This would be a good application for a knoted wire brush in an angle
grinder. Since I have two wheels off now I'll give it a try.
...Art
On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Jurgen Hartwig wrote:
> At 10:01 PM 1/22/98 -0600, David F. Darby wrote:
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> >Hello:
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> >
>
> >Before we all de-fat the tissues of our hands or worse, let's go down to
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> >the industrial supply house and buy Nitrile Rubber gloves. They are
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> >(usually) green and come in various weights and cuff lengths. The are
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> >impermeable to most solvents and yet light weight. Cost is cheap: $1.75
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> >(US)/pair, less in quantity.
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> >
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> >Latex gloves and dishwashing gloves are not rated for chemical exposure.
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>
> Well, before you go and spend $1.75 on nitrile gloves, consider that aircraft
>stripper will eat through nitrile gloves very easily. I tried using my 8 mil
>nitrile gloves and the stuff ate right through them. I tried the dishwashing
>gloves and they were more appropriate.
>
>
> I addition, if you are sloppy enough to get the stripper all over your gloves
>in mass quantities, then this project is not for you. Besides, the stripper
>will let you know if it is on your hands, as all acids will. If, however,
>this product was a base, I would be more apprehensive to it's use with
>dishwashing gloves.
>
>
> Grab a pair of nitrile gloves, the small tighter fighting type, and then slip
>the dishwashing gloves over and then go to town. I usually put stripper on
>the part, wash off my gloves with water to neutralize the chemical and then
>come back later to scrape off paint. Chemical isn't on my gloves for more
>than a few minutes.
>
>
> Jay
>
>
> As a sidenote, the nitrile gloves do an excellent job with regular solvents,
>excluding some volatile organics which penetrate quickly, but these are
>usually your more exotic solvents which are only used sparingly. Kerosene,
>diesel fuel, and gunk won't go through the nitrile as easily.
>
>
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> Jurgen Hartwig, Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech
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> Try to live your life so that
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