Rubber gloves

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I worked at a gas station in my teen years and scrubbed my hands and arms with a scrub brush every day to get the grease off. I got a severe case of tonsillitis and became dehydrated (almost died). When they tried to start 2 IVs in my arms, they couldn’t poke the needles through my skin. The needles kept bending over before penetrating. As each corpsman (Philadelphia Naval Hospital) gave up, they went and got a more experienced one to try it. After 4 corpsman quit, they got 2 different doctors, who also failed. Then they got an anesthesiologist and he jabbed me with a hypodermic needle with Xylocaine in it to numb the area. Then he took the IV needle and worked it into the same hole that the narrower hypodermic needle made, by circling it around to stretch the skin. Then he just slipped it into the enlarged hole. There were about 20 sailors, corpsmen and doctors standing around watching this spectacle. They proclaimed me to be the son of Superman! It took about 28 tries before final success.
 
Now that this has been mentioned, yes 5 years ago, you have about 3 weeks to live unless the surgery and chemo! Appendix area, growth went from a "golf ball size" to a "grapefruit size" in 8 days. Shop chemicals are dangerous.
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.
 
What type of glove is not affected (melted) by lacquer thinner? How about paint stripper?
I use the cheep blue nitrile gloves and double up if I am really going to get soaked in it. When the outer pair gets soft and stretchy change them. The inners are usually still good for a while. There may be a better material or thicker glove that would be reusable, but then you loose almost all feel of what you are doing. Small parts get dropped . The cursing begins earlier in the job... LOL
I used to buy a lot of the PPE for work. When you try to protect against nasty chemicals and harsh solvents, nothing is perfect. It becomes a question of breakdown time. This applies to everything from daily wear gloves to hazmat suits.
 
Been working on Locomotives for almost 40 years and finally the company started furnishing rubber gloves 15 years ago. Didn't like them at first but slowly got used to them. Now, I won't work on anything without wearing them. Only thing I don't like about them is they make my hands sweat and will fill up. When I work on anything above my head, the sweat pours out and rolls down my arms.
 
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......
It scares the hell out of me when the Doctor walks in the room with a rubber glove on one hand, because I know what is going to happen. Thanks God he has skinny fingers.
 
I use the black 5mil Industrial grade Nitrile when the chemicals get harsh. I don't loose too much fingertip feel since I where a size smaller than would fit normally. I used to get my hands greasy and beat up (must have been that girlfriend who said she loved the feel of the rough hands on her back) sacrifices were made...
 
Do mechanic work for a few decades without them and your hands will show why.
No one wore gloves most of my time when I was in the business, and after a few decades of solvents, oils and trans fluid my hands started to chemical burn almost every day.
Not to mention what those chemicals do to your organs and the rest of your body.
That's really me in my avatar.:D

Seriously though, you will even look more professional these days if you wear the gloves.
Back when I was heavy into this stuff wearing rubber gloves was a sissy thing to do.
These days it's the smart thing to do.
 
See I forgot them again this morning Haha. I dont mind a little grease it's good for your skin it has alot of natural moisturizers in it!

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I'm one of the guys that if i wear, use, rubber gloves in warm temperatures, in the summer time, my hands will sweat up so fast, get all wet inside, skin turn all wrinkly, and skin soft, i can't wear them during lots of the months during the year.
Guess i'm allergic to them, but i do use them in the colder months when needed.
 
I wear them if I remember, and can find where I put them. I still get my hands ditry, but if it's going to be messy and I know it (clap your hands!) I use gloves. Bought a box when I put together a car last year, have some more rest for another car this year. They do rip and I don't notice til it's too late though, happens often.
 
You can purchase thin cotton inserts for gloves, makes it way easier to pull the rubber glove off, gauntlet type especially ..... sweat or not.

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I also need to wear them more. It's starting to get a little irritating that the gunk and oil gets all over my hands and sometimes it's so bad it takes a few washes to just get it off. Plus it all gets under the nails that never comes out.

Plus, if you wear gloves you can peel one off when your nose or eye gets itchy.
 
If you need to clean your fingernails of gunk and grime, washing dishes in the sink 1 evening usually cleans things.
 
I agree with those who mentioned paint and body chemicals. Clear coat is just nasty and is not friendly to a nice hairdo.

I have never had trouble with mechanical chemicals. I work an office job where we have to dress business formal. When I show up Monday to work and have grease under my finger nails and rough hands, it's almost a proud battle scar that induces conversation about the weekend wrestling matches with various vehicles lol.

I probably should use ***** mittens more though.
 
What type of glove is not affected (melted) by lacquer thinner? How about paint stripper?

I use the green rubber gloves that look like dish washing gloves. I got mine at work, and you can get them at about any industrial supply place like Grainger. Wearing those to stay away from lacquer thinner, nitrile gloves for oil changes, and the soft mechanics gloves with the rubber coated palms and fingers doesn't bother me as far as working dexterity. I've worked for the power company for 41 years, with 28 of them being a lineman. I wore class 2 high voltage rubber gloves to my elbows, with thick leather glove protectors every day of my life. Little thin gloves don't bother me at all! :)
 
Rani.....you haven't had trouble with the oil, grease, trans fluid, carb/brake cleaner, brake dust yet because it's cumulative. You're a tiny little gal, so it will accumulate quicker in your body. Do what you gotta do to slow that process down. When my wife and I make our tour of this country some day, I'd love to be able to meet you when we get thru your part of the world...….provided you ain't kicked over from chemical poisoning! Ok, guilt trip over. :p:)
 
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......


He didn't want to touch himself when he went to the bathroom... :rolleyes:

Then he would have to wash his hands.... :BangHead:
 
I cant do em.

Only on super fancy cars where I cant have grease on my hands I use em.

I use to be a tower monkey, worked on big towers in the dead of winter, often during a blizzard, cuz that when **** breaks....

No gloves. Often we would be working so hard we would be in long sleeve T shirts and the snow just melts and turns to steam when it hits ya.

That was some true "cowboy" type ****, it didn't matter how we did it or what we did as long as it got done.
Things like OSHA and well being/saftie of an employee dont exists on top of a tower, they only exist on the ground.
:rofl:

No complaints from my lady about my hands. Now the smell of burned gear oil or trans fluid, yeah... she not into that....
 
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.
X2 I did alot of body work and mechanic work when I was younger for a pay check. It took almost 6 months from being out of the fumes to really start feeling like a new man, I did not even know I was feeling bad at the time until I quit. I never used gloves and it was being soaked into my body.
Now I work a cushy desk job and there is always 2-3 boxes of gloves on the shelf in the garage, Summit sells them for $10 a box and I always seem to need the extra for free shipping.
But at my age I am paying for the stupidy, in my younger years. Gout, stupid rash that the dr cannot figure out, high blood pressure. I attribute the health issues with working on cars, mainly body work and working on old greasy junk.
 
Certain brake clean spray makes me ill almost instantly. Gloves are cheap compared to your health.
 
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