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Re: Icky Smelly Stuff [now gloves]

To: "TIMOTHY WALTZ" <printner@worldnet.att.net>,
Subject: Re: Icky Smelly Stuff [now gloves]
From: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:47:59 -0600
TIMOTHY WALTZ wrote

>> The thin latex gloves work well, but I would recommend using regular
>heavier
>> rubber gloves for really grimy jobs, at least in the early stages.
>
>I've been using the work gloves with a latex coating on the front work
>surface, and a stretch knit on the back.  You can get them at Home Depot or
>garden centers.
>
>They work great because the front side of your hand, which is usually the
>dirtiest, stays clean.  The gloves come in different sizes so they can fit
>nice and snug so you can still work on small pieces.
>
>I like them a lot better than the Mechanix gloves--you can feel what you're
>doing.
>
>Tim
     One interesting thing about natural latex gloves is how porous they 
are to some solvents.  Using acetopne with latex gloves is like no gloves 
at all.  Of course a lot of things that people think are latex are 
actually vinyl, neoprene, etc.  The vinyl gloves Pamela suggests offer 
good solvent protection, as do Nitrile gloves.  I've been having a bit of 
trouble using nitrile gloves around brake fluid.  A little brake fluid on 
the nitrile gloves and they become so slippery it's a joke.  So lately 
it's been bare hands and a jumbo jug of gritty orange hand cleaner.  
     My wife saw the post about the stubborn Liquid wrench stench and 
noted that "It's penetrating oil, it penetrates skin too"  Sounds 
reasonable.

-Marc T.


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