Cleaning and Stain Removal - Bleach on hands

Hello!! I was scrubbing down a tile floor with bleach this morning at work. I got some on my hands and it got into my skin (I know, should have worn rubber gloves. Totally slipped my mind):wall::wall:. So far I used orange grit hand cleaner twice and scrubbed with a cut up lime (the fruit). The smell is still kinda there, which makes eating a sandwich rather awkward. Any advice on getting the smell of the bleach out would be very much appreciated. Don't have too much fun!!!!

Most companies no longer use harsh chemicals like that. Bleach is like gasoline...its hard to get rid of the smell. I would try rubbing alcohol or that hand sanitizer usually takes weird smells off my hand.

Well, it cleaned up easier than scrubbing with Comet. It is a nightmare getting the Comet out of the grout, it doesn't rinse very well, no idea why.

NOP, easy/cheap solution to your chlorine-smelling hands:

1. Obtain (1) standard wooden spring style clothespin
2. Place said clothespin on nose
3. Enjoy sandwich -- priceless!

Seriously, besides washing your hands thoroughly with a deodorant hand soap, I think you just have to wait until the odor dies out. If its too offensive, you might try masking it by rubbing some men's cologne into your hands. Tomato joice is supposed to be effective on skunk odors, but I have no idea if it would work with chlorine.

Next time, remember the rubber gloves -- especially if you have a hot date that evening! :D:D

In a former life I often had to deal with biocides for cooling towers in an industrial setting. Most (not all) liquid biocides are predominantly bleach on steroids and if I got any on my hands I would stink like bleach for a week. There was nothing that would remove that stink but time.

It was worse if I got any on my clothing. The cloth would turn white and within a couple of days there would be a hole where it had been white. Lost far too many shirts and pants that way until I got smart and told the other guys to deal with any biocide leaks. ;)

Nice, so I can get a cologne headache (scent headaches aree a bear). Next time I go to Bath & Body Works to pick up a gift card for my sister in law, I really should put on a gas mask before going in there. At least I quit smoking so I won't be smoking chlorine gas which makes Natural American Spirit cigarettes taste worse than generic cigarettes. Been quite a while since I had a hot date and the smell is gone now.

That kind of job, I would wear clothing that I couldn't care less about so if they got holey Big Deal!

I hear you about those scent headaches, I can't even walk down the laundry soap aisle in the grocery store because of the stink. The last time I went to a mall (couple of years ago) I had to walk past a bath shop and stink was almost more than I could stand. I can't go to Bed, Bath and Beyond because of the stink in their stores.

As for the clothes...even a tee shirt and jeans costs a lot of money. If I know I was going to be working with that crap I tried to wear the oldest clothes I had. Unfortunately, when I usually got stuck with the job it was an emergency and I didn't have a change of clothes handy. :wall:

But work smart, not hard, and you can retire early. That's what I did. ;)

Main problem with the gas mask idea is that people probably will think robbery. Does anyone else get headaches from the smell of microwave pocorn? I have to do frying pan style (old school). A fun way to drive the cats in the house nuts is to save the oil from 2 or 3 jars of anchovies and use that for the oil in the popcorn.

If I have a job coming up that is very nasty, I will go to a Goodwill store and buy some clothing cheap, can be a bear to find 34/36 jeans there though.

Get a Presto PowerPop microwave popper. You can pop it dry, with oil or with butter with no problem. Makes a large batch as fast as the bagged microwave popcorn and you control the salt and oils.


I've been using one for years. I even had one at work.