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dvanlanen

Joined: 25 Jul 2006
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Location: Madison, WI

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: Gloves For Chemical Protection

I had my wife (a nurse)  procure a box of the high-quality Mediguard nitrile exam gloves for my use when working with chemicals such as laquer thinner.  On the weekend I cleaned a number of elevator parts in preparation for priming, and after removing the gloves, I noticed that the skin on a couple of my fingers, the ones I used to work the cleaning rags, were more dried out than usual, with small surface cracks.  Its possible that this came from a small hole in the glove or something, but it got me to wondering if these gloves are adequate for this work.  I could purchase the heavier gauge chemical-resistant gloves that are available, but they are harder to work with because they are thicker and bulkier.  Can anyone offer advice on this?  

Thanks,  

Dave Van Lanen  

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Terry Phillips

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:07 am Post subject: Gloves For Chemical Protection

Dave



 After a career as a chemical engineer, I tend to be pretty nonchalant about exposure to chemicals (my wife is convinced I'm killing myself! I hope she's wrong!) But I am exposed to the lacquer thinner so often while building that I decided to wear gloves. I just wear some of the knit gloves that are sold in hardware and other stores that have some sort of rubber coating on the palms and fronts of the fingers. I've  never detected any lacquer thinner on my hands after use. I doubt that these gloves would be adequate for long exposure, but my longest usages of thinner have not been over 4 or 5 minutes. And I never get it on the backs of my hands or fingers.



 I have also been using these gloves for other tasks. I really like them when scouring by hand with ScotchBrite and when deburring inside structures or handling parts with burred edges. They are not too hot and they have quite good grip and tactile feedback. They give just enough protection w/o interfering with the work like leather gloves. I keep one "good" pair for thinner work, and one "work" pair for other tasks.



 Terry



 

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		  I had my wife (a nurse)  procure a box of the high-quality Mediguard nitrile exam gloves for my use when working with chemicals such as laquer thinner.  On the weekend I cleaned a number of elevator parts in preparation for priming, and after removing the gloves, I noticed that the skin on a couple of my fingers, the ones I used to work the cleaning rags, were more dried out than usual, with small surface cracks.  Its possible that this came from a small hole in the glove or something, but it got me to wondering if these gloves are adequate for this work.  I could purchase the heavier gauge chemical-resistant gloves that are available, but they are harder to work with because they are thicker and bulkier.  Can anyone offer advice on this?

 

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 Dave Van Lanen

 

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 Terry Phillips

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bryanmmartin

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: Gloves For Chemical Protection

Even if there are no holes in the gloves, some solvents will slowly seep through some gloves. Check out these sites: 

The MSDS for lacquer thinner:  http://www.lancergroup.com/MSDS/msds-lqt.html 

or: http://www.alpineglass.ca/docs/secure/Miscellaneous/Material%20Safety%20Data%20Sheets/Lacquer%20Thinner.pdf



Chemical resistance guide: http://www.ansellpro.com/download/Ansell_7thEditionChemicalResistanceGuide.pdf

or: http://www.adenna.com/pdf/ChemicalsResistance.pdf



One of the main ingredients in lacquer thinner is often toluene, these nitrile medical gloves are rated from fair to poor for resistance to toluene.



You could just change gloves often. There are chemical barrier creams available also.

 I would suggest that you get some gloves rated for lacquer thinner. 



On Feb 26, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Dave VanLanen wrote:

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I had my wife (a nurse)  procure a box of the high-quality Mediguard nitrile exam gloves for my use when working with chemicals such as laquer thinner.  On the weekend I cleaned a number of elevator parts in preparation for priming, and after removing the gloves, I noticed that the skin on a couple of my fingers, the ones I used to work the cleaning rags, were more dried out than usual, with small surface cracks.  Its possible that this came from a small hole in the glove or something, but it got me to wondering if these gloves are adequate for this work.  I could purchase the heavier gauge chemical-resistant gloves that are available, but they are harder to work with because they are thicker and bulkier.  Can anyone offer advice on this?

Thanks,

Dave Van Lanen

	






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mhilderbrand

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: Gloves For Chemical Protection

you should try invisible gloves.  i use this, and gloves if i know i will get the chem on my skin.  i used to not care, and played with MEK like candy.  Now i have these very weird dried up areas that are immune to any type of lotions or creams..  next stop will be a dermatologist.  nothing to play around with!    

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: Gloves For Chemical Protection

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		   I use the latex gloves from Walgreens. I had no 

 problems with these gloves. They work fine...

--- Michael Hilderbrand <m_hilderbrand(at)sbcglobal.net>
	


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[quote] you should try invisible gloves.  i use this, and

 gloves if i know i will get the chem on my skin.  i

 used to not care, and played with MEK like candy. 

 Now i have these very weird dried up areas that are

 immune to any type of lotions or creams..  next stop

 will be a dermatologist.  nothing to play around

 with!    

  

 Michael Hilderbrand

 Derby, Kansas

 Http://www.kansasflying.com

 

 

 

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