Gloves

Hi,

what about protection against harmful chemicals such as petrol, oil, brake cleaner etc.? I would recommend nitril rubber gloves. The come in different thicknesses and surfaces and most of them are oil resistant. Depending on the qualitiy the can be used more than ones. They also give you a chance of clean hands when working in the office next day.

Thanks for the post, I agree, nitrile gloves are great for mechanical work, it’s a good idea to keep your TIG gloves for TIG welding only.

If i know im going to mess with fluids I normally use a set Nitrile gloves and a set of working fabric gloves on top of that. Especially with ATF fluids, they seem to be the ones causing the most allergic reactions.

Some fluids will break down, or disolve, some glove materials - might be a good idea to have a couple, or 3 different types?

I just buy them by the large box.

Most are quite short, so I also have some pairs of ordinary kitchen gloves for when I need more coverage.

@Gord:

I thought Nitrile gloves were impenetrable. Do you have any experience with Nitrile gloves have been desolved by chemichals?

I'm trying to remember exactly what the glove' materials were, and what the cleaner used for the metal prep' was, but a quick google search suggests you're right.

If you know what you're going to be handling, you could always do a quich check, if required - and it isn't mentioned on the box?

Thanks for getting back.

For engine Oil, diesel and gasoline, alcohol, ATF, Coolant, and AC fluid as well as break cleaner, degreaser, water and solvent based paint, paint remover/thinner, copper and regular grease the Nitile gloves are good.

Appart from straight up PH 1 or 14 Acid/base im not sure much is left?

Molten metals?

Molten metals?

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