Tru Oil

[boykinlp]

What is the best thing to use to remove Tru Oil from your hands?

 

[HAWKEYE10]

Paint thinner, lacquer thinner, gasoline, and acetone. I think these should work. Don

 

[litauer]

Acetone is the fastest way.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Wife's new kitchen towels.

 

[NKJ nut]

Wife's new kitchen towels.

It would work fine; probably get kicked out of the house, shot or divorced though.

 

[yaktamer]

Untru soap?

 

[ThirtyAcres]

Travel back in time and put on a pair of latex or nitrile gloves.

 

[setxn]

Ronco Tru-Oil Remover-if you call now you get an extra jug for only $199.99 shipping & handling!

 

[G-Mac]

I'd recommend NOT cleaning your skin with any of the above-mentioned solvents. They will get absorbed into your blood stream and will cause liver and kidney damage.

 

[DeadAye]

I'd recommend NOT cleaning your skin with any of the above-mentioned solvents. They will get absorbed into your blood stream and will cause liver and kidney damage.

Some can also cause PERMANENT neurological damage.
Trust me on this - I can hardly leave my house without fairly elaborate preparation for over 10 years now.

Try orange hand cleaner and avoid aromatic solvents!

 

[Rule3]

Mineral spirits(paint thinner) applied to a paper towel. Then wash your hands with Orange Cleaner and or hot soapy water.

The small amount of mineral spirits is not going to hurt you.

The product is over 50%mineral spirits and then linseed oil so if you rubbed it in by hand you already have mineral spirits on your skin.

 

[RonJ]

I used some of my wife's hand lotion. It left a slightly sticky residue on my hands which washed off with plain old soap and water.

 

[roarindan]

FIRE......

 

[jack the toad]

You may try isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) followed by soap and water.
Also go-jo type industrial hand cleaner.
I seldom wear gloves but you might try wearing latex, nitrile, vinyl gloves. I usually use a cotton rag folded several times and I get very little if any on my skin.

 

[H Richard]

When refinishing a gunstock, I put several coats on by rubbing the freshly applied Tru-Oil out with the heal of my hand. Mineral spirits followed my a good washing with Lava soap is my clean up method.

 

[ditrina]

Bead Blast>>>>>>

 

[msinc]

Been awhile since I worked with Truoil but I think I used to spray my hands with a little WD40 first, rub it in some and then add hot water and liquid dish soap. Follow up with a rinse of hot water and the sticky was gone. WD40 is probably no better for your skin than acetone though.

 

[reddogge]

Don't use the new drapes.

 

[Goony]

A small amount of Goo Gone goes a long way for getting the Tru Oil off your hands, and although that product does contain petroleum distillates, it has the mild "prolonged contact" warning only. If you wash your hands immediately after (and I agree that Lava soap or another pumice hand cleaner is best for this purpose), I wouldn't think there's any severe health risk.

 

[boykinlp]

I have a couple of other Tru Oil questions. How durable is it? It seems that when I knock the shine out of a coat of the oil, with 0000 steel wool, that the remaining finish would be quite durable. But if I decide to leave the last coat with the shine, that finish seems to be quite fragile. I would think it would show scratches if I bumped against anything. Also, whether I leave it shiney or matte, should I coat the finished product with a coat of Renaissance Wax or leave as is? Thanks for any advice.