If you can get some 100% biodiesel, it kills the diesel odor and it has very little odor itself. Also, it washes off very easily with any soap and water. It will clean anything!

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13 Audi A3 TDI, the Wife's!
85 190D 5 speed, 195,000 miles
75 Triumph TR 6 w/Toyota 5 speed
2000 Ford F-250 powerstroke
03 Ml500, 109000

Peanut butter will work in a pinch too, just wash with a mild detergent when done. (This is also great to remove label glue from glass jars)

But really, I work with dangerous chemicals all the time, and remember your skin is a semi-permeable barrier. Wear Disposable Gloves! The lanolin idea is good (especially after rock-climbing!), but really health wise nitrile gloves are best. The Raven brand are expensive, but rarely break and are thin enough to be tactile. I have found the Harbor Freight's are much thicker, and while more rugged (for greasy jobs like wheel bearings, brake fluid, etc.), but with a much reduced tactile feel. The nitrile also not a sensitizer like latex, and will not melt, with heat or chemicals, very readily.

If your skin smells like diesel, it is "drinking" it... but I do like the idea of diesel cologne...

I also like how I can get on the computer, answer the phone, change the music on my headphones, start the car, cycle the steering wheel, etc, etc, without getting what was on my hands all over the vehicle, and in a fraction of a second.

(Your opinion/mileage may vary!)



Here's some other folks' perspective:

http://www.aft.org/pdfs/healthsafety/fs_diesel0804.pdf

Skin problems in motor vehicle repair workers (mechanics). DermNet NZ

http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/Research/Dermatitis/files/general_skin.pdf

Fuel Workers and Hematologic Malignancies

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