 | | 
03-22-08, 11:35 PM
|
#1 | | Frame waxer
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Southern NH
Posts: 4,860
| Getting silicone caulk off your hands?
I've been doing a lot of kitchen and bath work lately, installed a couple of sinks and counter tops, plus I re-caulked around the tub & surround. I just finished running a 5' bead of silicone along the base of the tub to seal the new flooring. Now my hands are all slimy, and no soap I have tried will get this stuff off. It's really weird how it totally kills the sudsing action of any soap.
Is there something that will take this stuff off, without attacking my skin? My hands are already raw from washing up from painting, so I really don't want to resort to laquer thinner or acetone. Tried GoJo, didn't seem to do much.
__________________
KB1OSF
'87 Toyota xcab SR5 - SAS'd, e-lockers, stuff (22RE/R151F/4.7's) - currently undergoing frame-off restore
'05 Lexus ES330 - Nav/ML/17's
'04 Toyota Highlander
| 
|  | |
03-22-08, 11:40 PM
|
#2 | | Lifer
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix
Posts: 6,074
| Time. Even acetone or laquer thinner won't do much- the only solvent that seems to work at a decent pace on silicone caulk is MEK, and I wouldn't recommend it on your hands. A few hours from now the stuff will come off all by itself.
-Spike
__________________
His 1994 TLC 'White Elephant' +6"/37" Locked.
Hers '95 TLC Bare bones.
"Tolerance allows the weeds to overwhelm the garden"- Unknown
| |
| | |
03-23-08, 08:39 AM
|
#3 | | You want to do what...?
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: PRK
Posts: 14,619
| was tempted to joke about wire brush on a grinder, but thought there would be some kid on the Internet that would try it, so there... don't do the wire brush...! 
__________________  : '97: 90K, 3xlock, 285 MT/Rs on steelies, Hanna sliders, 851+1.5"/863/N73/N74E/SD24, ARB bull with M12, Kaymar with duals, Kaymar Tradesman full rack, Slee TC skid, 2m/440, more stuff, loose nut behind the wheel!).  : '03: 125K
DDs: ex-Accord (seller's remorse), Prius  : souped-up DR650 | |
| | |
03-23-08, 09:32 AM
|
#4 | | Addict
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1,572
| Quote:
Originally Posted by -Spike-  Time. Even acetone or laquer thinner won't do much- the only solvent that seems to work at a decent pace on silicone caulk is MEK, and I wouldn't recommend it on your hands. A few hours from now the stuff will come off all by itself.
-Spike | x2 - Silicone is a bitch to clean up. I wear nitril or latex gloves when working with it for that reason.
__________________
"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure about anything." Richard Feynman
93 FZJ80 - 285s, 2" OME, CDL, 7pin, Locked Axle transplant, Redline front bumper & sliders, Hefty rear bumper wings, CB & 2M Radios, Hellroaring dual batteries & 130A Tundra alt.
67 FJ40 with 75 2F ... Just getting started
| |
| | |
03-23-08, 09:33 AM
|
#5 | | Forum Regular
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bay City MI
Posts: 142
| Not sure how it works on silicone but an issue of Workbench I had laying around recommended baby oil to remove Liquid Nails or other construction adhesives.
__________________
You boys up from the Iron League hey? Lotsa fights?
| |
| | |
03-23-08, 02:21 PM
|
#6 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: CA Bay Area
Posts: 556
| Start rubbing your hands together.
__________________
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. -Thomas Jefferson
| |
| | |
03-23-08, 03:14 PM
|
#7 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 667
| If you think silicone is bad, try the foam stuff in a can.
__________________ 1997 LX450 Green! with lockers
2006 GX470 for the | |
| | |
03-23-08, 03:41 PM
|
#8 | | Addict
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1,572
| Quote:
Originally Posted by john_eckels If you think silicone is bad, try the foam stuff in a can. | If you get to it fast, acetone takes it off - though rough on the skin. Just did it actually. But once it cures, forget it - it's on until you shed you skin like a snake or something.
__________________
"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure about anything." Richard Feynman
93 FZJ80 - 285s, 2" OME, CDL, 7pin, Locked Axle transplant, Redline front bumper & sliders, Hefty rear bumper wings, CB & 2M Radios, Hellroaring dual batteries & 130A Tundra alt.
67 FJ40 with 75 2F ... Just getting started
| |
| | |
03-24-08, 03:12 AM
|
#9 | | Lifer
Join Date: May 2004 Location: 'in dat der briar patch'
Posts: 3,931
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookiemonster Start rubbing your hands together. | and after use gas.
no joke gas works.
__________________
"If it wasn't a Landcruiser and hadn't been built the way it was you do realize you would be DEAD." VA State Police Officer
| |
| | |
03-24-08, 06:13 AM
|
#10 | | High Desert Hillbilly
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Knee deep in meteor sh**
Posts: 1,250
| Rubbing Alcohol.
__________________
'78 Pig with some gadgets, less rust & rock rash.
'65 FJ-40 - Father/Son project in boxes.
