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 aggravations, when it's hot they fill up
with sweat and you have to drain them and on occassion I've had one catch
on a bolt as I was finger tightening it and the bolt would unscrew as the
latex stapped back, of course this only happens when you can't see what
you're doing and your hand and arm are twisted in unnatural directions.
Andy D.
On 05/13/99 10:15 PM Skip Montanaro said...
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>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 the gas tank of my car
>in preparation for pulling the body. Some gas splashed on my hands.
>Besides the lingering foul smell ("You're not sleeping in my bed tonight!"),
>gas is awfully tough on your skin.
>
>I've been thinking about using some sort of gloves. Leather or other thick
>gloves would be too clumsy for much of the work, plus they'd hold
solvents
>like gasoline. Surgical gloves seem like they wouldn't dull your tactile
>sense too much (after all, surgeons use 'em). I've put off trying them
>figuring they couldn't be very resitant to the various solvents they'd
>encounter.
>
>Any thoughts on this subject?
>
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