# Looking for a good heavy-duty hand cleaner (not Zep, see post for reasons) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455 "2020-10-21T03:25:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/21 "2020-10-22T14:46:19Z")
^ Do you ever wonder what stuff would look like if they didn’t include D&C Yellow No.10, Iron Oxide or Chromium Hydroxide Green? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/22 "2020-10-22T20:10:41Z")
lava soap was my father’s go to, he was a mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/23 "2020-10-29T15:40:10Z")
So I stopped at an Autozone store and looked at what they had. They had Fast Orange, another product I had never heard of that had walnut shells, and a third product I had never heard of with a safe list of ingredients, so I picked it up. It’s in a blue bottle, and it’s called Scott Shop Hand Cleaner. I like it. Mainly because the consistency is lighter and less gloppy than Zep. It has fine particles of pumice in it, and it stays on me until I rinse it off, instead of dropping unused globs into the sink before I can rub my hands together. It has a mild scent of something I can’t identify. Apparently this is the Scott that makes those blue paper shop towels, and other paper products. It seems to only come in 16-oz. bottles but that’s OK. Recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/24 "2020-10-29T15:47:02Z")
To be clear, it’s not a Scott Paper product, it’s a company called Scott Car Care. They sell this product and three kinds of paper shop towels and cloth rags. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/25 "2020-10-29T16:18:08Z")
Glad you found something allergen-free. I might pick up a bottle when I use up my monster-sized container. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/26 "2020-10-29T16:40:48Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Would’ve never guessed that _rust_ was an ingredient in Lava soap. An aside: [Straight Dope column from 1977](https://www.straightdope.com/21341528/why-are-barns-red-why-is-new-york-called-the-big-apple) about barn paint; one ingredient is iron oxide (rust) which gave barns their red color. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/27 "2020-10-30T09:35:15Z")
I use Gojo Original waterless hand cleaner. I keep it out in the barn along with paper towels. After I work on the tractor I’ll use the stuff and it is amazing how well it cleans and how nice it leaves my hands feeling. There’s no abrasive. Yesterday I went to a doctor’s office for the first time in half a year. They had people using hand sanitizer, and the perfume in it was horrible. It wouldn’t wash off afterwards and was irritating my throat, even though I kept washing my hands and cleaning them with alcohol. Last night in desperation I braved the cold rain to go out to the barn and use the Gojo, and it took the perfume right off – what a relief! This stuff is GREAT! I wonder if I can shampoo with it… ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/28 "2020-10-30T15:37:23Z")
Yes, I finally found the ingredients for Gojo orange, and they’re OK for me. I might try it when I run out of the Scott product. The Supra product, on the other hand, has walnut shells (disguised with their latin name, the bastards). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/29 "2020-10-30T15:41:51Z")
Pix would be required for research purposes. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455/30 "2020-10-30T16:10:26Z")
The guys in our warehouse are working with grease all day. Our slop sink has Orange Goop, Dawn dish soap, regular dish soap, a scrub brush and a nail brush (brush for nails not made of nails). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-heavy-duty-hand-cleaner-not-zep-see-post-for-reasons/923455.md?page=1)