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randomguy
Plastic
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- Feb 19, 2025
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Hey everyone, first post here. I'm a 25 year manufacturing engineer at a short run tooling and proto shop. As skilled labor is getting harder to find, I'm bouncing back and forth between the office and the shop doing part changeovers and things like that. I can't wash my hands 127 times per day, so I'm search of some decent gloves, mostly for the sake of cleanliness and moisture barrier for coolant. I picked up some rubberized gloves at Home Depot a few weeks back and they started off great. But I think that maybe the coolant is eating the rubber or something. Now when I take them off, my fingers are wet and dirty which kinda negates the point. Picked up some different ones at Menard's today hoping for better luck and they "leaked" from the get go.
Anyone got a suggestion for gloves that are good for machine for that'll stand up to the coolant and keep the moisture on the outside? Hoping for something that's got a little more tactile feel than the full on rubber gloves.
Thanks!
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rons
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- Feb 19, 2025
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This is the best glove I've used. Get the XL size. They don't use powder inside. A little bit of silicone.
L-Flex 15 Mil Latex Glove
Extra Thick Latex Protection Textured palm and fingers for greater tactile sensitivity and grip on slippery surfaces 12 Inches long for maximum protection 15 mil Latex Box contains 50 gloves
liftsafety.com
Every snug fitting rubber glove has caused my fingers to sweat. The loose fitting dish washing gloves not so much.
On warm days I remove rubber gloves and let them dry out (inside out). The tighter the fit the more wet. So I use XL instead of MED.
People will say that Nitrile are more chemical resistant. A tight fitting nitrile wears the same as a loose fitting latex in my spray painting and cleanup with lacquer thinner.
It would indicate that a stretched material will take more attack from a chemical than a relaxed material. Wear them only for spray painting and cleaning parts.
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Houdini
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- Feb 19, 2025
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I would suggest, your in a machine shop, you don't wear gloves.
A FNG usually starts off wanting gloves, if you let him, its not too long before he gives up on it.
Get some hand protectant, liquid glove.
WhiskGuard 525 MAN-O Pre-Work Skin Cream (Solvent Resistant)
www.whiskproducts.com
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rons
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Houdini has good advise for safety.
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Farmer Phil
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- Feb 19, 2025
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Gloves waste so much time. I worked at a place that had two guys that were gloveaholics. They would have a different pair of gloves for whatever they were doing. Whether it be taking a shit, leaning against something, having a 40 minutes conversation 41 minutes before lunch, you name it, everything was an excuse to put on a different pair of gloves for these two.
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Houdini
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- Feb 19, 2025
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The truth as machinists know it, you cannot through tactile means feel for chips, surface finish, sharpness, burrs....all the things we must do, with gloves on.
And that is besides the danger factor, I would rather have a cut than a missing finger.
2 cents 
edit: BUT.....
These are strong and capable of going on and off without damaging them, at your local Home Depot.
Venom Steel Heavy Duty Nitrile Gloves, XL (100 per Box) VEN6144NH - The Home Depot
Keep your hand safely protected for any environmental condition by wearing this excellent Venom Steel Heavy Duty Nitrile Gloves XL.
www.homedepot.com
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Doozer
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- Feb 19, 2025
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Use a rag,
wipe off your hands.
Don't wash them so much.
Get used to your hands being dirty.
The title on my resume is
"Dirty hands professional".
The best thing to remove mechanics black grease
from your hands is a Burger King wopper and fries.
The bun gets black and your fingers get clean.
-Doozer
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Houdini
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- Feb 19, 2025
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Doozer said:
Use a rag,
wipe off your hands.
Don't wash them so much.
Get used to your hands being dirty.
The title on my resume is
"Dirty hands professional".-Doozer
A life saver for my hands when I first started at a dental lab, we couldn't use lotions or anything due to green state ceramics contamination and shade changes.
But you needed to wash your hands a lot, wasn't until I was whining about the dry cracked hands they said don't use soap, and ONLY use cold water, life saver as a young buck.
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