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Princess Valiant

Princess Valiant

A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
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So I had a friend bring his scamp over to my shop for an oil change and checkup.

So I guide him into the shop and i put a jack under it and get my tools ready.

He comes from the restroom with rubber gloves on, no tools in hand but just a pair of bright blue hands.

Who does that!!!!????

I don't see why, when a bar of lava will clean it up perfect......
 
Rainy Day Auto said:
So I had a friend bring his scamp over to my shop for an oil change and checkup.

So I guide him into the shop and i put a jack under it and get my tools ready.

He comes from the restroom with rubber gloves on, no tools in hand but just a pair of bright blue hands.

Who does that!!!!????

I don't see why, when a bar of lava will clean it up perfect......
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I do under certain circumstances. In fact, I have a box of blue nitrile gloves sitting on the top tray of my toolbox right now. My Speed Shop Guy does the same and has for the past 20 years.

Why scrub why all you need to do is peel and toss?
 
scrubbing all day long does something to your hands
stuff can seep into your skin
they keep you much warmer in the winter (i wear them when junkyarding under my mechanics gloves, and it keeps my hands from getting wet, even while wrenching in the snow)

i can see a few reasons
 
I often think I should, but rarely put them on. For me, uncovered fingers make it easier to go by feel while wrenching.
 
I can never get my nails 100% clean after going under the car, especially if I scrape the bottom with my nails. When you do a hot oil change, its alot faster to slide the hot oiled gloves off than wiping your oily hands on your overall or shirt. I wear them often doing my telephone work, you never know when you'll touch a 220V carrier in the middle of a paper splice case.
 
I use the bright orange gloves,grippy type.
Tough to a certain level. Powder free. If i get something in my eye for example i can pull the gloves off and have clean hands.
Solvents,adhesives and general auto filth is just something i dont want on my hands.
Interior work, you just dont know what you will find when a seat needs to be removed.
20 dollars a box is money well spent.
They have to fit well,btw.
I wear them even when welding and doing bodywork,still have the feel for things.
 
I will add,i wear them 90%of the time.
 
pishta said:
I can never get my nails 100% clean after going under the car, especially if I scrape the bottom with my nails. When you do a hot oil change, its alot faster to slide the hot oiled gloves off than wiping your oily hands on your overall or shirt. I wear them often doing my telephone work, you never know when you'll touch a 220V carrier in the middle of a paper splice case.
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Agreed, I can get my hands 90% clean with lots of scrubbing, but then I’m self conscious my hands still look dirty. Much more efficient to clean after using gloves.
 
I wear them while changing oil, and wear the thin stretchy mechanics gloves the rest of the time I'm working on cars. When I mix paint or clean the spray gun with lacquer thinner, I step it up to rubber dishwashing gloves. When you get lacquer thinner on your skin, it goes to your kidneys in about 4 seconds flat. Seriously....4 seconds! I didn't always do all of this, but the older you get, the more you start thinking about not doing dumb stuff, so as to add another day onto the end of your life!
 
I should use them more than I do, which is probably less than half the time. I do maintenance on printing presses. Between ink, grease, oil, general crud... I lost count of how many times I washed my hands tonight. Just got done putting lotion on cause my skin was feeling like it was ready to crack.
 
This is what happened when the solution in the crank grinder went "sour" and I didn't figure it out for a while. Gloves stopped it, hands look much better now.
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This is why.....I use them when messing with chemicals and car fluids. I had to go to the emergency room when I was a young man. I got a cleaning chemical mixed with 1 or more fluids from my car. Who knows oil, ATF, grease and some sort of degreaser that the auto hobby shop provided at the AF Base. It was a very minor chemical burn but, it the damaged was all the natural oils removed from my hands. I ended up with dry painful hands for a week.
 
I wrenched for decades and never wore gloves; some days my hands were in the parts washer almost all day. My hands were what seemed like ,permanently stained. I never scrubbed them, cuz what would be the point;tomorrow will be the same. There were times tho that I needed some moisturizer. There were times I just greased my hands.
These days my hands are a lovely shade of pink. The abuse doesn't seem to have hurt them. My son says I have big hands. When I make a fist, it dwarfs his. He's half my age, and 2 inches taller, but I got 30 pounds on him. C'mere Boyo, I'll show you how my Dad used to shake hands. lol..
 
I've never got into the glove thing, old school I guess, I know I should probably wear them but seems like they make me clumsy. I'm one of those that used to wash my hands with gasoline or paint thinner. When I was a teenager I always wrenched on buddy's cars, mamma would fuss at me and say I smelled like a walking gas pump! I had to wear rubber latex gloves at work before I retired, but didn't like to. I'm sure gloves are a good thing, but just not for me.
 
