I'm wondering what - if anything - people do to protect their hands while working on their cars. Besides the obvious skinned knuckles, the fluids in our cars can be pretty tough on skin. I'm draining
I use thick leather gloves for anything where clumsiness is not a problem (welding, tinbashing). I use heavy rubber gloves where nasty chemical are used. Not your dishwashing kind, the ones that are
I watched a pro rebuild an MG gearbox at a recent club tech session and he wore latex gloves the whole time. In addition to keeping his hands cleaned... it looked very hygenic ;^) I've tried the chea
I have been using surgical type gloves lately, since I often have to run into the house to save grandma from the wild baby child. It is wonderful to be able to flip them off and go do something else,
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 23:20:56 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
I use the latex "medical" type gloves. Work great on the oil & such. Not much help with paint remover though. Phil Pattengale 54 TR2 - TS1440-LO {project #1} 56 TR3 - TS13872-L {project #2} philpatt@
My in-laws got me a pair of mechanic's gloves from Griot's Garage (www.griotsgarage.com, I think) last Christmas. They're fantastic. Once you get 'em dirty, though, they're impossible to get clean ag
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:33:19 +0200charset="iso-8859-1"
Apart from wearing gloves, you can use a so called dermo-protective creme. These exist in different type's for different appl. Even normal hand-creme will protect in a way and at least makes your han
Hi everyone, I regularly work with both latex and vinyl gloves. In the day job I spend a lot of time doing micro electronics work wearing vinyl gloves and all that is required is practice and after a
I use the latex work gloves from Home Depot (look like surgical gloves but readily available and cost less). Box of 100 for about $5. They've held up to all solvents so far. Only two minor aggravatio
surgical gloves are fine, you just need to wear two pairs as one piar is ripped in no time. Make sure you're not allergic against latex, if so there are plenty (but more expensive of course) alternat
yeah, but it doesn't work all that well, leaves your hands slippery for about ten minutes until the stuff has dried or whatever it does and then when you want the stuff to come off, its the same as i
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 17:07:06 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
Most of the glove stuff has already been covered yesterday, while I was at the Bronx Zoo with my daughters Kindergarten class :-), But... I do have an important contribution. I use disposable Nitrid