Hand-washing paste for mechanics: here’s why you should use it every day

In the professional life of a mechanic, the hands are a real working tool and their being always on the front line leads them to be the area of the body naturally most exposed to injuries and accidents.

In general, there are numerous occupational risks to which those working in workshops, body shops, tyre shops, paint shops or more generally in the context of industrial and craft activities related to the automotive sector are subjected. Accidents in these areas are often serious and are primarily due to the use of systems and tools with a high risk profile, such as lifting gantries, brake test benches, compressed air systems, rollers and so on. In addition, there is always the possibility of contracting occupational diseases in connection with the use of hazardous, irritating, aggressive, radioactive or flammable chemicals.

The main pathologies may include contact dermatitis, erythema, allergies or even dyshidrosis, painful fissures and in the worst cases even structural skin damage or carcinomas. In addition to immediate and acute irritations, one of the most insidious consequences can be cumulative irritations, due to continuous contact and repeated chemical aggression within a short distance of each other.

The Nettuno research focuses precisely on this delicate aspect and takes into account all the main occupational hazards for the skin of mechanics, proposing effective solutions to avoid them. In fact, neglecting the role of the hands in a craftsman’s job is a serious mistake, as the pathologies resulting from damage to the skin and impairment of its regenerative capacity can be particularly serious and disabling.

 

How to defend your skin?

Whenever possible, it is of course advisable to use appropriate PPE, such as gloves or barrier creams, that can protect the hands from the risk of mechanical, thermal and chemical injuries, trauma, contamination, contact with sources of electricity and excessive heat or frost.

Another of the essential steps to protect your hands is to use professional skin care products for mechanics, which can help you remove stubborn dirt and chemicals commonly used in your daily routine, but without attacking the skin while providing it with adequate nourishment.

This is the only way to preserve the health of your hands and keep your number one working ‘tool’ efficient at all times. Keeping occupational illnesses at bay is just as useful for freelancers, who have an interest in having optimal work performance at all times, as it is for those who run a garage and want to keep costs and organisational disruption from accidents and illnesses down.

Since the 1970s, Nettuno has been formulating, producing and distributing the best products for mechanics’ hand care, never stopping the search for proposals that can adapt both to scientific innovations and to the evolution of your profession and the substances your hands may come into contact with.

Hand cleansing paste, for example, is one of the solutions traditionally most used by professionals for cleansing the skin, but today it is presented to the market completely renewed compared to the past, in terms of ingredients, formulas, uses and effectiveness.

 

Hand-washing paste for mechanics: do you know the Linea Blanca?

What characterises the Nettuno handwash paste most recommended for your handicraft work in the workshop are its lavender scent and its ice-white colour, which inspired the name of the Linea Blanca. It is a concentrated handwash paste, whose formulation is enriched with a high concentration of soaps, moisturising substances and emollient principles.

Providing it with its extraordinary ability to emulsify and abrade dirt are its mineral microgranules, which totally replace the silica sands and wood flours typically used in professional handwash pastes. Solvents have also been eliminated from the list of ingredients of the Blanca Nettuno Line, making the handwash paste usable on a daily basis without risk to the skin.

To remove dirt and impurities from your hands, simply apply a small amount of paste to dry skin and rub it in until the dirt is totally emulsified. A quick rinse will leave your hands perfectly clean, but also moisturised, soft and truly protected from all kinds of external aggression.

 

The complete Nettuno programme for mechanics’ hands

As an alternative to handwash paste, today you can also opt for different formulations in terms of consistency, ingredients and use. For example, Rossa in Crema is a new-generation handwash cream containing mineral microgranules and sericin, an intensely emollient silk protein.

If you prefer instead to opt for traditional liquid soap when washing your hands, you can choose Sammy 20/S, with its extra-strong formulation: devoid of microgranules but rich in substances derived from the saponification of vegetable fats, it has excellent cleaning and degreasing efficacy even on the most difficult dirt.

 

The pumice-derived microgranules of Manipulite Cremagel, on the other hand, are the right choice when your need is to remove special dirt from the skin, such as resins, silicones, fresh paint or enamel.

What all Nettuno hand cleansing products have in common is their gentleness and intensely cleansing action without irritating power. These characteristics are combined with the presence of moisturising, soothing and emollient substances, which promote the physiological reparative, defensive and regenerative processes of the skin.

If you really want your efforts to keep your hands healthy, include a protective barrier cream, such as Protexem Professional, or a moisturising cream, such as Protexem Rinnova, among the professional products you use every day. While the former is to be applied before the work shift and shields the hands from oily and greasy substances, the latter offers pleasant relief to the skin after hours of intense work, warding off the risk of dryness and dehydration, often the starting point of many occupational diseases.

 

Would you like comprehensive advice on choosing your handwashing or protective products? Contact a Nettuno expert!