View Poll Results: Do you wear gloves?

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  • Yes, Always - mechanix style gloves

    5 10.64%
  • Yes, Always - Latex Style

    15 31.91%
  • Yes, combination of both

    10 21.28%
  • Never - I pride myself on dirt under my nails

    5 10.64%
  • I try to be end up removing them

    11 23.40%
  • I don’t ever work on my car.

    1 2.13%
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Thread: Do you wear gloves when you work on a car?

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    Do you wear gloves when you work on a car?

    Do you guys wear gloves?
    Last edited by SalahHH83; 08-09-2014 at 05:59 PM.

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    Some times

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    Every day. Full time tech, no dirt under my nails.

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    It is pretty rare that I don't have dirt under my nails. Since I work a desk job, it doesn't come from there.

    On occasion, if someone offers them I will wear some latex gloves.
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    Sometimes. When I get frustrated and need the dexterity, I don't use gloves.

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    I heard that if you wear gloves, you also fit down to piss?

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    I normally start with some disposable gloves, but about 10 minutes in they are completely torn and I end up removing them anyways.
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    I do if I remember to put them on.
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    I try to, but I usually take them off 5 minute into a job because I need more dexterity

    Or I put on latex gloves and take them off 15 minutes into a job because they get all sweaty and gross

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    I use latex gloves in the shop almost all the time, unless it's something real tight and the gloves make it tough. Dirty hands suck.
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    these are by far the BEST disposable gloves Ive used. Venom Steel. Very durable and flexible. Not much loss of sensitivity. For heavy jobs I do go through 2-3 pairs but routine stuff I can actually reuse them lol. I get them at Lowes 50 for $10



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    Last edited by e30ultimate; 08-10-2014 at 12:38 PM.

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    I wear mechanix gloves when working on heavy duty stuff but anytime I need dexterity I go bare. I'll wear nitrile gloves if I'm doing a small quick job and don't want to get my hands dirty (esp when working with brake fluid. That stuff + grease will stain your hands so bad!). I feel like I have almost no fine dexterity with mechanix gloves and still not that much with nitrile gloves. Plus the nitrile gloves end up tearing and getting tossed pretty quickly anyway

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    Nitrile gloves 99 percent of the time.

    I'm not saying I mind getting greasy but it just doesn't look walking around with hands looking like I spend my days sitting in a bucket of dirty oil.

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    Never used to before , but now that i work in an Office type setting. i always use disposable Nitrile, currently using VENOM Black disposable as Machanix gloves get too grimy much too quickly

    Last edited by DEFKON99; 08-11-2014 at 01:50 AM.

    ...When you get a blackeye from trying to change the shift knob.

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    I don't work on my vehicles much, but I don't wear gloves when I do. I couldn't take your poll though, because none of the answers fit.

    I don't take pride on dirt under my nails, I'm rather indifferent towards such things.
    Last edited by montaillou; 08-11-2014 at 05:55 PM.
    Not so much a signature as a cry for help.

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    Nitrile only. Easily reusable and have never had an issue finger-tightening hard to reach bolts, or at least starting the threads in(typical issues I've seen w/latex users). I usually double or triple layer, so when one tears or gets too dirty...rip it off to another layer. Pretty basic, and it's easy routine since I was used to this for sterile fields, or if you touched something not within the field.

    Latex is too soft, stretches/tears under pretty light resistance.

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    I do wear leather gloves working on my car in the winter, this is purely a self preservation thing. My fingers still get so cold that they feel like they are going to fall off anyway.

    After working at a machine shop, I stopped caring about how clean my nails looked. Now that I am an engineer with a desk job, I still don't care.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SneauxM3 View Post
    I usually double or triple layer, so when one tears or gets too dirty...rip it off to another layer.
    That's brilliant! Makes reusing gloves far easier if they don't get sweat in them.

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    yes always l always use latex gloves as well could never understand why some people don't wear em'
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    Quote Originally Posted by pimpstaty5y View Post
    yes always l always use latex gloves as well could never understand why some people don't wear em'
    Why do you use them?

    Why I don't: I can wash my hands when I'm done, and any lingering stains on the skin can wear off in due time. Also, I don't like sweating in gloves.

    The only time I wear gloves is when I'm working with some dangerous chemical that you don't want to get on your skin - of course your don't get sweaty in these because the stuff I work with eats through the gloves inside of 10 min so I'm always putting on new gloves anyways.
    Not so much a signature as a cry for help.

    Hold on, saw this in a cartoon once...think I can pull it off.

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    Can't get all the dirt out from under my nails. Also, I can get random cuts and scrapes. Scrubbing takes a toll on my skin, too.

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    I never understood how people can wear Mechanix gloves, they are filthy in the first 10 minutes.

    When I worked at a shop in highschool, we had Nitrile gloves, but realistically, it would take at least 5 pairs to make it through a day.

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    I always use diamond grip latex gloves. I'm able to keep my dexterity and one pair will usually last the entire repair/day.

    http://amzn.com/B000JFHN10

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    Quote Originally Posted by adept View Post
    I always use diamond grip latex gloves. I'm able to keep my dexterity and one pair will usually last the entire repair/day.

    http://amzn.com/B000JFHN10
    Same. I use them every day, they last a long time if you don't tear them.

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