How to Get Poop Smell off Hands [7 Effective Methods]

Published by Ahmad Jamal on April 28, 2023

You’ve just finished taking care of your infant or your elderly but the smell of poop is still lingering on your hands. It’s a common problem for moms and fathers alike.

Moreover, nurses and nursing students alike suffer the same fate when they’re taking care of infants or elderly in hospitals or at home.

This CleanersAdvisor guide will help them master How to Get Poop Smell off Hands using simple & effective easy-to-do methods, using the simplest of ingredients.

Moreover, we’ll explain in depth why does poop smell linger on your skin, and provide you with 7 distinguished methods to get rid of it, then we’ll conclude by providing you with a video presentation of those methods, in addition to important preventive measures.

assisting others with their bathroom needs should never be troublesome, and this CleanersAdvisor will help you through some of the hardest tasks at hand.

Let’s get a closer look on how to remove poop smell from hands, but first, how does poop smell linger that long?

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Why Does Poop Smell Linger on Skin

Potent odors from feces don’t all fade away once you thoroughly wash your hands, that’s the main problem we’re trying to solve.

Those odors can, unfortunately, be absorbed into the oils of our skin, meaning they’ll stick to the skin or our body for as long as it’s chemically possible for the skin.

This guide will help you fully remove the potent odors caused by poop from your hands and the oils on our skin for good, and next we’ll show you how to remove poop smell from hands.

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How to Get Poop Smell off Hands

Addressing the elephant in the room, how to get poop smell off hands, you have 7 different methods in which you can get poop smell off hands, and those methods differ in effectiveness, longevity, hardship, and durability.

The best note we should provide is that once a single method doesn’t work out and the smell is still there, there’s nothing that stops you from moving on to another method and attempting to get rid of the smell for good.

Here are the best methods in which you can get poop smell of hands, whether it was at home, at a nursery, or at the hospital:

1. Soap & Water

2. Salt

3. Vinegar

4. Mouthwash & Toothpaste

5. Lemon Juice

6. Scented Scrub

7. Tomato Juice

Let’s break down every method separately, and you can choose the one that suits you the best.

1. Get Poop Smell off Hands with Soap and Water

This is the most basic and easiest method to get poop smell off your hands.

Once you’re done eating, cleaning, sweeping, or whatever house chore, the first thing you want to do is clean your hands with soap and water.

This isn’t any different.

Wash your hands thoroughly with warm water and antibacterial soap for 30 seconds straight, diving deep through your fingers, underneath the nails, deep cleaning the fingertips, and the palms of your hands.

Once you’ve thoroughly cleaned your hands with soap, rinse the soap residue well with water, then wipe it off with a clean towel.

2. Can Salt Remove Poop Smell?

Salt isn’t known to be a cleaner among the majority of people, so, can salt remove poop smell?

Yes it can, and the good thing is you can easily find salt in every house.

Wet your hands with cool water, then pour some salt onto your hands, as the water will help salt stick well to your hands.

Rub the salt well into your hands, and the salt will do the job properly.

Once you’re done rubbing salt into your hands, rinse the salt with warm water, and wipe your hands with a clean towel.

3. Can Vinegar Be Used to Remove Poop Smell?

On the contrary to salt, vinegar is a well-known household cleaner that can be used in nearly every cleaning chore around the house.

Apple cider vinegar works well against the poop smell, and it can be used in a similar fashion to the previous steps.

However, since it’s a liquid, you won’t need to pour water on your hands to help stick it properly, but you’ll need to create a solution using 0.5 cup of apple cider vinegar and 1 cup of water.

Mix them together, then pour them directly on your hands, and soak them in for 1-2 minutes.

Once you’re done, rinse your hands thoroughly and then pat dry them,and it would be better if you put on a little hand cream to cover your hands afterward.

4. Get Poop Smell off Hands with Mouthwash Or Toothpaste

Mouthwash and toothpaste product names spoil their main use, but that doesn’t mean they can only be used for your mouth and teeth only.

Pour or squeeze either product into your hands, after wetting it for a little bit with warm water, and rub your hands together to remove the poop smell off your hands.

Rinse your hands properly, then check how the smell of your hands is right now.

5. Get Poop Smell off Hands with Lemon Juice

Lemon juice provides the acidity that removes the scent sticking to your skin, and provides a perfect scent to cover up the bad smell that was sticking to your hands.

Squeeze lemon (or lime if available) into a bowl and try not to add water to it to make sure it’s as pure as possible for maximum effectiveness.

Pour the lemon juice on your hands and make sure to rub it deeper between your fingers and underneath your nails.

Once you’re done, rinse it and enjoy a cup of lemon juice that wasn’t used to get rid of poop smell of your hands.

6. Get Poop Smell off Hands with Scented Scrub

Grab the scented scrub in your shower or get one from the nearest store to use it to get poop smell off your hands.

Wash your hands with the exfoliant for 1-2 minutes, then rinse them clean with water.

You can use the scent you love, but you can easily use the one you like between citrus, vanilla, or coffee (my best).

7. Get Poop Smell off Hands with Tomato Juice

I understand that tomato juice is made for food, but I’ve personally checked it and it can easily remove poop smell off your hands.

Put the tomato juice into your palms then rub your hands together for 4-5 minutes.

As we explained earlier, you should make sure the tomato juice reaches under your nails and between your fingers for maximum effectiveness.

The sole issue when I used this method is that I stained my white t-shirt, so make sure to not do the same mistake I did.

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How To Remove Stink from Your Hands: A Video

Here’s a short video explaining How to Get Poop Smell off Hands in less than a minute.

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Tips For Preventing Poop Smell On Hands

With each of our cleaning guides, we provide you with a list of preventive measures that help you avoid failing for the same issue multiple times:

1. Wear gloves whenever you approach such a chore.

2. Doubling up on gloves never hurts, wear a high quality one or use two gloves on each hand.

3. Dispose well of gloves and diapers alike.

4. Wash your hands often to make sure they’re always as clean as they should be.

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To Wrap Up

Dealing with poop smell on hands shouldn’t be a hard task, as caring for our loved ones can potentially mean dealing with their poop personally.

This makes learning How to Get Poop Smell off Hands a critical task, and we’ve provided you with 7 different methods to do it properly.

In case you have any question in regard to those methods, or have any other stories you’d like to share with us, ask us in the comments section below.

Or visit our guides related to poop-caused problems:

1. How to Get Poop Smell Out of Clothes

2. How to Clean Poop Out of Underwear

3. How to Clean Dog Diarrhea From Carpet

4. Toilet Clogged With Poop – Detailed Solutions for Both the Toilet & the Poop