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8 ways on how to get garlic smell off your fingers

November 1, 2016 by Kalle Leave a Comment

how to remove garlic smell from fingers

For years I have been annoyed with the smell on my fingertips and under my nails after having cooked with garlic. The odor would usually stay on my hands for days regardless how much I tried to wash with soap. Now you might think “why did you not google it?” Ehrm, I wish I did it earlier 😉 Anyway I finally did some research and found these methods on how to remove garlic smell from your fingers:

Get rid of garlic smell by rubbing fingers with stainless steel under cold water

This method was difficult to reach under the finger nails to completely remove the smell

 

Get rid of garlic smell by rubbing fingers with lemon juice

This could hurt if your hands are dry or if you have a preexisting cut, but otherwise it worked great neutralizing the smell and it also left a scent of lemon!

 

Get rid of garlic smell by rubbing fingers with salt together with a little water or even better, use lemon together with the salt

My favorite method since it is always available and easy to rub all over

 

Get rid of garlic smell by rubbing fingers with tooth paste

Worked ok, but I rather use things I have on hand in the kitchen

 

Get rid of garlic smell by rubbing fingers with ground coffee

It sure smells better afterwards 🙂

 

Get rid of garlic smell by using baking soda

Haven’t tried this method yet, but many claim it works

 

Get rid of garlic smell by using mouth wash

Haven’t tried this method yet, but many claim it works

 

Get rid of garlic smell by using vinegar

Haven’t tried this method yet, but many claim it works

 

Bonus tips:

  • Use disposable rubber gloves before handling garlic
  • Methods above also removes fish odor and stinky fingers from handling onion
  • Some methods above could also help on beet stained fingers

 

Here are some more smart tips and tricks: https://ingmar.app/blog/category/how-to/

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