How to clean your hands of grease
From time to time in the life of every cyclist, it is time to prick their hands with the bicycle. After fixing a puncture, adjusting that brake shoe that rubbed or that change that does not stop jumping between two pine nuts usually our hands usually finish more dirty than the chimney sweep of Mary Poppins.Caswell-Massey Triple Milled Almond Luxury Bath Soap - Year of Soap Boxed Set – 5.8 Ounce Each, 12
That mixture of grease and charcoal from the road is quite difficult to remove by traditional methods (see the soap bar of a lifetime). However, not everything is lost as there are several effective ways to clean your hands after an intense mechanics session:
The first and most professional is to use a product specifically designed for these tasks, that is, a degreasing paste for hands like those used in mechanical workshops. They can be found in industrial supply stores. My only experience with this type of cleaner is the Loctite Fast Orange and the truth is that it is amazing how well it works.
Another option is to use dish soap (Fairy type) and a little sand and scrub. The soap only does not remove all the grease and it is necessary to use sand to keep the hands very clean. In this case you have to be careful where you rinse your hands since the sand can get to clog the drain pipes.
Finally, the technique that I like the most because it is easy, cheap and effective: powder laundry soap. This soap is a little rough and it is also very concentrated so it removes the fat a thousand times. It is also very cheap and you can even take a little on the bike to wash clothes and gift, clean your hands.