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Latex gloves (around £6.00 for 50 pairs) can react with your skin if you are sensitive to latex. A lot of people are apparently.

We use nitrile ones at work which are better, stronger and more resistant to tearing and chemicals.

I don't use them on the car though because they take away the 'feel' factor and make it more difficult to put small nuts on, and feel what you doing in tight spaces. (behave)

Plus, I forget 8)

Richard
 
Latex gloves, did try them but they were in shreds after 2 mins so dont bother now. In fact dont bother with gloves full stop.
 
I use the orange gloves that Edd China uses. They're tough enough to last the whole job and fit well too.

Dave
 
Dave3066 said:
I use the orange gloves that Edd China uses. They're tough enough to last the whole job and fit well too.

Dave
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I think that's editing Dave, I'm sure they let him have new ones off camera :mrgreen:


Can't get on with latex myself and they feel colder then cold from the wind chill it seems :shock:

When I do do messy mechanical stuff I go for vinyl as they are tougher and not as cold as the latex surgical type. I try and keep my hands oil free so as not to contaminate the bodywork side of our workshop.

I always pack a few pairs in the car in case of a puncture or breakdown too :D
 
I've been using latex gloves for years, massive benefit, and I don't find they shred too often if you're carefull. I have Mechanix gloves for more heavy duty type work but don't like to get them really oily, so use the latex for dirty jobs. I buy them in 1000 boxes (10 boxes) works out less than £3 per 50 pairs.

I've noticed (following extensive investigation :LOL: ) that they mostly use Nitrile in hospitals now, I think the latex cause too many allergy issues, so I might try them next time I run out.

I've become highly chemical-averse so it's gloves all the way for me, don't touch a car without them. They could just do with being a bit longer, you always end up with a dirty ring round your wrist.
 
I always used latex, until I won a box of nitrile at Beamish, my glove usage has been reduced four fold, a pair of nitrile usually last a job, whereas with latex I was always tearing and therefore changing gloves. Nitrile tend not to rot off your fingers when using polishes, or maybe that's just Autoglym.



John.
 
latex gloves for mechanical jobs are a big no no, the cleaners and chemicals we use just rip them to shreds straight off, anyone who has ever so much as walked past a parts washer with latex gloives on knows that!

i use the blue ones, plus i use sparco cotton gloves (the ones with the grip on them) when im doing anything around hot components.

top tip- if your working in the cold and wet with gloves on, put a set of nitrile gloves on under your mechanics gloves, they keep the water away from your skin and keep you dextrous even in arctic temps!

im so used to working with gloves on i can cope with small fastenings whilst wearing them, but when i make students wear gloves (to get used to them) they can barely deal with wheel nuts..... its hillarious!

ive not tried the orange gloves that they use on the tv.
 
GrimV8 said:
Dave3066 said:
I use the orange gloves that Edd China uses. They're tough enough to last the whole job and fit well too.

Dave
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I think that's editing Dave, I'm sure they let him have new ones off camera :mrgreen:
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Clever editing aside Grim, personal experience says they last the whole job :D

webmaster said:
They could just do with being a bit longer, you always end up with a dirty ring round your wrist.
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The orange ones I use are quite long and cover my wrists :D

I find they make my hands colder in cold weather too so I often wear them under other, thicker gloves to keep my hands warm.

Dave
 
I did wear rubber gloves when cleaning my oven with Oven Pride which contains sodium hydroxide
That stuff really makes your skin burn
 
stephendavies said:
MEK and white spirit...must have hands like the Terminator:)
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Normally the sequence is thus...
First, Jet fuel to clean off the dirt then the above mentioned to clean off the oiliness of the fuel... :mrgreen:

Only kidding, most times, this stuff is all I use....
http://www.reinol.co.za/
it has to be the most amazing stuff I have come across in my years of getting dirty.
 
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