Do you wear gloves while wrenching?

Do you wear gloves while wrenching?

  • All the time

    Votes: 14 11.2%

  • Most of the time

    Votes: 32 25.6%

  • Sometimes

    Votes: 56 44.8%

  • Never

    Votes: 23 18.4%
  • Total voters
    125
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I started wearing the base model Mechanics gloves about 10 years ago. Before that I hated wearing gloves because the only thing I found was big leather work gloves, and I couldn't really feel what I was doing. With the Mechanicas gloves, I can get most of what I need done, but still have to remove one for fine things such as starting a small bolt or grabbing 1/4" drive sockets. I really like the fact that I don't get a lot of cuts/scapes, just a bruise or two from the big hits.
The mechanics gloves can be found for $10/pair @Sears during the holiday sales (Fathers Day, Labor Day, and of course Thanks./Christmas).
For lube changes, I have a box of disposable rubber or latex gloves. I get real cheap ones, they seem to deteritorate in about an hour, I guess the petroleum products eat them up. hands sweat a lot in these.
 
Yeah I do. Easier to clean up afterwards, and you dont risk cutting your hand all to pieces.

I too use Mechanix gloves. For basically anything really.
 
I use mechanics gloves a lot, especially if I am repairing a vehicle, but since most of the time I am taking a car apart to scrap it I find that mechanics gloves won't hold up to that abuse for long. I wear leather work gloves for that. In the summer I don't wear any gloves because i sweat so much it is like wearing a sponge on my hands. After about 10 minutes they are worthless. Rubber gloves of any kind just wind up like water balloons.
 
I typically dont wear gloves unless it is something hot or sharp. It just seems easier to me to keep a roll of paper towels close. I also have a coffee can of gasoline to get my hands clean at the end.
 
I think you should add more options for work gloves or latex/nitrel or both

I wear cheap leather work gloves while grinding/cutting handling metal. All the time now because of being on blood thinners.

I wear nitril gloves when I'm doing heavy grease packing or filthy item tear down and clean up. Example. Toyota knuckle ball disassembly or transmission tear down.

I use my mechanics style gloves for general stuff and when they get warn I cut the finger tips off and use them as needed. I've found these clean up well if I soak them in dish soap and let them air dry.. Had em get gear oil soaked a few times doing axle stuff.

Leather ones are nice as I toss em after a while..
 
Trying to get more into the habit, especially since I'm taking care of the Boy during the days. It's a pain to wash up when he's screaming for a bottle or a diaper change. Easier to just peel off a glove and get to work without getting him greasy! I use these for mechanics gloves. They fit and feel suprisingly well! I've used Mechanix gloves, and the HF cheapos work fine considering how quickly I blow through them. I use these for the greasy stuff. They're good and thick, and very tough. They hold up MUCH longer than white or blue rubber gloves.
 
never i'll take dirty hands over loosing a digit because they got caught in something. two of the guys in the shop i'm at have crushed fingers because of gloves
 
I am trying to get used to them, I usually put them on when wrenching in tight spots and around sharp objects. I really don't like gloves even when welding and cutting, but now taking a lot of meds my skin is thinner and I get a lot of cuts and bruises.
 
I wear nitrile gloves when warranted by oil soaked vehicles, or greasy stuff. Mechanix gloves for when its something heavy, high torque applications, or when I don't need them like for 1/4" stuff, seems I can't turn out small fasteners with them on because they are usually greasy as can be.
 
I voted sometimes. I always where gloves when welding or running my angle grinder. I rarely wear gloves when actually turning wrenches. I wear them only when there is obvious danger of getting cut. I am not very careful most of the time when wrenching, and usually end up with busted knuckles after just a couple of hours.
 
kdunc said:
nitrile, for warmth..
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funny you say that, when I'm wearing latex gloves my hands do seem to be warmer than without. Nitrile gloves, not so much.

still looking for gloves with 4.5 fingers.......
 
yager said:
I think you should add more options for work gloves or latex/nitrel or both

I wear cheap leather work gloves while grinding/cutting handling metal. All the time now because of being on blood thinners.

I wear nitril gloves when I'm doing heavy grease packing or filthy item tear down and clean up. Example. Toyota knuckle ball disassembly or transmission tear down.

I use my mechanics style gloves for general stuff and when they get warn I cut the finger tips off and use them as needed. I've found these clean up well if I soak them in dish soap and let them air dry.. Had em get gear oil soaked a few times doing axle stuff.

Leather ones are nice as I toss em after a while..
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whew, was worried I was the only person who used such a variety of gloves!

- mechanix/craftsman for general
- leather mechanix/cheap leather for metalworking/etc.
- mig gloves with shield for welding
- nitrile for the oily stuff

I drive awspence crazy with my glove switching when we are fabbin'
 
Well working on my trucks I dont usually wear gloves but my day job workin on fighter jets yes i DO! Some of the fluids we have in these jets I dont want anywhere on my skin!lol!
 
I do when I occasional go to the race track with the cars I work on. Gloves are a must for checking plugs on a race car with angled plugs. I also wear them for wheel bearings.
 
As a technician, I wear latex for most stuff. Especially tires and oily or greasy stuff. Just easier to clean up. I've never really tried the mechanics gloves. Not sure I'd have the dexterity I need. Latex works good and the shop buys them so no cost to me.
 
I almost exclusively wear gloves, lately it's been the black "raven" gloves from NAPA, prior to that the purple Nitrile.
Sometimes I use the cheaper blue PolyPro gloves.
The problem with the latex ones is that (a) they tear way to easily and (b0 they are easily dissolved/get funky/absor many auto fluids.
The Nitrile ones are awesome b/c they are tough AND can just wipe clean on a rag.
FYI HF has some cool (dark blue?) ones that are a Nitrile/PP combo that are pretty good too.
Yes, they make my hands sweat but I find it's worth it.

For stuff where I need more grip or sharp edges, I use mechanics gloves. Only bear-handed when it's "just a quick job".

Have 2 reasons for using them all the time...
1 - this:

catfishblues said:
...especially since I'm taking care of the Boy during the days. It's a pain to wash up when he's screaming for a bottle or a diaper change. Easier to just peel off a glove and get to work without getting him greasy!
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It's sooo nice to just peal them off and walk inside, not just to attend to baby, but grab a coke, pee, or whatever.

2 - dry skin!
Especially during the winter, my hands get crazy dry. And nothing makes this worse than washing them all the time! The scrubbing needed to get the oil/dirt/grime crap out of my pores just dries my hands out more - wearing gloves cuts down on the washing.
 
as a mechanic, i have seen it both ways(some who always wear them and some never)
i personally never wear them. it's hard enough to get my hands in places they need to be.
if your worried about a little grease and a few cuts, maybe you need a different hobby(lol).

the one thing that i have found rubber and nitrile glove to be really good for is, if you get a cut on your finger, cut the finger off of a glove and tape it on the finger that's cut to keep it clean. i usually just crazy glue the shit out of cuts and don't worry about it.
 
transman731 said:
as a mechanic, i have seen it both ways(some who always wear them and some never)
i personally never wear them. it's hard enough to get my hands in places they need to be.
if your worried about a little grease and a few cuts, maybe you need a different hobby(lol).

the one thing that i have found rubber and nitrile glove to be really good for is, if you get a cut on your finger, cut the finger off of a glove and tape it on the finger that's cut to keep it clean. i usually just crazy glue the shit out of cuts and don't worry about it.
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Ahhh someone else who uses the superglue first aid. I keep some in my truck it is amazing at closing cuts that dont want to close.
 
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