Hand protection while working

[76zimmer]

I usually wear gloves, for a few reasons. First I don't like to get my hands scraped, cut, and have to tend to the wounds for a few days, and second wearing gloves keeps my hands clean enough to use the camera in the shop, or answer the phone, simply by slipping the gloves off.

I like these rubber coated ones. The grip is really good, they clean up easy with a rag and brake cleaner, fit really good, and are cheap.
The feeling of working with a nut or screw or something small isn't quite as nimble as bare hands, but I'm not into that phase right now.

The mechanics gloves on the left, I use more for moving things around the shop, or generally dirty but not greasy/oily stuff.

The fit on the rubber coated gloves is good.

 

[dirtygoat]

First thing I thought of when I saw this thread was, Handerpants...

I usually buy cheap Harborfreight mechanics gloves myself...

 

[xCaliK5x]

I use thick non-powdered latex for everything, have for the last 10 years, you can't tell I work on cars for a living. I will put a set of Mechanix gloves over them if I'm doing heavy stuff like alignment, suspension, pulling a trans out, a cylinder head or motor for protection against cuts and bashed knuckles. We had a tech grab an aluminum head and it slipped, cut his hand to the bone and cut a tendon in his finger. He was out for three months. BMW pays an elf in the black forest to file our parts to a razors edge though.

 

[dhcomp]

BMW pays an elf in the black forest to file our parts to a razors edge though.

 

['86erfixer]

Funny I see this today. I bought a 100 pack of disposable latex gloves yesterday from harbor freight for the first time. I'm basically new to this. First thing I did was install my engine a couple years ago and have been tinkering since then. Got sick of always washing my hand and them never coming completely clean. Nevermind trying to get into the house with dirty hands. I scrubbed about an inch of dirt/grease/oil off my front diff. yesterday (thought for a sec I was scrubbing off diff cover, haha) and those gloves were awesome. Hate to be a pansy, but I don't think I'll work w/o them again!

 

[76zimmer]

I haven't had good luck with the latex lab gloves holding up, always ripping them on something. I do like them for paint work though. I've tried alot of kinds of gloves, and really like these rubber palms and fingers. There are really durable, and go on and off pretty easy.

 

[dhcomp]

I haven't had good luck with the latex lab gloves holding up, always ripping them on something. I do like them for paint work though. I've tried alot of kinds of gloves, and really like these rubber palms and fingers. There are really durable, and go on and off pretty easy.

Those rubber ones look like the way to go. Where do you normally buy them for cheap?

I've been using latex gloves inside my mechanix gloves, cause they are so saturated in grease/oil. I don't mind getting dirty, but the 2 hr grease removal process is getting old.

 

[76zimmer]

Agreed. That was one of the biggest things I didn't like about any fabric type glove, was they would get soak through with oil or whatever. These ones I clean up by spraying some brake cleaner on a somewhat cleaner rag, and just wash my hands with the rag, while wearing the gloves. They last and clean up easy.
I usually go to a "Safety Services" store in my area for any type of gloves, paint masks, safety glasses etc.

 

['86erfixer]

I used to buy a few pairs a week of those nylon/blue rubber gloves. I used to build swimming pools. Rebar and gunite eat gloves up. Home depot or Lowes has them pretty cheap, but the best deal we found was a local gas station. Mexicans hanging out in the mornings hoping to get picked up for construction stood in front of the gas station. The gas station used to sell the gloves for $.99 cents! It was a pretty sweet deal. Look for Mexicans. . .

 

[ryoken]

i'm sooooooo oldschool.... body guy/mechanic that rarely wears gloves... if i'm playing with fiberglass, i'll wear surgicals, just while using the resin.. but painting cars, sanding, etc, bare hands...

in dead of winter, sometimes i'll wear mechanics gloves, but I ALWAYS cut the fingertips off... no way someone can tell me your gonna get the feel of handstarting a nut on a stud, buried in some godforsaken spot in a bilge, with those hard rubber tipped mechanics gloves... bullsh*t....

and I used to laugh at one mechanic I worked with donning surgicals to turn wrenches to "try" and stay clean...... those things wouldn't last 5 minutes with me, they'd be torn and falling apart..

I know, I'm an asshole dinosaur, so be it.... heck, i rarely wash my hands to eat lunch...

