Originally Posted by
Gaspasser
This whole problem has been around for over twenty years,
When I started my apprenticeship we had no gloves, in 1953. We plunged our hands into used engine oil, and new oil. We ran mercury through our fingers even when we had cuts in the skin as we didn't know the risks.
We breathed in PVC fumes. Wow, we must have been tough! Or daft!
Getting home after work I washed my hands in neat Domestos (bleach) mixed with washing machine powder to get the ingrained dirt out, before I went out courting. It was difficult as the fumes were overpowering. Severe cuts in the skin healed very quickly and I put that down to the bleach. Didn't medics use bleach and water to treat severe burns in the Korean war?