Gloves or Barrier Cream?

[zcacogp]

Chaps,

A Q for those who work on their cars themselves. Do you use gloves or barrier cream?

I use latex gloves; they keep your hands clean(er), and offer slight protection against damage to your skin. Vinyl gloves are slightly tougher but you lose a little bit of touch through them. The downside (or either type) is that they rip and then become a pain; you need to down tools to change them, which is a nuisance.

Does anyone use barrier cream instead? I never have, but am curious; if you use it, what brands are good (and what is to be avoided)?


Oli.

 

[Diver944]

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[andy watson]

Oli,

Never used barrier cream always gloves, even in all my plumbing days never thought barrier cream would be that good to be honest and gloves are so cheap when brought in bulk that it never worried me how many I used.

Woulld be interested to hear how good if at all barrier cream is?

 

[robdimond]

Blue nitrile gloves for me!

You can also pull the fingers off and use them to cover open pipes/fuel lines.

 

[andy watson]

ORIGINAL: Diver944

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Rubbers & Cream

 

[JeffHunt]

Blue nitrile. They are not as fragile as latex.

 

[david924s]

When I worked for what was one of the largest chemical companies in the UK we always wore barrier cream putting it on at the wash station, but then when dealing with contaminated systems usually rubber gloves or at least Marigolds, so when I work on the car i generally use both barrier cream and gloves more from habit than necessity I suppose. But barrier cream makes it easier to wash the dirt from your hands and if you get it up your nails it helps from having permenantly dirty nails.

 

[DavidL]

Gloves. Bought some "proper" mechanics gloves as latex rip easily. So far so good and sensation seems fine. These
http://www.esedirect.co.uk/p-3084-mechanix-original-mechanics-gloves.aspx?Source=Google&Medium=cpc&Campaign=Shopping&gclid=CLnWj_2-wrUCFUnMtAodU2AAUw
Patients take a dim view of oily fingers poking them in the eyes!

 

[vitesse]

For general carwork,I use Contour Avenger seamless lightweight nylon gloves which have a black technically blended palm coating (sic) from Costco--£1pair-.

For changing oil/oil filters--ie "wet" jobs & where more "feel" is required ,I use white Nitrile examination gloves--I find these with care can be used multiple times particularly the lesser used "hand".

Since starting using using gloves some years ago,I rarely need swarfega handcleanser & don't use barrier cream--I admit to nicking the odd dollop of my Wife's hand nourishing cream if hands get dry after painting ,washing a lot!

 

[Diver944]

In the workshop we use standard blue nitrile disposable gloves from www.justgloves.co.uk

If you buy 20 boxes of 100 it's only £3.30 a box with free postage, but even if you only buy one box they are £3.80 so not the end of the world

http://www.justgloves.co.uk/13901_-Nitrile-Gloves/Standard-Nitrile-Gloves/Standard-Powder-Free-Blue-Nitrile-Gloves-AQL-1.5.html

What sort of moisturiser does everyone use for the end of the day? []

 

[andy watson]

£3.80 box 0f 100
£5.95 delivery
£1.95 VAT
£11.70 Total

Still not end of the world, but [] to the delivery charge


http://www.gloves4less.co.uk/blue-nitrile-gloves-powder-free-box-of-100-157-p.asp

£4.79 delivered []

 

[Melv]

Gloves matron, always gloves........

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Both, and or different types of gloves for different occasions.

 

[chrisg]

Oli

I tend to use a combination of bare hands and latex gloves. In a previous role I had I was able to 'procure' several thousand latex gloves FOC so I try to use them wherever possible. The main issue is that when working at odd angled an deep in the engine bay you lose touch/ feel with the gloves so then I go 'Bare'.

I do try to use gloves as often as possible to try and preserve my ' fairy hands' rarely works though !

 

[JamesO]

It seems these days even clean cutting oil is enough to cause issues for my hands and washing the hell out of them, even more so.
Gloves all day long. There's nasty stuff in old oil and grime.
Sometime I forget to wear gloves and regret it.

 

[Hilux]

ORIGINAL: robdimond
Blue nitrile gloves for me!

Seconded, tougher and dont dissolve if petrol etc gets near them

 

[Frenchy]

Gloves, when i remember, i was up at a friends on Saturday and forgot to take gloves, i changed disks and pads on the rear of the BIG 7,My hands were minging and are still not quite clean.

 

[Ex Skyline]

Anyone ever seen those Black rubber gloves very similar to the Blue ones that Mech's wear? Where do you get those from? I wouldn't mind getting hold of a box for work. Never seen them anywhere though.

 

[ALZ 1933]

If you check Ebay for tattooists gloves they are black & much thicker than the usual disposable gloves, a bit more expensive but I can re use them a few times working on the car.

 

[Super_Marv]

ORIGINAL: Ex Skyline

Anyone ever seen those Black rubber gloves very similar to the Blue ones that Mech's wear? Where do you get those from? I wouldn't mind getting hold of a box for work. Never seen them anywhere though.

Black nitrile gloves?

They're what I use. Wurth sell them.

The only problem I find with latex/vinyl/nitrile gloves is that my hands seem to sweat alot when using them.