Posted: 9/29/2015 10:36:02 AM EDT
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What's the "in" glove these days?
I have a box of Nitrile gloves that have served me well throughout a variety of tasks. But then one day I was using carb cleaner. I rarely use carb cleaner. My usual suspect is CRC Electronics Cleaner. I have found it to be the least destructive cleaner. I was desperate though concerning the generator carburetor 
But I had the impression that it was getting through the glove somehow. The glove itself was holding up but I had gotten just as much CRC on a glove before as I had the carb cleaner this time, but never with that impression. So what are the best disposable gloves these days for working with gas, oil, grease, engines ..... ? |
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Black nitrile. |
| As a chemist I can tell you that there isn't really an "in" glove. Nitrile, latex, etc. all have different permeability for different chemicals. Some chemicals will not permeate certain materials while some go straight through and others still can dissolve the glove completely (hint:acetone on nitrile). Try to look up some permeability charts. |
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I prefer purple or blue. Hard to see blood on black gloves. Useful if you're going to be stocking your car or FAK with them. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
| Here's what I'm presently using: Venom Steel Premium Black Nitrile Gloves |
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The venoms are pretty good, can't complain too much about them... The "black lightning" IIrC, blue box with lightning bolts and ph5.5 written on it.. Those are my favorite.. Can't stand thin or loose fitting ones, can't stand the too thick, so tight they cramp your hands ones... |
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I didn't know Harbor Freight had such a variety. There's one right near the house now. So vinyl isn't better than latex or nitrile? I'm a dialysis patient....we got vinyl gloves for awhile and I'd still love to choke whoever came up with that idea. I think vinyl sucks although I suppose it might have use with certain chemicals.
For what I do I buy the actual latex because I think they have a better "feel" but if you're just cleaning guns I doubt that matters much. |
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ive been using these lately and like em quite a bit
Delta Gloves Black Magic 
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if you use enough to order by the case, 10 boxes.
http://www.unisafegloves.com/ I get mine here every few years and stock them in my cars and garage. I get the thickest mil they make usually. I eat through them when I use them. it has seriously cut down on hand cleaner use. but in my old age, I think I am more concerned about that carcinogine thing having used oil or grease on my bare skin. especially how hard it is to get out of the cracks in your skin. |
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The venoms are pretty good, can't complain too much about them... The "black lightning" IIrC, blue box with lightning bolts and ph5.5 written on it.. Those are my favorite.. Can't stand thin or loose fitting ones, can't stand the too thick, so tight they cramp your hands ones... Quoted:
The venoms are pretty good, can't complain too much about them... The "black lightning" IIrC, blue box with lightning bolts and ph5.5 written on it.. Those are my favorite.. Can't stand thin or loose fitting ones, can't stand the too thick, so tight they cramp your hands ones... Thank you! I use a lot of these gloves; and I'm already through a good half of my last remaining box. I've added the, 'Black Lightning' gloves to my Amazon, 'Wish List'; and I'll give them a try. 
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As a chemist I can tell you that there isn't really an "in" glove. Nitrile, latex, etc. all have different permeability for different chemicals. Some chemicals will not permeate certain materials while some go straight through and others still can dissolve the glove completely (hint:acetone on nitrile). Try to look up some permeability charts. 
HazMat guy here agreeing that each compound needs to be assessed for its effects on PPE. Google Silver Shield gloves for a near "universal" chem resistance, but even those are more useful for some than others, and don't expect much in the way of dexterity while using them. |
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HazMat guy here agreeing that each compound needs to be assessed for its effects on PPE. Google Silver Shield gloves for a near "universal" chem resistance, but even those are more useful for some than others, and don't expect much in the way of dexterity while using them. Quoted:
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As a chemist I can tell you that there isn't really an "in" glove. Nitrile, latex, etc. all have different permeability for different chemicals. Some chemicals will not permeate certain materials while some go straight through and others still can dissolve the glove completely (hint:acetone on nitrile). Try to look up some permeability charts.
HazMat guy here agreeing that each compound needs to be assessed for its effects on PPE. Google Silver Shield gloves for a near "universal" chem resistance, but even those are more useful for some than others, and don't expect much in the way of dexterity while using them. Actual use guy here. I can say that the more expensive HF nitrile gloves are undersized. If they don't rip when I put them on, they explode when acetone or toluene hit them. The cheaper nitrile HF gloves work decent for light duty work and will keep your hands clean when around grease and oil. They disintegrate when exposed to auto paint products almost immediately. The gloves I posted above are thick, flexible, and tear resistant. They will hold up through mixing paint, spraying paint, and then cleaning the paint gun. This involves thinner, acetone, tolulene, and other chemicals being all over the gloves. They make it through the entire job, even with taking them on and off for beer and piss breaks. My hands don't smell like chemicals afterward, have no chemical effects, and are not the color of the paint I have been using. I also use these with brake cleaner when cleaning carburetors. Manual dexterity is a requirement with this task. The gloves are flexible, HF gloves are not. Last weekend I was installing closed cell foam insulation in a 1931 Ford headliner application. This involved Weldwood contact cement, a brush, gloves, and a lot of cussing. When the job was done, the gloves had stuck to a lot of the material and the fingers were now, all very well insulated. There were no rips or tears, and one set made it through the entire job. If you aren't submerging your hands in chems for hours at a time, those are the gloves for you. |