Diesel & Latex . . .
 

Not so good a combination!:eek:

Today I was doing a PM service on a bus at work (school) and as I spun off the first fuel filter, of course diesel leaked out . . . I did not worry as I had on some latex gloves . . . as I was putting on the new filter, I noticed that the gloves were s t r e t c h i n g :eek: I quickly pulled them off, but not before they failed . . .:( Latex is not the best thing to make gloves out of for working around diesel!

Tomorrow I have another bus to do, and I will bring my Nitrile gloves, I know they hold up to gasoline . . . They should do fine with diesel:D

I have some vinyl gloves that I used when I had a bakery, they work great using the cleaning agent for our printing press, I can try them on the diesel too . . .

Don't buy latex to work with diesel, beside they have a nasty odor! (to me anyways!)

nitrile seems to work pretty well for me.

The hose clamps seems to come after me when I put them on though.

Nitrile is the only way to go.

LMAO yeah I learned the hard way that nitrile are way better....

try the BLACK MAMMA nitrile gloves.
MUCH more durable than the thin blue ones...

latex on the other hand is for... a much more friendly lubricant.

Well that is what the school had (where I work) so that is what I used, today, I had no problems with either the nitrile, or vinyl, both held up great! One more bus done!:D

The Nitril do hold up well for most things on the car. Brake cleaner will eat them up real fast.

I usually buy the harbor freight blue nitril when they are on sale. usually $7.99 for a box of 100. I have had them rip putting them on right out of the box. I did try the black Nitril one time, but at $12.99 a box, the blue are just fine. I didn`t see that they were really that much better for the added price.
there are times I remove them, turn them inside out to dry. but have trouble getting them back on. I keep a small baby powder shaker bottle in my tool box to use on my hands. then they go right on.

Sat I was at Costco picking up a few things, and they have the Nitril gloves in a 2 pack for $14.99, 150 gloves per box. Like getting one box for free. :D It is listed on the box as Exam gloves, guess it should work as Iam examining the under side of the vehicle. we`ll see.

Charlie

I have never noticed this. Could some gloves be blends?


...brakefluid and ATF... now thats a diff'rnt story

I got my case of 1000 (10 boxes of 100) for $26 on ebay . . . they do come in different thickness lik 4 mil - 9 mil . . .

my problem is my hands get so sweaty (today 100 in the shade) that when I lift my hand up, sweat drips out:eek:

I also use them for printing . . .

The plus side of having your hands sweat, is they come out clean.:D

Charlie

Wusses. Real men have black hands.

Back when I worked in the truck repair shop, there was a young girl that went to church with us, and she always called me "the man with the dirty hands"

Ever since I had my bread bakery, I have used gloves, I'm sure you would not want to buy bread from me with my oil imbeded "dirty" hands!:eek:

Marbled Rotella Rolls.:D

I use blue nitrile gloves. I always end up ripping the tip of a finger or two though. I don't like working on the car with long sleeves either, so my arms can get pretty dirty between the t-shirt sleeves and gloves (mechanic's tan).:D

Mine rip out too! I'm gonna try to find the heavier ones . . .my boxes don't have the thickness labeled, but I have seen both black or blue ones the same 4 mil, some are listed as 9 mil! Of course I still have over 600 left!

Shawn - Glad to see another dough-head in the forum. How long have you been doing the baking thing?