hey guys. been a while but i always have a browse. was wondering if anybody else work involves constantly having dirty hands. i work in a garage at the moment so my hands are always dirty, i can’t wash them all the time. i am using a bullet at work but prefer to pinch or boxcar. do you reckon it is that bad to pinch with dirty hands. oil/petrol/paint things like that. it is hard to scrape it all off even when i get home. what do you guys do ? all the best
When I worked in a garage (tyre shop) I blew out far more junk from my nose than I ever have since I began snuffing… Why not get/use a snuff spoon?
get a spoon and yes don’t snuff oil. better safe then sorry.
or a straw. Just tap some on the tool box and you are ready to go. That 1/4" drives 5/16th long socket would work well too.
thanks guys. i’ll try get some of those gloves they should be somewhere in the workshop, see if they work. i’ve never used a spoon. just tried using my keys, seems alright, still prefer a pinch. feels good to be back on the snuff though!!
Why not use a snuff bullet at work? I’ve now tried a few and the Posh Metal and Blizzard II bullets give a decent dose. Some others give far too small a one, but those two are better devices when it’s inconvenient to pinch snuff.
I remember a friend that I went to tech school with, Joe Hung was his name and he had the habit of using those brown jersey gloves while in the shop. It was taught to him by his father that worked on Rolls Royce. He said that not only did it help keep his hands from cuts & dirt but also made it the responsible thing to do with taking care of a customers car. I use nitrile gloves when working with oil but you will find that they can break quickly being lightly snagged
All the mechanic I know wear the blue gloves, I personally can’t work with gloves but I don’t work with oils and grease. I only like pinching certain snuffs ,I like extra large dose so I load the boxcar off the thumb nail.
Even suited and booted and wearing a mask, snuff making can get pretty filthy, especially sieving a large batch of one of the fine ones like Dragun, which is then a case of being in a dense snuff cloud, which sounds quite nice but I can say hand on heart is bloody awful.
Get a pumice stone, that shit will get anything off your hands its like sandpaper for your skin.