Proven Tips for getting 5th wheel grease off

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  1. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    At the shop i wash my hands with diesel fuel or gasoline then after i wash with a good quality shop soap. Either fast orange or goop. I also have been known to use paint thinner or mineral spirits. Out on the road if i get greasy i just give my hands a few squirts of brake clean.

    I toss a scoop of goop in with my work clothes, knocks out the heavy grease and oil.
     
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  3. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Hmmmm brings back a memorie of the crst driver cleaning his 5th wheel at the fuel island with the squeegee.
     
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  4. rbrtwbstr

    rbrtwbstr Road Train Member

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    A good pair of gloves (Not your fingerless driving gloves!) eliminates that problem
     
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  5. AM14

    AM14 Road Train Member

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    Here ya go!
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  6. jammer910Z

    jammer910Z Road Train Member

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    Ether works like a charm.. just hard to get THAT smell out
     
  7. bzinger

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  8. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Gloves are fine for some things but for most real work they just get in the way.
     
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  9. InTooDeep

    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    Spray and wash then just wipe with paper towels that is the wife's remedy
     
  10. Cam Roberts

    Cam Roberts Road Train Member

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    Pour diesel fuel on hands. Once clean, take some starting fluid or brake cleaner and rinse all the oily diesel fuel off your hands
     
  11. mustang190

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    Then sit back and enjoy that cigarette.
     
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