Dawn!

presence · November 15, 2012, 11:10 PM

"Tough on grease"

...also tough on gun oil and other firearm cleaning chemicals that end up on your hands!! Regular hand soap never seemed to get the stuff off my hands after a good cleaning and the smell would hang around too. No more!

Gatofeo · November 16, 2012, 01:21 PM

I know ... Dawn is remarkable soap. I put a squirt of it in a tub of water and clean my black powder revolvers. Don't need anything else, though I have a bar of Ivory floating around in the water so I can work up a lather on brushes for scrubbing stubborn fouling.
Ivory is good because it floats, so I can always find it.
I don't know what makes Dawn so different, but it surely is -- for the better.

denster · November 16, 2012, 02:45 PM

Also great for degreasing prior to rust bluing. A couple squirts of dawn in the boiling water degrease tank and ten minutes later as clean as if you used lye just much safer.

Carne Frio · November 16, 2012, 11:38 PM

Hot water and Dawn are great for cleaning off oily stuff.
They even use it to rescue birds contaminated with crude.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/36875125/Resc...rom_P_G_s_Dawn

ltc444 · November 18, 2012, 06:34 PM

I use a powdered laundry soap. I learned this trick from an old time mechanic. It works on most sticky greasy gunk

DadsMod12 · November 18, 2012, 09:03 PM

I’ve always preferred Palmolive; although the last bottle I bought seemed more watered down. I learned years ago to put the Palmolive on my hands and rub it in, then add the water.

November 15, 2012, 11:10 PM	#1
presence Member Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: Wheeling, WV Posts: 52	Dawn! "Tough on grease" ...also tough on gun oil and other firearm cleaning chemicals that end up on your hands!! Regular hand soap never seemed to get the stuff off my hands after a good cleaning and the smell would hang around too. No more!

November 16, 2012, 01:21 PM	#2
Gatofeo Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2004 Location: Remote Utah desert Posts: 224	I know ... Dawn is remarkable soap. I put a squirt of it in a tub of water and clean my black powder revolvers. Don't need anything else, though I have a bar of Ivory floating around in the water so I can work up a lather on brushes for scrubbing stubborn fouling. Ivory is good because it floats, so I can always find it. I don't know what makes Dawn so different, but it surely is -- for the better. __________________ "And lo, did I see an ugly cat. Smoke. Brimstone. Holes in parchment. And this ugly cat was much amused." --- The Prophesies of Gatodamus (1503 - 1566)

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November 16, 2012, 02:45 PM	#3
denster Senior Member Join Date: April 24, 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 581	Also great for degreasing prior to rust bluing. A couple squirts of dawn in the boiling water degrease tank and ten minutes later as clean as if you used lye just much safer.

November 16, 2012, 11:38 PM	#4
Carne Frio Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 2008 Location: Near Fairbanks Alaska Posts: 829	Hot water and Dawn are great for cleaning off oily stuff. They even use it to rescue birds contaminated with crude. http://www.cnbc.com/id/36875125/Resc...rom_P_G_s_Dawn

November 18, 2012, 06:34 PM	#5
ltc444 Senior Member Join Date: March 3, 2011 Location: Vernon AZ Posts: 1,195	I use a powdered laundry soap. I learned this trick from an old time mechanic. It works on most sticky greasy gunk

November 18, 2012, 09:03 PM	#6
DadsMod12 Member Join Date: January 7, 2009 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 19	I’ve always preferred Palmolive; although the last bottle I bought seemed more watered down. I learned years ago to put the Palmolive on my hands and rub it in, then add the water.