D-I-Y liquid gloves?

I haven't gone as far as getting cotton gloves previously but I'll get some of these and give them a try, thanks

I'll try anything, even in pink.

Corn starch sounds like a safe bet and I've not had an allergic reaction to handling tortillas to date so that seems quite promising.

I don't see myself as having a particularly severe condition, not in the Dennis Potter sense anyway. What's severe is the frustration of suddenly not being able to work with my hands half way through a job.

I'm at that stage with cement. But as you said further up the thread, with care, it can be managed. It's just a question of finding what works for you then sticking to it.

I used to find cotton gloves with some sort of plastic glove ( I used to use disposable vinyl gloves)over the top a surprisingly robust and cheap combination . The plastic keeps the dirt out the cotton gives some cushioning for the hands AND the gloves. I used to get a cheap loose knitted or woven cotton glove from ARCO.

No good for delicate stuff though.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Spamlet" saying something like:

Jeez, that sounds nasty.

That's it really, helpful combination for hand protection, not so good for fiddly jobs. This is why a 'liquid glove', impervious to the usual chemical culprits would be so useful.

You can get cotton inner fingerless gloves, the cotton absorbs sweat, then get whatever gloves you like, nitrile are usually good. If you are wearing them for a long time, it is advisable to wash your hands and apply some barrier cream before gloving up, and change the gloves after

I used to work in a cleanroom environment and using that method, never saw any problem with eczema. Even people who did suffer were able to work without inflaming their condition. Also note that there is very little you cannot do wearing cotton liners and gloves.

That's very helpful thanks. Until now I've tended to use the smallest glove size possible, thinking that this will have a more dexterous effect on handling small items. With cotton gloves under, even fingerless ones I'll need to go up a size which may reduce this (imagined?) effect.

I'll go along with that. As time goes by, working with gloves on does become easier.

Be careful - a 'tear' is even less obvious For some chemical jobs, such as taking samples from sealing vats (10,000 gallons of DI water at >95C) and plating/cleaning vats (chromic acid; cyanide solutions) I found that the full dexterity and positional awareness outweighed protection from a possible slip.

Also tried a 'liquid glove': supposed to work with many chemicals, oils and greases, then make washing easy. Yes it worked, but the places that had hard use on fasteners were just as oily and hard to clean as before. Only the parts not mechanically worn were clean. Chemicals would be far worse as there's often no indication at first.

Not uncommon when working with caustic soda.

Appreciated, though fitting a bike rack has somewhat different priority levels.

Maybe a liquid glove under a nitrile glove for the belt and braces effect that John Rumm suggested earlier

Life's a bleach :-)

And then Tide comes in!

Daz amazing!

Bold statement! (what fron was it written in, Arial?)

A Fairy Surfed in.

Since this seems to be yet another thread that refuses to die, I think it's about time that someone pointed out that rubber is said to have become known to the European explorers from the way native South Americans used to dip their feet in latex as an early 'liquid welly': which is what came to mind when I first saw the question. Don't know if the natives got dermatitis, but neither do I know how they can walk about in the forest in bare feet without their skin filling up with water and falling off as mine does in the wet even when very hard when dry!

Anyhow: I don't want to extend the thread into yet another huge if interesting diversion, so cheers all.

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Bang! and the fairy is gone!