I work with a powdered silica dessicant that will dry your hands to leather. Tough on the lungs too. I get boxes of nitrile gloves for free at work, I should wear them for working on peoples phones and keyboards: 2 nastiest things in a house!
 
JDMopar said:
I wear them while changing oil, and wear the thin stretchy mechanics gloves the rest of the time I'm working on cars. When I mix paint or clean the spray gun with lacquer thinner, I step it up to rubber dishwashing gloves. When you get lacquer thinner on your skin, it goes to your kidneys in about 4 seconds flat. Seriously....4 seconds! I didn't always do all of this, but the older you get, the more you start thinking about not doing dumb stuff, so as to add another day onto the end of your life!
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That could explain my poor kidney function now, back when I was doing body work I washed my hands with lacquer thinner all the time, they would get white and dry. Now I'm old and have high uric acid and gout because my kidney function is low.
 
I can't believe no on mentioned cancer. Oil, and most automotive fluids are cancer causing. Used oil, like when you do an oil change, is a lot worse as it is full of all kinds on nasty stuff like hydrocarbons and heavy metals. It isnt about washing the stain off, it is about what is getting through your skin into your blood stream and organs. I always wear surgical latex or nitrile gloves when messing with stuff.
 
If something is really loaded down nasty, I'll usually slip on some gloves of some sort. Or if something is really heavy. I keep two pair of leather long gauntlet welding gloves in the truck all the time on the transmission hump right in front of the seat. We don't have garbage service out here so we take our own in to the collection center. Nothing wrong with wanting to stay clean and uninjured.
 
d55dave said:
I can't believe no on mentioned cancer. Oil, and most automotive fluids are cancer causing. Used oil, like when you do an oil change, is a lot worse as it is full of all kinds on nasty stuff like hydrocarbons and heavy metals. It isnt about washing the stain off, it is about what is getting through your skin into your blood stream and organs. I always wear surgical latex or nitrile gloves when messing with stuff.
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For those of us who've done this a long time, that is a real concern.
 
I do Op..all the time!
I work with my hands all day, often with very harsh chemicals..some of the affects of which can take years of accumulation to harm you. Others can be instant. others are benign until mixed/contact with others chemicals.
I am suffering from some of that now because 30yrs ago no one told me paint thinner wasnt the best thing to get paint off my hands... I now do everything I can to take care of my hands, as some of what I suffer from is irreversable.
Automotive chemicals, carb & brake cleaners, antifreeze and brake fluid all come to mind of things that will & do soak into your skin..even motor oil isnt so great for you. Even simple stuff like windex & hand sanatizer in larger amounts can be harmful, even over time, because your skin absorbs things, everything.
Its not all about being prissy or keeping clean (although they do that very well) its about my long term health.
Good on your friend!
Safety Data Sheets | Free SDS Database | Chemical Safety < here is a free material data safety search online, give it a try, then go buy some nitrile gloves at walmart.
$6 well spent.
 
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Fgill said:
I do Op..all the time!
I work with my hands all day, often with very harsh chemicals..some of the affects of which can take years of accumulation to harm you. Others can be instant. others are benign until mixed/contact with others chemicals.
I am suffering from some of that now because 30yrs ago no one told me paint thinner wasnt the best thing to get paint off my hands... I now do everything I can to take care of my hands, as some of what I suffer from is irreversable.
Automotive chemicals, carb & brake cleaners, antifreeze and brake fluid all come to mind of things that will & do soak into your skin..even motor oil isnt so great for you. Even simple stuff like windex & hand sanatizer in larger amounts can be harmful, even over time, because your skin absorbs things, everything.
Its not all about being prissy or keeping clean (although they do that very well) its about my long term health.
Good on your friend!
Safety Data Sheets | Free SDS Database | Chemical Safety < here is a free material data safety search online, give it a try, then go buy some nitrile gloves at walmart.
$6 well spent.
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Dude brake cleaner is no joke!! I have a story about that. I was rebuilding a Briggs lawnmower engine that wiped a cam. And i had the engine tore down and was cleaning the crankcase out because it was full of metal flakes from the cam. Anyway I put an old blanket down and sat it on my tail gate and was spraying it with brake cleaner (or carb cleaner one or the other cant remember) then I'd scrub and spray etc well anyway the brake cleaner was soaking up in the blanket and I was leaning on the blanket and thus soaking up in my pants and shirt i didnt realize it until it started to burn. Then it set me on fire I had to run in the house stripping my clothes off and jump into the shower washing it off. It put a huge rash/burn on my belly and the front of my legs it was not good I use caution using that stuff now...... but I still dont wear gloves lol
 
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