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In my continuing quest to find the ultimate disposable glove available in the UK I may get to these... that's unless the 'TouchNTuff' gloves are so good that I find my nitrile utopia and end it there.
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I got some black nitrile gloves which seem to have become fashionable with mechanics over the last few years. They were an impulse buy while I was in the parts shop, they were on the counter so I got a box. Think £4.99. They're alright, but they do split in the fingers pretty easily so not worthy of any special praise, they're the worst I've had for a while but they fit well and they're cheap. The big news however is that the TouchNTuff turned up and they are so good. I removed the subframe from my Quattro yesterday and they were so strong they could have been used again. You get the sense that they're certainly thicker than weaker gloves but it isn't detrimental to the dexterity required for car work. Highly recommended. Better than the robust gloves mentioned earlier. £18.58 after delivery and VAT. The Aurelia robust gloves were £11.98. I would say on balance tougher gloves that cost a bit more provide better value for money.
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Last Edit: Feb 10, 2023 10:00:07 GMT by ejenner
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Feb 13, 2023 11:23:50 GMT
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black nitrile gloves which seem to have become fashionable with mechanics Lol, I wasn't going to say anything but I'm pretty sure you can categorise people's line of work by the colour of their gloves e.g. black = mechanics and YouTube, blue = dentists and doctors, green = science, purple = bio etc etc
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Feb 13, 2023 13:17:13 GMT
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I got some black nitrile gloves which seem to have become fashionable with mechanics over the last few years. They were an impulse buy while I was in the parts shop, they were on the counter so I got a box. Think £4.99. They're alright, but they do split in the fingers pretty easily so not worthy of any special praise, they're the worst I've had for a while but they fit well and they're cheap. The big news however is that the TouchNTuff turned up and they are so good. I removed the subframe from my Quattro yesterday and they were so strong they could have been used again. You get the sense that they're certainly thicker than weaker gloves but it isn't detrimental to the dexterity required for car work. Highly recommended. Better than the robust gloves mentioned earlier. £18.58 after delivery and VAT. The Aurelia robust gloves were £11.98. I would say on balance tougher gloves that cost a bit more provide better value for money. Where did you get your TouchNTuff gloves & how much?
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Feb 14, 2023 11:31:08 GMT
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Feb 14, 2023 13:07:43 GMT
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black nitrile gloves which seem to have become fashionable with mechanics Lol, I wasn't going to say anything but I'm pretty sure you can categorise people's line of work by the colour of their gloves e.g. black = mechanics and YouTube, blue = dentists and doctors, green = science, purple = bio etc etc what about Orange
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Feb 15, 2023 12:12:37 GMT
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I'm only complaining because when I started out as a professional mechanic all the gloves were blue or just natural latex colour and many people didn't wear any.
The trouble with wearing no gloves is that everything you touch becomes dirty (the inside of your car, your office where you do garage paperwork, etc, etc) and your hands are permanently dirty and washing does not clean them. You can develop contact dermatitis but I don't think that is especially common as a hella lot of mechanics still don't wear gloves and seem to get away without them.
I used to weld with nitrile gloves as well... It seemed to me they protected your hands just a tiny bit from some of the problems welding can cause. Like having an extra layer of skin that you didn't have to worry about. Not as good as a set of proper welding gloves for protection but with the benefit of dexterity to be able to hold things in place and properly control tools.
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