking soda and it helped but still not totally gone.

 

[jc-reef]

You could put on a pair of disposable latex gloves to ensure non-contamination.

 

[jc-reef]

...OP...sorry, I didn't catch your last line about wearing gloves.

 

[reefermad619]

I work on Chevys for fun, so my hands are also coated in grease, gas, and what everelse is on the supension of a 50 year old car. I've always used fast orange. I will wash twice with that and use a finger nail brush (got from Autozone) and scrub my hands with the nail brush. Just to make sure I get all the gunk that soaks into the skin. Then I was with regular soap. That's to get all the fast orange residue off. If going into tank after working on a car, I will do all of that and also rinse hands for about a minute with the water as hot as I can stand it.