nfisherman wrote in message ...
"MichaelM" wrote in message
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snakefiddler wrote in message ...
any tips for getting the smell of fish off of my hands?
snake



I have heard that steel under running water does the trick ~ I'm not sure
if
it works though (not having tested it), nor have I a clue of what causes
it
to work, if it is indeed true.


I don't know why it works, but it does. The steel needs to be
stainless though. Some outdoor magazines sell "bars" of stainless
steel for this purpose. They don't say they're stainless steel, but
they are. Cold water works better than hot for cleaning off fish
slime too.

It's a strange thing, but it it does for onion smell too. We have a
stainless steel chinese kitchen knife that never seems to leave the hands
reeking of onion, after washing it down by hand in cold running water.
Peculiar indeed! ~ anyone any idea as to how the odiferous compounds are
either: being destroyed/modified by the combination of cold running water
and contact with steel; or, being removed from the hand into the running
water, due to contact with steel; or by preventing the compounds from
becoming mobile in the air to reach the nose, because of water & steel?
Can't really think of anything else ?