rev your engines, do I really work on cars people see my hands and think oh that
guy can't be a mechanic his hands aren't all filthy and worn-out I mean look at
him, I'm 65 years old hands are still pretty smooth still working pretty good
but I do work on cars I've been doing it for the last 51 years but many years ago
kind of as a joke but not a joke Christmas present my wife got me a box of
gloves they weren't these safe grips they were
a different kind decades ago I used to work on a lot of Mercedes diesels and
then in the winter when it's colder that diesel would actually stain your hands
black she didn't like that so she got me the glove so my hands would be okay and
she wouldn't mind if I was touching her with my hands cuz they weren't dirty, now
a lot of guys used to say Oh Scotty you're not a real man you're not a real
mechanic you're wearing gloves when you're working on cars to which I
responded no I am a real man and I like real women and most real women don't
want you touching them with dirty hands so if you have clean nice hands you can
do a lot more touching, now like these safegrips because their cufflinks they're
long it lasts a long time they got grip on
them so you can pick up stuff but if you're allergic to rubber products no
you can't get them you'd have to go get nitrile ones but the nitrile ones
they're thinner they don't last as long they rip you're not allergic to rubber
definitely get these they're the best now say you don't want to wear gloves or
here in Texas in the summer sometimes it is so hot when I put those gloves on in
five minutes my hand is just sweltering and sweat and water dripping all over the
place I can't wear gloves then you got to
clean your hands with something know over the years I've tried many different
kinds of soaps this grip clean has to be the best one I ever tried out I've
been using it for a couple years now it uses dirt to fight dirt as they say it's
the world's first soap that's infused with dirt now the reason it has dirt in
it is because dirt absorbs grease and all kinds of stuff it works with water
to pull it out of your body and it doesn't ruin your hands the only
downside I see this soap is you really have to use it with water it kind of
activates it so it happens is this end here if you don't use it very often it
kicks up and you got to pull it off with your fingers I figured out that pretty fast
so I gloves an awful lot so a lot of times
the soap gets hard and you just got to pull off a little edge and then it
starts pumping again as you can see here you know looks like dirt this stuff is actually
an exfoliant it goes in the pores and clean
so kind of like the idea of women going into one of those spas and having a mud
mask put on you're basically put mud all over cleaning yourself and this stuff
smells good got a little lime smell my wife even uses it when she cleans the
bathtub and it does smell good I remember when I was young mechanic who
the soaps are we used a lot of our pretty much kerosene based and a
kerosene on your skin is not a good thing it gets absorbed into your
bloodstream eventually I mean I've met guys in the past at work to body shops
and they would clean their hands by sticking them in paint solving in a
barrel that they used to thin the paint with not a good thing that goes into
your bloodstream this stuff is totally good for you it isn't gonna hurt you but
at the same time when I'm not wearing gloves it does get the grease off really
well I have no problem with it getting grease off you just need to add water to
the mix to get it working now the next product I'm talking about isn't for cleaning
you that's for cleaning and shine in your
car it's made by a company called lithium it's called seal and squeak and I gotta say
it's the best polish and shine maker that I've ever seen for paint and
plastic I don't know if it has anything to do with lithium that's the name of
the company if it has lithium and they don't tell you what's in this stuff
because there are trade secrets but watch this
I took the dash plate out of the matrix and see how it's worn it's got spots on it
it's not all that shiny anymore George just get some of the lithium put it on a
clean a little towel start polishing now I put it back in the car look at it
shine look at the shine here's the polished part and we go to the other
side here's the non polished part you can sure tell the difference in the
shine it's made for paint too, that was it's main thing I just found it work
great on plastic also there you got a clean towel wipe it off as you can see
not only is it shiny but it's a polish it got rid of the scratch that was there
it's real squealing here and slippery where we didn't do it yet it's rough I
just wish I knew what was in it but I they're never gonna give out their
formula I just find that this stuff is amazing it really
does a fantastic job now if you notice this thing sitting over here you might
think what the heck sent well that's the last thing I'm talking about
are these mats made by a company called kangaroo are great it's padded it's
thick all the time I get guys asking me hey Scotty you've been working on cars
for 50 years sends your back go on I quit wrenching because my back got so
sore from bending over all the time if you use nice padded mats like this you
can keep your back in great shape they're padded and they're extremely
comfortable but they're not uber thick the other thing I use them for is
even more interesting most modern cars are pretty low to the ground you want to
get under there you don't wanna get all dirty and rip your back up but you can't
really use a creepy-crawler with wheels because they make you sit up too high so
yeah a long thin one of these kangaroos whether it goes and then under I go to
work and the coolest thing is if you're working in liquids and stuff spill all
over it you have to wipe them off it comes off easy
I have to admit when I was younger mechanic I did a lot of mobile work I
used to buy rug remnants a drugstore is cheap throw them and crawl them but when
you got oil and goo on them and mash them up you have to throw away and keep
buying other ones this thing you can wash over and over and over again now
since its mechanic Monday I'm gonna give away some of this seal and squeal
to have a chance to win plus a clean non offensive comment I need you to comments
below and the winner will be chosen randomly my a computer to get some of
this great polish to make their car shine, so if you never want to miss
another one of my new car repair videos remember to ring that Bell