Nitrile. I use them all the time, and I love 'em. I've used AC/Delco and
Harbor Freight, can't tell any difference. They do tear regularly, but not
nearly like latex. A box lasts me about 6 weeks. My nails and cuticles are
no longer an embarrassment at the office.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Heerschap <Heerschap@kns.com>
To: Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Fancy mechanic's gloves
>
>epetrevich@relavis.com wrote:
>> I use the "Mechanix" brand gloves and I love them. I used to not wear
any
>> gloves while working. But I pick up a set when I need to do a brake job
>> "warm". I've been using them since.
>
>I have several pairs of the Mechanix gloves. In the large size they fit
>tight, which makes the dexterity pretty good. I can actually pick up
>some things with the gloves that I can't without... the somewhat
>suede-like finger surface gives better traction.
>
>Unfortunately, to give good dexterity, the fingers are pretty thin, and
>I wear through them pretty quickly. The rest of the glove is fine, but
>there are holes on the pointer finger and thumb. This makes for a nasty
>surprise when you pull off the hot cat.
>
>I keep one pair very clean, then I have one pair I use for hot parts
>(fingers intact) The other gloves I keep around because they do a
>wonderful job of protecting hands from many small injuries.
>
>Never have tried nitrile gloves. Tried latex gloves, and they seem to
>dissolve with most of the stuff you're trying to keep off of your
>hands. Defeats the purpose.
>
>> FWIW, my are totally grease soaked and I'm getting ready to wash them. I
>> figured it wouldn't be a good idea to wash them in the "house" washer and
>
>I have washed my Mechanix gloves in the house washer. I combine about a
>cup of gojo with a normal sized cup of detergent. Does a very good job,
>especially if I put the gloves on first and "wash my hands" with the
>gojo. Can sometimes leave some junk in the washer, so I wash dirtiest
>stuff first, then the less dirty, and always finish up with my clean
>shop towels, which get all the rest of the junk out. A dedicated washer
>and dryer would be really nice.
>
>Most often, though, I do like most everyone else... leave the gloves on
>the shelf and wash my hands afterwards.
>
>
>cmh
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>Chris Heerschap - UNIX Systems Mutilator/Postmaster
>
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