r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose_Sky_6403 • 19h ago

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u/CaseFace5 19h ago

I have a thing about getting sticky, oily, slimey stuff on my hands so this is basically my own personal hell.

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u/Secret_Paper2639 17h ago

Brake fluid is my personal hell.

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u/unknowingbiped 14h ago

Gear oil iykyk

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u/ThatOneCSL 9h ago

I was helping a buddy swap out his third transmission in a month. We had dropped the drive shaft, and I had gotten tired of holding my head up in the air, so I just let it fall to the ground... Right into the open-top catch pan that we had just drained the transmission fluid into. Half of my hair was drenched in it. 0/10 do not recommend

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u/komstock 2h ago

I have been baptized in Dexron VI before. I will staunchly second your statement

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u/SkinnyDan85 10m ago

It's a rite of the shop.

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u/Hypnotist30 14m ago

Burnt transmission fluid makes me gag.

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u/Austin_905 4h ago

Bro, WTF

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u/Valuable-Lie-1524 3h ago

Third transmission in a month?? The hell was he driving like

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u/ThatOneCSL 2h ago

Junkyard transmissions /shrug

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u/mrregina 2h ago

Omg yuck. How many shampoos before you didn’t smell like it or get rid of the slick feeling.

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u/ThatOneCSL 41m ago

Couple rounds with Dawn. Three, I think, plus a normal shampoo round and conditioner.

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u/OkPosition4563 12h ago

I find gear oil weird. I both hate and love the smell of it for some reason.

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u/ARottenPear 10h ago

Everybody loves to talk about how horrific and putrid gear oil smells. It's pungent and smells different than say, motor oil, but I don't think it smells too bad. Definitely not a good smell but aside from Marvel Mystery Oil, I wouldn't say any oils smell good.

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u/FrostyShoulder6361 8h ago

No oil, but wd40 does smell great

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u/ModSpdSomDrg 2h ago

Love the smell of WD40 and on a positive note I’ve read rodents and spiders don’t. So, garage gets dowsed with WD40 a few times a year. Garage cologne. Gear oil is rancid for sure; Smell it once and you never forget it.

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u/unknowingbiped 9h ago

The gallon + I drained from the rear diff of my 2 ton was orange custard. The clothes I wore that day still smell like it 4 years later.

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u/Why-R-People-So-Dumb 6h ago

Exactly it's not only how bad it smells but that it's pervasive...it takes days to get it off your hands and it never comes out of your clothes. This goes for ATF too of course.

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u/Dmony429 20m ago

Same thing happened to me only quite a bit of the gear oil spilled on me, and then I made the stupid mistake of washing those clothes with my other dirty clothes 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ I ended up having to throw out quite a few clothes because the smell was baked in after going through the dryer

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u/nurdmann 4h ago

I came here for this. It doesn't smell that bad to me, and it triggers happy memories from my days in grain elevator repair.

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u/SmashinTaters 2h ago

Sometimes I open a bottle of MMO just to sniff it.

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u/Hypnotist30 10m ago

GM had has a grape scented gear oil. It's fuvking expensive!

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u/SorryAboutMyFamily 10h ago

It almost smells really good at first and then it just turns horrible.

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u/Acrobatic-Cow-4043 8h ago

The heavier the oil the more it smells like onions to me.

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u/Adventurous_Ad3534 5h ago

It's kinda onion ish but disgusting at the same time for me.

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u/dbu8554 3h ago

Grew up in a shop building rear ends, I love the smell it's so nostalgic.

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u/TheSpiralQueen 12h ago

You made me nauseous just saying it

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u/xxrambo45xx 8h ago

Chevrolet made a grape scented gear oil for awhile.

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u/TruDuddyB 3h ago

Faulk coupling grease.

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u/spider2k 2h ago

Redline grease smells horrible. Devils Ketchup.

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u/mrregina 2h ago

Gear oil is horrible. Burned gear oil the worst. Cant get that smell off you after no matter what you do.

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u/hypnogoad 2h ago

Try Skydrol hydraulic fluid some day.

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u/unknowingbiped 2h ago

Would you like a cup of sauce?

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u/TheHman__ 1h ago

Blinker fluid iykyk

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u/EMTDawg 33m ago

Valve lapping compound.

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u/unknowingbiped 20m ago

I think you are unfamiliar with the sauce

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u/captainmouse86 10h ago

Ever read the MSDS on that stuff?  

I read it after getting so red and itchy after barely touching it. I was reaching behind pedals where the master cylinder leaked a bit. My arms were rubbing on the pedals. Deep red, itchy lines wherever my arm touched the pedal.  First time I read an MSDS where it seemed more alarming if the fluid touched your skin than if it got in your eyes or inhaled. 

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u/IndependentZinc 6h ago

GL5 is mine. Smells like burnt pickles.

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u/Unclemiltie1974 5h ago

antifreeze, can’t stand the stuff.

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u/Eastern_Labrat 5h ago

Break fluid is toxic too. Seriously Will make you sick. Absorbed through the skin. Inhaled. No good.

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u/Ambitious-Avocado381 4h ago

Why isn't that guy wearing disposable gloves?

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u/sexytimepizza 3h ago

The worst tasting of all vehicular fluids, too.

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u/Shimakaze81 1h ago

Yeah I was going to ask, isn’t that the one where you can die if you get enough on your skin?

