Ugh.

Kinja'd!!! "norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback" (norskracer98)
07/21/2014 at 14:38 • Filed to: None

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Just finished helping my grandfather do some stuff on his truck and now my fingers smell like gear oil. Not a great smell. Off to wash my hands for the third time.


DISCUSSION (10)


Kinja'd!!! Mattbob > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/21/2014 at 14:40

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gear oil is a great smell!! Now you need to wear some flannel and grow a beard.


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Mattbob
07/21/2014 at 14:43

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I don't mind it just everytime I go to drink something I get that smell. It's annoying after about 10 minutes.


Kinja'd!!! dinobot666 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/21/2014 at 14:51

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I got some on a fleece jacket while pitting on a rally car at LSPR in 2008. I've probably washed it a few hundred times and it still smells like gear oil.


Kinja'd!!! E92M3 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/21/2014 at 14:56

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Gear oil IS a nasty smell, and hard to get off your hands.


Kinja'd!!! Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/21/2014 at 15:05

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Today I ended up with a mix of gear oil and CV grease. It is utterly impossible to remove, I'm considering swapping out my hands for new ones.


Kinja'd!!! tromoly > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/21/2014 at 15:10

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Just wipe most of it off with a rag then eat a sandwich, best thing to do when working on a car (aside from beer, but I don't think you're of legal age yet....).


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/21/2014 at 15:23

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Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Textured Soy Protein
07/21/2014 at 15:25

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We have it but the bottle is almost empty so it's not of much use.


Kinja'd!!! handyjoe > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/21/2014 at 15:28

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It is a bad smell, but the only thing worse than gear oil smell is burnt gear oil smell. I worked in a tech center that tested axles, and occasionally they'd have one burn up in the lab...the whole building stinks the rest of the day.


Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > handyjoe
07/21/2014 at 15:29

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That sounds terrible. After a while now it's gone away or I'm used to it now.