To the person who gave me the sweeper I am now breaking down....

I work in a printing plant and we use solvents for the ink. I get ink all over my hands daily and one swipe with ethyl acetate or isopropyl acetate and its gone. We use it to thin the inks but also for cleaning up ink spills too. It takes care of grease, oil, varnish and ink in your case 'tude. The stuff we use can't be bought in stores but something close should work like mineral spirits, etc. Just a thought!

People will vacuum up anything.

A month or so I picked up one full of powdered bleach.

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Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Can't say much for your parents, but there is some kind of soap that auto mechanics use, and that stuff works miracles getting all kinds of stuff off your hands. Haven't needed to use it in a while, so cant think of the name, but should be able to google it.

EDIT: Here is the link for what it looks like: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/...ngecleaner.png

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I can't say much for your parents either, but I bet they just use regular soap! LOL

I'll take ink over Puke any time!

Thanks for all the replies and tips everyone! My hands are still black today after scrubbing with everything I had in the house - unbelievable!! I'm going to go to the car parts store tomorrow and see what they have, maybe some of the things mentioned here. I just can't believe it stains so bad!!

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Originally Posted by newattitude

Thanks for all the replies and tips everyone! My hands are still black today after scrubbing with everything I had in the house - unbelievable!! I'm going to go to the car parts store tomorrow and see what they have, maybe some of the things mentioned here. I just can't believe it stains so bad!!

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If you got a walmart, I would invest in a nice pair of gloves, or even a pack of gloves (kind of like the ones that a lot of construction workers use) you can get a lot in a pack for under $30. Worth it most times.