Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DuBois on July 15, 2016, 02:54:57 pm
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I hadn't found a way of getting tru oil off hands well and have just let it kinda wear off in past. I was trying to wash it off with soap and water the other day and there was some lavender essential oil on the window sill so for some unknown reason I shot a few drops on my hands and rubbed it in. Amazingly tru oil vanished and I had nice smelling hands to boot. Have since tried this with olive oil, tea tree oil, and mandarin oil. All do the same.
This may be old school knowledge but I thought it was cool.
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Good to know. Jawge
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Try cedar wood oil on your big toe & you will sleep like a baby for real, but for tru oil I always rob my wife's work bag she always has disposable surgical gloves but my hands don't smell good like yours ;D
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Yeah it works good for pitch or sap whatever you wanna call it. It takes oil to fight oil. Butter or vegetable oil any of it works!
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thanks for the tip!
Can't get much tru oil in here since it's apparently illegal in CA due to the solvents..
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Crisco, corn oil, bacon grease, almost any fat will help clean up Tru Oil from your hands.
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I only use one finger and wipe it on my Jeans.
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I usually use gojo hand cleaner. Works well.
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I only use one finger and wipe it on my Jeans.
Pretty much
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Almost all essential oils are solvents by nature. That's where turpentine originally came from. Orange oil is one of the best paint/glue strippers around. There's a strange trend lately where some distributors of the oils are advising eating undiluted oils and direct topical application, both of which are a bad idea.
Tru-oil is oil based, so any non-polar solvent or even oil should dissolve it. A little WD40 followed by soapy water does the trick. Some of those essential oils can be pretty pricey, too much to use as hand cleaner anyway. .
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I use acetone, paint thinner, mineral spirits. Any solvent I happen to have handy. I just put a little on a rag and wipe my hands.
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I use acetone, paint thinner, mineral spirits. Any solvent I happen to have handy. I just put a little on a rag and wipe my hands.
Damn, now I'm feelin kinda prissy :-[
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I just used Tru-Oil on the stock of a Flintlock trade Gun I built from a kit. Just used a Finger and Lava Soap took it right off. Bob
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I do the same as Mullet; use one finger and wipe it on my jeans.
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I apply it with a cosmetic wedge. No cleanup required.
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I apply it with a cosmetic wedge. No cleanup required.
Just make sure to keep those separate from your other makeup regimen!
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I just like to leave it on my hands so people think I am doing something :)
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Why not just wear some gloves, then ya don't need to worry about it. ;) Badger, solvents are bad news, take it from a guy who worked in the paint industry for almost 15 years. All those solvents you mentioned will cause nerve damage over time.
Tattoo Dave