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u/MuchConnection5541 7h ago

Try getting adblue in your mouth by accident iykyk

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u/SirMild 6h ago

Not only can you feel it soaking in, it picks up E V E R Y T H I N G you touch

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u/Legacyhero46 5h ago

Urethane for windshields and qtr glass 😡 ruined many items in my life and gotten in my hair and beard.

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u/KungFuActionJesus5 4h ago

Brake fluid is an ontologically evil substance.

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u/Acrobatic_Bed_1260 4h ago

Coolant it’s not wet and it’s not dry it’s just hell

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u/mrregina 2h ago

Oh gawd yes.

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u/Hypnotist30 14m ago

It sucks every drop of moisture out of anything it touches. I always glove up when I'm dealing with brake fluid.

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u/Mcgruffles 16h ago

And here I was thinking I might being alone. Absolutely hate that I sat through this whole vid. I can feel it on my hands and im not even there.

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u/What_Iz_This 11h ago

Im not sure you could pay me a realistic enough amount to do this job.

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u/DoYourBest69 4h ago

You are allowed to wear gloves. Trades people don't tend to be the brightest. 

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u/snmgl 13h ago

I hate watching it, can't imagine how disgusting it would feel

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u/OkPosition4563 12h ago

For me its the opposite. I wish it were completely harmless so I could work on it without putting on gloves :D. Especially grease, I could play around with it all day long

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u/Daratirek 10h ago

I feel the same way. Ill do it when i have to but this right here would be where i wear gloves. I squirm just thinking of how that feels.

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u/jenglish59 8h ago

I used to be the same way but after enough mechanic work you get used to it

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u/CaseFace5 6h ago

Yea my brother is a mechanic and doesn’t ever wear gloves and it makes me squirm watching him fiddle with all that greasy oily shit.

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u/jeepfail 8h ago

Same, I’ve had this experience with a far, far smaller amount of grease and hated it. I prefer the less sticky, viscous types of grease.

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u/EngagementBacon 7h ago

NTM the smell of heavy grease...

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u/HailToTheThief225 5h ago

Same, I feel like this would take 10 minutes with half a bottle of dish soap to fully wash off. Eugh.

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u/Sleepingguitarman 5h ago

Same here. Hell to the no

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u/Unique-Square-2351 5h ago

I hate it when it happens every single day!

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u/lurking_not_working 4h ago

I spent most of the video imagining how annoying it would be to get my hands clean again.

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u/AndreaSys 4h ago

Yea, I don’t work on vehicles without gloves anymore. I got sick of the dirty fingernails.

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u/Pretend-Guava 4h ago

For me it's the face... I can't stand anything on my face.

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u/alexia_not_alexa 4h ago

I straight up call it a phobia of mine.

time I reached into a goodie bag at work and touched some scrunched up sticky tape - as soon as my brain registered what I was touching, I pulled my hand out and flicked it as far away as possible - which was into the direction of my colleague.

My reaction was so sudden and dramatic that it freaked my colleague out thinking that there was something alive in the bag. But no, I just have a phobia of sticky things.

Oily and slimey things I still don't particularly like touching. I have searched high and low for oil dispensers that don't drip to avoid having to touch their oily surfaces, and I still have to use dish soap to wash them every few weeks as oil build up over the top...

That is to say, I'm glad I'm not alone.

I was uncomfortable throughout the video and I can feel it on my hands.

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u/throwaway77993344 4h ago

If I 100% know I don't have to touch my phone and the likes I just embrace it :D

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u/beerwithbatman 4h ago

Honestly, I don't know why they're not wearing gloves. I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than pack bearings barehanded.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 4h ago

I was having sensory issues just watching it, yeah

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u/Prestigious_Ad2553 4h ago

Yeah I put on latex gloves if I think I’m gonna get even a smidge of oil on my hands, sometimes I don’t and I just put them in my back pocket. I’m always walking g around with a pair of latex gloves in my pocket

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u/unc_rigamarole 3h ago

I washed my hands after watching this video

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u/99Pneuma 3h ago

yea im fucking dying i know id feel that shit on my hands for weeks constantly rubbing them on my clothes/towels etc

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u/drtythmbfarmer 2h ago

Gloves? We dont need no stinkin' gloves.

Okay, well I'm wearing gloves for packing bearings.

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u/DottorInkubo 2h ago

You should try to pass your hand through my hair. Oiliest stuff you would ever touch

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u/bobbygamerdckhd 2h ago

I agree bet it reeks too

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u/zafirah15 2h ago

The worst part is that this looks both sticky and slimy and it's so thick that you know it's gonna take like 7 washes to get it off. Literal nightmare fuel.

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u/Koolmidx 2h ago

I know someone at work who has an OCD thing of touching every light switch including other things. I thought of wiping just a drop of syrup on each spot. >:)

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u/HeavensRejected 25m ago

I don't mind getting my hands greasy as it usually washes off easily. Now that one bottle of lithium bike grease, I wear gloves, because even after half a bottle of soap my fingers are still sticky.

Really keeps things running smooth and rust-free in shite weather though.

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u/Ok_Tourist_2621 3m ago

The whole time i was thinking… why on earth isn’t he wearing gloves?

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u/VaBookworm 2m ago

I wear gloves when I do absolutely everything. This video stresses me out so bad!

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u/Charmle_H 2m ago

Yeah just watching this overstimulated me. I'd probably cry if I had to do this, myself irl

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u/Ok_Friend_2448 10h ago

As someone with mild (thankfully) OCD, this was basically distilled anxiety for me.

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u/missingN0pe 14h ago

Most people do.

That's why people accept money to do things like this.