Which Hand Cleaners Brand Wins?

did not break down the oil nearly as well as the other three brands tested before it, though shaking helped

visually 'doesn't seem to have done as well at breaking down the oil' compared to Force 5/Gojo, though the narrator notes product color may bias this visual read

comparable to Force 5; the Force 5 fluid looked a little darker in the jar but the narrator flags product color as a possible confound

'done by far the best job yet at attacking the oily rag' among the brands tested up to that point (though its cherry color made visual comparison difficult)

went to work on the oil, produced a film at the top of the jar after 30 seconds of shaking

off to a pretty good start, but Permatex Extreme did a little better

'seems a lot like the DL Permatex, but Joe's definitely smells better' - similarly weak visual performance

'beginning to break down the oil', fluid noticeably darker than Joe's

'up against some pretty tough competition', small amount of oil at top, less than Zolex managed

'done an excellent job of breaking down the oil', paired with Zolex as a top early performer

'did break down the oil a little, but not nearly as much as some of the other brands'

small oil layer noted, but the narrator deferred judgment until the suds settled, and no follow-up figure is given later in the transcript

'has really gone after the oil', fluid looked noticeably darker than Grip Clean's

'done a pretty decent job of going after the oil', water looked notably dark afterward

finished in 14th place (2nd-worst of 15 total entries, including the dish-detergent baseline)

'performed just a little bit better than average'

('finished in sixth place'), just behind Tub O' Scrub

WINNER: 'the second, third, and fourth finishers were pretty close, but the Zolex had a clear win'

'the very affordable Force 5'

('finishing in seventh place is the Nano Skin')

LAST place (15th) of all entries including the dish-detergent baseline: 'coming in last place is the Joe's'

'finished in the middle of the pack, but it is pretty close with some of the other brands'

'barely edged out the Gojo [Natural Orange]'

spoken as 'the Full Armor finished in second place, barely ahead of the Force 5' (resolved to Full Bore by elimination, since all other 13 named brands plus the dish-soap baseline are separately accounted for, and Full Bore was consistently paired with Zolex as a top oil-test performer)

finished 'behind Grip Clean' (near the bottom of the ranking; exact placement uncertain, see videoNotes)

described as finishing 'just behind the DL Permatex' (14th place), which would place it near the very bottom; see videoNotes for the ordering ambiguity around this section

'Eagle Grit did a very good job finishing in fourth place'

'the dish detergent actually beat some of the hand cleaners' at cutting grease - outperformed multiple purpose-built hand cleaners, though its exact placement is not given

aloe and lanolin, pasty and greasy, designed for a dispenser, assembled in USA

claims solvent-free, contains pumice and lanolin, designed for a special dispenser (not purchased), made in USA

contains pumice, gritty but not too oily, made in USA

walnut husk scrub, smells like cherry cough medicine, made in USA with globally sourced materials

heavy-duty citrus base, contains pumice, skin conditioners, runny/gritty but not oily/greasy, made in USA

claims non-solvent 'magic hand soap', walnut shell scrubbers, toothpaste-like consistency, not oily/greasy, made in USA with globally sourced materials

contains lanolin, all-purpose formula for grease/grime/ink/fish odor/tar, made in USA

contains pumice, pasty/somewhat oily but not very gritty, designed for a dispenser, made in USA

claims to remove tough grime without water, biodegradable, contains lanolin/aloe/vitamin E, gel-like but not oily, made in USA

claims no harsh solvents but contains moisturizers, dry/gritty as packaged but designed to be used on wet hands (water added per manufacturer instructions), made in USA

paste-like, greasy, made in USA, narrator recalls using this specific formula 'many years ago'

dirt-infused soap, very gritty, toothpaste-like, lots of suds, made in USA

no solvents, no pumice, detergent-based with soft scrubbers, designed to be hand- and drain-friendly, made in USA

WINNER of this sub-test: 'the DL Permatex definitely did the best job. Zep finished in second place, Gojo Natural Orange third, and Zolex fourth place.'

per the final adhesive ranking (behind DL Permatex, ahead of Gojo Natural Orange and Zolex); narrator notes Zep 'performed well' in a prior, separate degreaser showdown too

per the final adhesive ranking

per the final adhesive ranking, but clearly better than the Snap-on and Tub O' Scrub it was compared against head-to-head

removed only a little of the tire adhesive, weakest of the brands introduced early in this test

performed well but was beaten by Permatex Extreme in a direct comparison

'still performed well and did a little bit better than the Nano Skin'

'just didn't have enough grit to outperform the Joe's this time'

beaten by Zolex in a direct comparison ('Zolex seems to have done a little bit better job than the Tub O' Scrub')

did a better job than Tub O' Scrub in a direct comparison

'just did not perform quite as well as the Full Bore'

very gritty texture, but 'didn't perform quite as well as the Gojo [Original] at removing the adhesive'; the narrator groups it with Eagle Grit as both having 'really struggled on this test'

sandy texture; grouped with Grip Clean as both 'really struggled on this test'

one of five brands the narrator says 'performed very well'; very close to the Zep TKO on this test

one of five brands that 'performed very well'; 'very close between the Gojo and the Zep TKO, but both did a great job'

one of five brands that 'performed very well'

'did a great job... dissolving the roofing tar very quickly', clearly better than Snap-on in a direct comparison

spoken as 'Fast 5' (auto-caption homophone, resolved to Force 5 by elimination/context); accumulated a lot of tar on the brush, a solid early result

'really struggled on this test', bristles didn't get very dark, weak result

'performed a lot better than the Nano Skin on this test, but not quite as well as some of the other brands'

struggled significantly, very little tar accumulated on the brush, 'wasn't able to cut into the tar'

'really struggled... seems to be losing the battle with the roofing tar... really struggled compared to most of the other brands'

performed a little better than Tub O' Scrub but not as well as some other brands

one of the strongest chemical smells of the group; 'did a great job dissolving the tar and is definitely in the top five so far' (confirmed among the closing tar-test standouts alongside Gojo Natural Orange, Zep TKO, and DL Permatex)

'seems to be doing a little bit better on the tar' than its own adhesive-test performance; removed a fair amount of tar from the test area

'performed almost the same as the Grip Clean on the previous round... doesn't seem to be attacking the tar quite as well as some of the other brands', slightly worse than Grip Clean here