Steve B wrote:

> My DH will wash his greasy, grimey, motor-dirtied hands at the ktichen
> sink because dishsoap is better than just about anything for getting
> the grease off. I have to wipe the sink down afterwards (well, he
> does the dishes, it's a fair division of labor imho), but so what?
> That way, at least, the grime he tracks in goes no further than the
> kitchen, so there's less floor to clean up.

I fail to see why you wouldn't wash your hands in the kitchen sink.
I don't put my food down in the sink, I think that's ooky even if you
just washed it. When they test the drain for germs, it's off the
charts. You can only clean the drain so far.

So, my sink is clean and feel free to wash up in it.

> Be careful. I used Dawn to clean up after working with steel. It is
> treated with a light oil. The Dawn takes off the oil, but it also
> takes out the skin oil to the point of cracking and bleeding.

You should probably wear gloves. I have used Dawn for years
and years and my hands don't bleed, you can be assured. It's
too harsh for cleaning a lot of things, but it does a good job on
dishes while not killing my hands.

Then it's the first thing I reach for if I think I've come in contact
with (horrors!) poison ivy.

> Most
> cheap dishwashing soaps are the same, regardless of how they tout
> they have lotion in them. If they have lotion in them, wouldn't the
> dishes be so slippery they would slip from the hands?

I don't know if Dawn claims lotion, but then I don't know if you're
lumping it in with 'cheap dishwashing soaps' ... I never noticed a
problem.

nancy