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TheMaster · 03-05-2010, 09:52 AM

I wear nitrile gloves. Some people are allergic or can become allergic to latex. If you refuse to wear gloves,try putting a light coat of petroleum jelly on your hands.
It will act as a protective barrier. latex or nitrile gloves should be taken off every 15-20 minutes to let your hands breathe. Leather can suck the moisture out of our skin.

TheMaster · 03-05-2010, 10:21 AM

The health of your skin depends on a number of things. What works for one person may not work for another.
Wearing nitrile or latex can cause problems with your skin depending on your your system. It can cause fungus and other nail/cuticle infections.
Your body can at anytime become allergic to a substance without warning. The reaction can be severe and long lasting. The immune system continues to react even tho the allergic agent has been removed and washed away. The immune system continues to release antibodies causing the skin shed or peel. Its quite painful too...the finger tips and hands have an abundance of nerves.

stillaround · 03-05-2010, 11:18 AM

I dont like gloves. I wear leather for the sewer machine. I have a couple hand scars ..nothing to take away from my good looks though. The only time I ever got concern over germs was in Chicago years ago when I did service in apts. where the tenant was dying of aids..caused me to pause and think a bit. Latex when I have them for toilet resets..otherwize..these hands are for working. When I was behind the desk for a few years the hands got softer.

futz · 03-05-2010, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by stillaround

I dont like gloves.

Me neither. Can't get anything done with them on. I'll wear them for a while on cold mornings sometimes (till I'm at the job and unloaded), or if I'm hand-scratching busted concrete or something, or for threading/spinning black iron gaspipe - stuff where you don't need manual dexterity and/or want to protect your hands. But for all the time use... NO. Too damn clumsy.

gladerunner · 03-05-2010, 05:53 PM

glove's!! we don't need no stinkin gloves

artisancorp · 03-05-2010, 06:31 PM

I use mechanix here

AKdaplumba · 03-05-2010, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by futz

Me neither. Can't get anything done with them on. I'll wear them for a while on cold mornings sometimes (till I'm at the job and unloaded), or if I'm hand-scratching busted concrete or something, or for threading/spinning black iron gaspipe - stuff where you don't need manual dexterity and/or want to protect your hands. But for all the time use... NO. Too damn clumsy.

go to army and navy, they are tight gloves. give em a try

artisancorp · 03-05-2010, 07:40 PM

Cal · 03-05-2010, 08:54 PM

Lightening Black gloves ,,,, All the time when i'm around ,,,, MESS

After 30 years wife said ," No Gloves ,, No Love "

ChrisConnor · 03-05-2010, 09:00 PM

I don't like gloves either, but I wore some quality leather gloves when putting in a sewer line a few months ago and at the end of the day, I actually felt better, I don't know why, but I did. Maybe I was less fatigued or something, I don't know. It was interesting to see how new leather gloves were nicked, scratched and cut after just a couple of hours of work.

03-05-2010, 11:18 AM	#13
stillaround Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,215 My Photos	I dont like gloves. I wear leather for the sewer machine. I have a couple hand scars ..nothing to take away from my good looks though. The only time I ever got concern over germs was in Chicago years ago when I did service in apts. where the tenant was dying of aids..caused me to pause and think a bit. Latex when I have them for toilet resets..otherwize..these hands are for working. When I was behind the desk for a few years the hands got softer. __________________ Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Ronald Reagan

03-05-2010, 08:54 PM	#19
Cal Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,407 My Photos	Lightening Black gloves ,,,, All the time when i'm around ,,,, MESS After 30 years wife said ," No Gloves ,, No Love " __________________ "The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly."

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03-05-2010, 09:52 AM	#11
TheMaster Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6,437 My Photos	I wear nitrile gloves. Some people are allergic or can become allergic to latex. If you refuse to wear gloves,try putting a light coat of petroleum jelly on your hands. It will act as a protective barrier. latex or nitrile gloves should be taken off every 15-20 minutes to let your hands breathe. Leather can suck the moisture out of our skin.

03-05-2010, 10:21 AM	#12
TheMaster Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6,437 My Photos	The health of your skin depends on a number of things. What works for one person may not work for another. Wearing nitrile or latex can cause problems with your skin depending on your your system. It can cause fungus and other nail/cuticle infections. Your body can at anytime become allergic to a substance without warning. The reaction can be severe and long lasting. The immune system continues to react even tho the allergic agent has been removed and washed away. The immune system continues to release antibodies causing the skin shed or peel. Its quite painful too...the finger tips and hands have an abundance of nerves.

03-05-2010, 06:31 PM	#16
artisancorp Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 My Photos	I use mechanix here

03-05-2010, 07:40 PM	#18
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03-05-2010, 09:00 PM	#20
ChrisConnor Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,407 My Photos	I don't like gloves either, but I wore some quality leather gloves when putting in a sewer line a few months ago and at the end of the day, I actually felt better, I don't know why, but I did. Maybe I was less fatigued or something, I don't know. It was interesting to see how new leather gloves were nicked, scratched and cut after just a couple of hours of work.