Mike Phillips
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Review: Dirt Cop Hand and Surface Towels by Mike Phillips
Most of you know I like to turn wrenches. That is I like to do all my own mechanical work. I find taking things apart, rebuilding them and the re-assembling them to be very relaxing.
A few weeks ago Danielle placed a container of Dirt Cop Hand & Surface Towels on my desk and told me we were going to launch this new brand and I needed to write a review. I thought to myself...
Where were these wipes and the DirtCop Hand Cleaner a few months ago when I had the engine out of my truck? I was cleaning 30 years of black greasy, grimy sludge off the engine and engine compartment and I could have used these two products to review back then.
No big deal as now that the engine is back I have a few more regular maintenance tasks to do and one of them was to put new U-joints in the front and rear driveline. This gave me the perfect opportunity to test out the new DirtCop Wipes and the DirtCop Hand Cleaner.
Here's the front and rear drivelines removed from the truck.
In the old days I would either use a couple of sockets, one undersized and one oversized and a hammer and convince the caps of two opposite sides of a u-joint to leave the driveline housing or use the same under and over sized sockets and a large vice to do the same. Some of you "car guys" will know exactly what I'm talking about.
Now days I drop these off with my buddies down at the local NAPA machine shop and let them press them out with their hydraulic press. This saves my sockets from getting mashed up and I don't end up with a skinned knuckle somewhere along the way.
The process does tend to clean off the drivelines as the dirt and oily grime transfers onto me...
And "yeah" I know I could have worn some nitrile gloves but then I couldn't test out and review the DirtCop wipes or hand cleaner.
First thing you need to do is remove the lid off the DirtCop plastic jar and pull the middle wipe out a few inches...
Next - pock the point of the end of the wipe through the slot in the lid under the opening for the resealable tab on the top side of the lid.
Then press the lid back onto the jar and you're ready to start pulling clean wipes out of the jar...
Time to start cleaning... I'm using one wipe to get this clean party started...
And after just a few moments the majority of greasy grime has been easily wiped off the face of my palm...
Now for the back of my hand...
And here you can see the difference...
I pull a second wipe for the other hand and repeat the wiping/scrubbing process...
Getting down to the nitty-gritty....
And BOOM! - My hands are CLEAN!
Both sides!
Review:
I went into this process kind of half-hearted because I didn't know and didn't expect the wipes to work all that great. I was surprised. They worked awesome!
The dissolved all the black sludge that embedded into the pores of my skin and even around my fingernails and under my fingernails. These wipes were the next best thing to having access to running water and a powerful hand cleaner for getting my hands squeaky clean.
They have a fresh scent and left no unpleasant slime or coating on my skin - AND - all I used in the pictures above were 2 wipes, not secondary wiping with a paper towel or microfiber towel of which I have both in abundance in the garage.
If you're a hands-on guy like me and appreciate quality products, then get a jar of these DirtCop Hand & Surface Towels and throw them behind the seat of your truck or in the trunk of your car. The next time you do some mechanical work on the side of the road, like helping someone to change a flat tire or jump-start their battery, afterwards you'll be able to clean your hands and avoid getting yourself or the inside of your truck or car dirty.
On Autogeek.com
Available NOW!
DirtCop Hand & Surface Towels
Most of you know I like to turn wrenches. That is I like to do all my own mechanical work. I find taking things apart, rebuilding them and the re-assembling them to be very relaxing.
A few weeks ago Danielle placed a container of Dirt Cop Hand & Surface Towels on my desk and told me we were going to launch this new brand and I needed to write a review. I thought to myself...
Where were these wipes and the DirtCop Hand Cleaner a few months ago when I had the engine out of my truck? I was cleaning 30 years of black greasy, grimy sludge off the engine and engine compartment and I could have used these two products to review back then.
No big deal as now that the engine is back I have a few more regular maintenance tasks to do and one of them was to put new U-joints in the front and rear driveline. This gave me the perfect opportunity to test out the new DirtCop Wipes and the DirtCop Hand Cleaner.
Here's the front and rear drivelines removed from the truck.
In the old days I would either use a couple of sockets, one undersized and one oversized and a hammer and convince the caps of two opposite sides of a u-joint to leave the driveline housing or use the same under and over sized sockets and a large vice to do the same. Some of you "car guys" will know exactly what I'm talking about.
Now days I drop these off with my buddies down at the local NAPA machine shop and let them press them out with their hydraulic press. This saves my sockets from getting mashed up and I don't end up with a skinned knuckle somewhere along the way.
The process does tend to clean off the drivelines as the dirt and oily grime transfers onto me...
And "yeah" I know I could have worn some nitrile gloves but then I couldn't test out and review the DirtCop wipes or hand cleaner.
First thing you need to do is remove the lid off the DirtCop plastic jar and pull the middle wipe out a few inches...
Next - pock the point of the end of the wipe through the slot in the lid under the opening for the resealable tab on the top side of the lid.
Then press the lid back onto the jar and you're ready to start pulling clean wipes out of the jar...
Time to start cleaning... I'm using one wipe to get this clean party started...
And after just a few moments the majority of greasy grime has been easily wiped off the face of my palm...
Now for the back of my hand...
And here you can see the difference...
I pull a second wipe for the other hand and repeat the wiping/scrubbing process...
Getting down to the nitty-gritty....
And BOOM! - My hands are CLEAN!
Both sides!
Review:
I went into this process kind of half-hearted because I didn't know and didn't expect the wipes to work all that great. I was surprised. They worked awesome!
The dissolved all the black sludge that embedded into the pores of my skin and even around my fingernails and under my fingernails. These wipes were the next best thing to having access to running water and a powerful hand cleaner for getting my hands squeaky clean.
They have a fresh scent and left no unpleasant slime or coating on my skin - AND - all I used in the pictures above were 2 wipes, not secondary wiping with a paper towel or microfiber towel of which I have both in abundance in the garage.
If you're a hands-on guy like me and appreciate quality products, then get a jar of these DirtCop Hand & Surface Towels and throw them behind the seat of your truck or in the trunk of your car. The next time you do some mechanical work on the side of the road, like helping someone to change a flat tire or jump-start their battery, afterwards you'll be able to clean your hands and avoid getting yourself or the inside of your truck or car dirty.
On Autogeek.com
Available NOW!
DirtCop Hand & Surface Towels
