Washing away the smell of Diesel

Galvasean · 17-01-2012 2:35pm #1

My hands stink of diesel. Showered. Washed them several times wityh ol' fashioned soap. Yet, the smell remains!
Any ideas on what to use to make it go away?

opinion guy · 17-01-2012 2:36pm

One doesn't wash away the smell of diesel, one wears it proudly as a sign of manliless!

awec · 17-01-2012 2:54pm

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Logical Fallacy · 17-01-2012 3:00pm

When i was a kid we had this barrel of intensely weird green **** that we used to use to remove oil, diesel, pertrol etc.

No idea what the hell it's called but it looked like Slimer from the Ghostbusters.

ballsymchugh · 17-01-2012 3:01pm

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

When i was a kid we had this barrel of intensely weird green **** that we used to use to remove oil, diesel, pertrol etc.

No idea what the hell it's called but it looked like Slimer from the Ghostbusters.

swarfega!

a real man's soap!!

Pembily · 17-01-2012 4:17pm

Washing up liquid!

awec · 17-01-2012 4:20pm

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amacachi · 17-01-2012 6:20pm

Pembily wrote: »

Washing up liquid!

Just about to say that! I'd go with lemon fairy liquid. If it seems to be working then use some vinegar and lemon then more fairy liquid.

Pembily · 17-01-2012 6:26pm

awec wrote: »

Washing up liquid will do nothing most likely.

I find it works!

awec · 17-01-2012 6:36pm

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Standman · 17-01-2012 7:05pm

a dash of white spirits followed with warm soapy water

mathepac · 17-01-2012 7:24pm

Hold your hands in the smoke from a turf or wood fire. This smell, mingled with the diesel and a dash of tarmac, will be available soon in chemists as Eau de Pikey.

I can't explain the chemistry, but all jokes aside, the smoke either masks the diesel smell or changes the chemistry of it. Wash the paws afterwards in good dacent SunLight soap and forget about them namby-pamby lemon-and-lime yokes, for feck's sake.

HellFireClub · 17-01-2012 7:28pm

Use petrol OP, or WD40 if you have any in the shed, either will break down the Diesel and then you can wash the petrol or WD40 off with warm soapy water...

Logical Fallacy · 17-01-2012 9:41pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

swarfega!

a real man's soap!!

You legend. That was gonna wreck my head tbh.

sam34 · 17-01-2012 11:29pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

swarfega!

a real man's soap!!

we had that at home too.

pure sludge, 'twas the stuff of nightmares

Otis Driftwood · 17-01-2012 11:34pm

I have to say Galva,of all the threads that have been started in my time as a mod of tGC,this one takes the cake for ones that I never expected to see.

Galvasean · 17-01-2012 11:39pm

Otis Driftwood wrote: »

I have to say Galva,of all the threads that have been started in my time as a mod of tGC,this one takes the cake for ones that I never expected to see.

Are you implying that I'm not a manly Diesel man?

Otis Driftwood · 17-01-2012 11:42pm

:pac:

awec · 17-01-2012 11:43pm

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RickRoll · 17-01-2012 11:44pm

Try bleach, see how that works out.

the_syco · 17-01-2012 11:58pm

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

When i was a kid we had this barrel of intensely weird green **** that we used to use to remove oil, diesel, pertrol etc.

Aye, it's some sort of gritty stuff.

Stheno · 18-01-2012 12:17am

awec wrote: »

This is a thread for the ones from down the country to be honest, who spent their childhood years workin' on motors an tillin fields hai.

Here now, that was never me, but I immediately thought of swarfega

That said you omitted working on the bog...................

and carting gas cylinders around all day

They'd have a field day with child slavery if they ever visited those days now !

opinion guy · 18-01-2012 12:46am

ballsymchugh wrote: »

swarfega!

a real man's soap!!

I always wondered where they came up with that name.
Sounds like something that's found at the bottom of an active volcano, or dragon excrement - you know, manly stuff that required some sort of middle earth style quest, a fellowship and such to obtain

HellFireClub · 18-01-2012 12:45pm

Galvasean wrote: »

My hands stink of diesel. Showered. Washed them several times wityh ol' fashioned soap. Yet, the smell remains!
Any ideas on what to use to make it go away?

Gay & Homosexual Forum that way >>>>>>>>>>>>

:D:D

Galvasean · 18-01-2012 3:11pm

HellFireClub wrote: »

Gay & Homosexual Forum that way >>>>>>>>>>>>

:D:D

Oh, FUNNY! :rolleyes:

FYI, it's called the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Forum.

FanadMan · 02-03-2012 3:49pm

Sounds a bit stupid but chop an onion and rub it on the hands. Leave for a while and then was it off with washing up liquid.

Galvasean · 02-03-2012 7:45pm

Sounds like a good idea. I'd try it but the smell is gone now, been nearly two months.

DwightShrute · 02-03-2012 11:48pm

Galvasean wrote: »

Sounds like a good idea. I'd try it but the smell is gone now, been nearly two months.

No wonder you've been struggling to get a date

smallBiscuit · 02-03-2012 11:50pm

FanadMan wrote: »

Sounds a bit stupid but chop an onion and rub it on the hands. Leave for a while and then was it off with washing up liquid.

Rub the onion all over your hands and spend the next 30 minutes trying to remember not to rub your eyes

Mr Magnolia · 03-03-2012 1:42am

Bloody hate the smell of it on my hands myself. A decent soap and a rub it well into your hands with a tblspn of sugar is about the best I've come across outside the good industrial soaps.

FanadMan · 03-03-2012 4:01am

Galvasean wrote: »

Sounds like a good idea. I'd try it but the smell is gone now, been nearly two months.

Surprised that I didn't get a kick in the bum from the mods for resurecting an old thread lol.

Strange thing is that chopped onion kills loads of smelly stuff, from hands to fridges (finely chop and put in a plate in the fridge). See, everyday is a schoolday :P

Mickey Dazzler · 05-03-2012 4:40pm

If you wash your hand with your piss the ammonia will get rid of it. Seriously.

Sky King · 05-03-2012 6:10pm

I know this is an old thread but for future reference, I would give the urine a miss. Pembilly is correct, washing up liquid is the best.

It's also great for getting dax wax out of your hair and cleaning frying pans!

The surfactant properties of the washing up liquid is what breaks up oil-based stuff like diesel doncha know.

On a slightly related note, i was in a petrol station forecourt this one time (hung over) and I was approached by a perfectly able bodied well dressed middle aged woman and the convo went like this:

her: Could you put diesel in my car for me?
me: Sorry, I actually don't work here
her: I know that, would you mind doing it anyway?
me: are you not able to do it?
her: I don't know how
me: are you serious? how long are you driving?
her: um.... I don't know
me: so if you don't know it must be a good while then?
her: yeah
me: and do you not think that as a motorist who has been driving a good while that you should know by now how to fill your car with fuel? do you get someone to do this in every petrol station?
her: (speechless...)

So I left her and went into the shop and when I came back out she was filling it grand. As I had guessed she was well able to do it but just didn't want to get the smell of diesel on her hands / clothes.

Neither did I, but that's not why I didn't help her. If it was a frail old dear I would have helped her. I didn't help this one because she was a lying manipulative wagon.

08-03-2012 2:55pm

Well - at least the cops will never find the body, right?

Washing away the smell of Diesel

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