For those of you who didn't grow up around a mechanic, Goop(tm) is a heavy-duty waterless hand cleaner used to take grease, motor oil, etc., off skin that's been too close to heavy machinery. It does its work well. It's said to work well as a spot-treatment for your clothes, too. And if your spot is a grease spot, I'd be surprised if it didn't.
As a shampoo and body wash, though...
For one thing, there are no suds. This actually matters, because I use the suds as a “finished” indicator.
- Lather, rinse, repeat.
- When the lather comes up big time, stop repeating.
Goop(tm) could cause infinite loops.
And it's not really made to deal with ordinary dirt and grime, though it does handle them fairly well. My hair is pretty oily, but still—this isn't what it's for.
And it doesn't rinse off as quickly and tracelessly as soap. At least, I didn't think so.
What can I say? It was all I had this morning.
I've talked about cleanliness on the road before. Not much has changed. But one thing I didn't mention earlier: Truck-stop showers cost, on the average, about $10—or a 50- to 75-gallon fill-up. Kind of steep, but they include all the amenities. Sort of. As in, the truck stop supplies the soap and towels.
This morning, I was at one of our terminals. They supply a shower. Period.
I knew that, and I'd brought along a towel. It wasn't until I'd stripped and turned on the water that I noticed that the soap box in my toiletries kit was empty. I haven't needed my own soap in months. If I hadn't packed the Goop(tm) in the toiletries bag—just so I'd know where it was—I'd still be grumpy and itchy.
As it is, I'm just grumpy.
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