'79 Pig - Parted-out years ago (WHY??!!)
TLCA #4778
Are you pickin' up what I'm throwin' down?
All I need is my shitty old Landcruiser. And this lamp.
| |
| | |
03-24-08, 06:45 AM
|
#11 | | Frame waxer
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Southern NH
Posts: 4,860
| Quote:
Originally Posted by reffug and after use gas.
no joke gas works. | oof... ya but the stink would be worse than the slimy hands. I hate that smell.
__________________
KB1OSF
'87 Toyota xcab SR5 - SAS'd, e-lockers, stuff (22RE/R151F/4.7's) - currently undergoing frame-off restore
'05 Lexus ES330 - Nav/ML/17's
'04 Toyota Highlander
| |
| | |
03-24-08, 09:18 AM
|
#12 | | Lifer
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix
Posts: 6,074
| Yeah, and if you live in California you'll get cancer.
-Spike
__________________
His 1994 TLC 'White Elephant' +6"/37" Locked.
Hers '95 TLC Bare bones.
"Tolerance allows the weeds to overwhelm the garden"- Unknown
| |
| | |
03-24-08, 11:39 AM
|
#13 | | Addict
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: God's Country
Posts: 1,221
| Try a hand cleaner known as "Cupran Special." It works great for removing 2 component paints as well as grease, caulk etc. Cupran. Plus it is made out of walnut shells, and is very kind to the hands.
__________________
4/75 resto, COMPLETE!-sold.
rig stays in god's country where it was born.
'08 FJC- wifes rig sold...
'06 tundra/work truck/estimating truck
'99 100 series sold
2010 crew max tundra.
Black...
| |
| | |
03-25-08, 02:47 PM
|
#14 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 667
| Quote:
Originally Posted by EricG If you get to it fast, acetone takes it off - though rough on the skin. Just did it actually. But once it cures, forget it - it's on until you shed you skin like a snake or something. | Thanks for the tip. I made the mistake of using the real cheap plastic gloves and regretted it after I got a rip in one.
__________________ 1997 LX450 Green! with lockers
2006 GX470 for the | |
| | |
03-25-08, 03:40 PM
|
#15 | | Addict
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tucson AZ
Posts: 1,280
| I just rub and rub and then wait for it to fall off.
The expanding foam on the other hand is the debil!!! 
__________________
1994 FZJ80, OME850/864 w/ CSC 1.5" spacers, 285/75 r16 BFG AT/KO, 131K
"SUBDUCTION leads to OROGENY"
"Strip Mining Prevents Forest Fires!" "Stop Continental Drift!"
"Tuff Schist" "Reunite Gondwanaland"
WFC: 2020 5337 1783
| |
| | |
03-26-08, 12:45 AM
|
#16 | | Lifer
Join Date: May 2004 Location: 'in dat der briar patch'
Posts: 3,931
| Quote:
Originally Posted by KLF oof... ya but the stink would be worse than the slimy hands. I hate that smell. | 
it works.
good for killing poison ivy too.
__________________
"If it wasn't a Landcruiser and hadn't been built the way it was you do realize you would be DEAD." VA State Police Officer
| |
| | |
03-27-08, 08:46 AM
|
#17 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver eh?
Posts: 601
| dryer lint. I am not kidding. The sticky stuff in a can or industrial adhesive really doesn't come off.
A little dryer lint, your hands are black or grey, but they are not sticky! | |
| | |
03-27-08, 10:08 AM
|
#18 | | Addict
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1,572
| Quote:
Originally Posted by reffug
it works.
good for killing poison ivy too. | In my experience, the best stuff for poison ivy is a strong bleach solution or lye soap.
__________________
"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure about anything." Richard Feynman
93 FZJ80 - 285s, 2" OME, CDL, 7pin, Locked Axle transplant, Redline front bumper & sliders, Hefty rear bumper wings, CB & 2M Radios, Hellroaring dual batteries & 130A Tundra alt.
67 FJ40 with 75 2F ... Just getting started
| |
| | |
03-27-08, 10:45 AM
|
#19 | | 250+ Club
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: CA Bay Area
Posts: 556
| Quote:
Originally Posted by reffug and after use gas.
no joke gas works. | Only downside is that you absorb it through your skin.
I only use gas or thinner when using oil base paints sealers. For caulk my skin is so rough & calloused that I just rub it off. Only place caulk remains is right around the nail cuticle and there it just wears off after a few days.
For ABS glue I use Oatey's ABS soap/cleanser, it's the only stuff that works well. Similar to orange base or mechanics soap.
Of course what works best I've found, & the one I prefer most of all is to just simply stay as far away from all of it as much as possible.
__________________
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. -Thomas Jefferson
| |
| | |
03-30-08, 08:00 PM
|
#20 | | Supporting Vendor
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: 97045
Posts: 6,517
| Dawn soap and a scotch brite pad.... | |
| | | |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
|
KLF
1987 Toyota Xcab Pickup
e9999
"The 80"
FJ40
Matrix
AATLAS1X
