Best $0.07 ever spent
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Best $0.07 ever spent
I thought others might benefit from this tid bit.
The thing I hate most aout working on cars, is the fact you can tell I am a grease monkey three days later. Even after a simple oil change, my hands are so grubby that I end up showering and washing my hands a hundred times. Dirty hands & finger nails.
So my solution is to buy latex gloves, which run $3.50 for 50 pairs at Home Depot. These are awesome. Now I can change my oil, brakes, whatever and just rip the gloves off. I found them in the paint section of HD. Plus even after getting oil on the gloves I can still get an excellent grip on the filter.
Hope this helps the grease monkeys of the world.
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The thing I hate most aout working on cars, is the fact you can tell I am a grease monkey three days later. Even after a simple oil change, my hands are so grubby that I end up showering and washing my hands a hundred times. Dirty hands & finger nails.
So my solution is to buy latex gloves, which run $3.50 for 50 pairs at Home Depot. These are awesome. Now I can change my oil, brakes, whatever and just rip the gloves off. I found them in the paint section of HD. Plus even after getting oil on the gloves I can still get an excellent grip on the filter.
Hope this helps the grease monkeys of the world.
-mark
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I have myself a box of these. I agree that they are great. Nice and cheap and once you are done, you just chuck them. Never broke down how much they cost per pair though. Thanks for that...
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Originally posted by the_glass_man
Unless of course you get super hot liquid on them and they melt to your hands making it real painful to peel off as they are stuck with your butn flesh,
Unless of course you get super hot liquid on them and they melt to your hands making it real painful to peel off as they are stuck with your butn flesh,
I have some gloves but have never used them, I just didn't want to.
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Gloves are nice for an oil change, but other than that, they just get in the way. If you work on cars daily, gloves are a huge hassle. It is sooo much easier to whipe the grime/oil/grease off with a lil red shop towel, and just wash your hands with pummice soap afterwards.
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I agree, i fyou get the right size they do not interfere. the only problem is no ventalation and my hands start to sweat and stink like when I used to play hockey and had to wear gloves.
greatest thing in the world. pumice hand cleaner is good too but doesn;t do much for fingernails.
greatest thing in the world. pumice hand cleaner is good too but doesn;t do much for fingernails.
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You can use mechanics glove or LoJo lotions. It's stuff in an oversized toothpaste tube that you apply to your hands and let dry before starting work. It forms a barrier and makes it easy to get any grime off.
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I wear a mechanics glove. It prevents scuffing and tearing my hands. I guess you can wear latex underneath if you are going to get really greasy. I used to not wear gloves and my hand got trashed if I work on my car for a few days in a row.
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Originally posted by Red95T-Rex
Gloves are nice for an oil change, but other than that, they just get in the way. If you work on cars daily, gloves are a huge hassle. It is sooo much easier to whipe the grime/oil/grease off with a lil red shop towel, and just wash your hands with pummice soap afterwards.
Gloves are nice for an oil change, but other than that, they just get in the way. If you work on cars daily, gloves are a huge hassle. It is sooo much easier to whipe the grime/oil/grease off with a lil red shop towel, and just wash your hands with pummice soap afterwards.
I don't care how long you scrub, you never get the grime completely gone from your hands and nails. I have tried the hand sealers, but all I got done was wiping it off after getting some grease on it. It also felt goofy on my hands, distracting me.
Any good auto parts store should carry them and better stores carry the Nitrile gloves. Remember, any grease, grime, oil, etc can contribute to increased chance of skin cancer.
Also, warning about latex, you can become sensitive and allergic to latex if used constantly over time. This can cause severe reactions when you become sensitive. Nitrile gloves do not have this problem also.
I just consider myself an automotive surgeon when I wear the gloves. (something like a sanitation engineer instead of a garbage man)
Tim
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Most of the auto shops I've seen use this stuff called "Reach," which is a sort of chemical soap. It's blue and it takes the grease off without much trouble. I don't know how much it costs, though. I don't imagine that it's cheap.
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I agree with Tim. I use latex gloves religously now. They do not bother me I can grip well with them and get into all of the same areas because they are not at all bulky like mechanics gloves. When I am done working just pull them off and that's it! My previous girlfriends have all complained about my black fingernails and now the lady's love my clean hands A 50 count box goes a long way too.
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Go With Nitrile Gloves, Not Latex
The latex gloves are better than bare hands, but the Nitrile gloves are a huge improvement over latex.
When I wore latex gloves I'd go through four or five pair on a single job whenever it involved contact with gasoline. The Nitrile gloves last much longer.
When I wore latex gloves I'd go through four or five pair on a single job whenever it involved contact with gasoline. The Nitrile gloves last much longer.
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