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These soaps, balm and brushes can clean the oiliest hands and protect them.

Repairing a car may be notoriously dirty and dangerous, but make sure that your paws will be dirty when you are done. Whenever we are under the hood, our hands bear the responsibility of the front line, and they will receive all kinds of cuts and bruises. Then there are various carcinogens; you don't want to expose your skin to those things for a long time.

Fortunately for us, there are many great products that can clean, protect and preserve our hands that are vital to the next painful work. We picked our top picks from Amazon based on personal experience and customer ratings. So take care of your hands and they will take care of you.

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Gojo's natural orange soap is the best choice for removing stubborn oils on your hands. Equipped with a pump dispenser, pleasant citrus smell and pumice scrubbing particles, these things should be your first choice after a full day of wheel bearing reconstruction.

For a more compact and convenient way of scrubbing gloves, please check this kit provided by Grip Clean. The soap also contains a pumice scrub, which can clean stubborn dirt, and is equipped with a very convenient nail brush.

Lava soap comes in the form of bars and has been the first choice for messy work lovers for more than 100 years. The bar is also equipped with pumice scrubbing particles-see the trend here? ——Made by the same company that produces WD-40. (Sadly, it will not heal any squeaky knuckles.)

Even washing your hands with the hardest soap will not remove all the dirt, so using a nail brush like this is a good idea. It is good at removing dirt and stickiness around the nails, so next time you eat a square jelly for dinner on Sunday, people will not feel sick. 

Repeated washing and scrubbing combined with brutal daily work can cause painful calluses and cracks on your hands. O'Keeffe's working hand cream can help repair it and create a layer of protection for dry hands. 

This hand repair cream from Duke Cannon may have a name that resonates most with mechanics. This lip balm was originally designed for boxers to soothe and heal hands without leaving a greasy residue. But because the bolts got stuck causing all the inadvertent punching under the hood, they should put a photo of the mechanic on the jar. We also fight.  

Why spend money on hand sanitizer when you only need to wear a pair of gloves? These nitrile, latex-free gloves are 5 mils thick (1 mil is equivalent to one thousandth of an inch), making them ideal for light to medium work. There are 100 gloves in the box and you will be ready for a while.

These gloves are big boys, eight million thick, and have a raised diamond texture to help you hold things. They are the first choice for repetitive heavy work because they are three times thicker than latex; you can hardly tear them off. They also put 100 gloves in a box.  

If disposable gloves are not your style, check out Mechanix's Original Work Gloves. As the brand suggests, they are great for twisting, with a hard synthetic material on the palm and moisture wicking material on the back to keep your paws cool and dry. 

These small bandages are very useful because you will keep spraining your knuckles while twisting. Compared with traditional bandages, they provide more mobility and protection. This kind of bandage is very useful when you need to get back to work quickly. This box has 20 bandages of different sizes.

If you need to clean some light dirt quickly, try these hand sanitizer towels. The dual-texture scrub removes dirt and oil from your hands and locks it in a towel to prevent re-contamination. We like to use these for dirty elbows or knees, where washing with traditional soap and water can be a bit tricky. Dave Beard, technical editor of Car and Driver, called them "must."