 

[82355]

i'm sooooooo oldschool.... body guy/mechanic that rarely wears gloves... if i'm playing with fiberglass, i'll wear surgicals, just while using the resin.. but painting cars, sanding, etc, bare hands...

in dead of winter, sometimes i'll wear mechanics gloves, but I ALWAYS cut the fingertips off... no way someone can tell me your gonna get the feel of handstarting a nut on a stud, buried in some godforsaken spot in a bilge, with those hard rubber tipped mechanics gloves... bullsh*t....

and I used to laugh at one mechanic I worked with donning surgicals to turn wrenches to "try" and stay clean...... those things wouldn't last 5 minutes with me, they'd be torn and falling apart..

I know, I'm an asshole dinosaur, so be it.... heck, i rarely wash my hands to eat lunch...

I'm with you. I can't stand wearing gloves. I use to wear Mechanix Gloves to put up center irigation pivots in the winter, but even then, I found myself taking them off half the time.

Martin

 

[Jessie James]

I haven't had good luck with the latex lab gloves holding up, always ripping them on something. I do like them for paint work though. I've tried alot of kinds of gloves, and really like these rubber palms and fingers. There are really durable, and go on and off pretty easy.

I've found some at Advance Auto which work really, really well. The trick is to not buy the cheap ones. The cheap ones used to break in about 5-10 minutes, so I'd use them all up really fast, or they wouldn't work, etc.

The good quality ones? I have yet to tear a pair. In fact, I now wear the same pair again and again until they get too messy to wipe off.

Get 'em here:
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/we...rile-DermaLite_9500022-P_N3521F_T|GRP2086____

 

[Ten_Bucks]

I wear gloves while working because my hands sweat so much that without gloves the sweat causes grip issues. I wear the Craftsman knockoff mechanics gloves for about 99% of the work I do then I wear some Kimberly-Clark purple nitrile gloves when doing oil changes and handling automotive fluids.

Scott

 

[76zimmer]

i'm sooooooo oldschool.... body guy/mechanic that rarely wears gloves... if i'm playing with fiberglass, i'll wear surgicals, just while using the resin.. but painting cars, sanding, etc, bare hands...

in dead of winter, sometimes i'll wear mechanics gloves, but I ALWAYS cut the fingertips off... no way someone can tell me your gonna get the feel of handstarting a nut on a stud, buried in some godforsaken spot in a bilge, with those hard rubber tipped mechanics gloves... bullsh*t....

and I used to laugh at one mechanic I worked with donning surgicals to turn wrenches to "try" and stay clean...... those things wouldn't last 5 minutes with me, they'd be torn and falling apart..

I know, I'm an asshole dinosaur, so be it.... heck, i rarely wash my hands to eat lunch...

I can appreciate the old school thought Paul, I agree nothing like going bareback when handling nuts or something you need to FEEL your way through.

I also like the fact that wearing gloves keep your hands from absorption of chemicals into your system. It is a fact that it does do damage to nerves, and tissue throughout your body.

 

[thedrip]

For cheap gloves, I've found the Harbor Freight Nitrile rubber gloves (blue) hold up WAY better than any latex glove I've ever had. I did a little welding in them the other day, and there were marks from sparks burning the glove, but didn't burn my hand! I wouldnt suggest welding with them, but I was amazed at how many little burns they saved me from. They also don't melt off my hands when they get covered in oil/tranny fluid/gas/diesel.

 

[scottishdave]

heck, i rarely wash my hands to eat lunch...

My wife gives me **** for this all the time. I hardly wear gloves at all when working. I try and keep 1 finger somewhat clean as my "scratching" finger. This leads to very dirty nose's and ears though.

 

[Big Ray]

I can't get any in my size at work. Hell, I have a hard time finding gloves in my size anywhere. I reckin they don't have full size men in those overseas factories.....

Fortunatly, I don't mess with a lot of chemicals, just sharp edges and the occasional greasy job.

 

[82355]

I did a little welding in them the other day, and there were marks from sparks burning the glove, but didn't burn my hand! I wouldnt suggest welding with them, but I was amazed at how many little burns they saved me from.

Hell, I rarely ever wear welding gloves.

Martin

 

[Babaganoosh]

I use these pretty much everyday.

Black lightning disposables.

Then when lifting and stuff I put on these.

 

[cabledawg]

It's good to know I'm not the olny pansy on here. I've been using latex/nitrile gloves for a few years, bu tm ostly because the chemicals were causing skin issues. The worst it ever got was when I was cleaning something with I think brake cleaner. Went inside to wash up for supper and the skin on my palms and fingers started peeling off in huge sections. And it hurt for a few days. I've never been so worried about dirt and grease, but if I'm cleaning or messing with coolant or gas, the gloves go on. I try to use splash sheilds too after getting a mouthful of coolant when I was installing my block heater. They arent kidding when they ssay that stuff is sweet tasting. It's almost better than koolaid