I cast my vote for Safeskin Purple Nitrile gloves. The Rolls Royce of the glove world. Just seem to fit better and have textured finger tips. In reply to other messages, a lot of glove boxes nowadays have a table showing penetration times for various solvents.
I get them from CPC, depending on whcich special offer you select they go down to about 3 quid plus vat for 100 (cheaper if you buy five boxes)...
Paint, yes usually fine...
spirit and solvents - depends on the solvent, sicne they are weakened by some solvents. I found if using wood stain for example it was better to wair two pairs at once and change the outer pair each time it started looking baggy round the fingers.
Not true in all cases I'm afraid. My wife developed an allergy to latex proteins during her work in the lab and now hast to avoid all latex products which makes surgery interesting.......
Cheers
Mark
Ah, what kind specifically, out of interest?
Cheers Garry
Vinyl ones are better with oil, paraffin and some paints and varnishes, and cost about the same as latex. I get them from autojumbles or Progressive Safety, usually around £3-£5/100. Nitrile are the strongest but more expensive. Lakeland DermaGuard skin protector cream seems quite good.
Rob
Just goes to show what a rip off those "other" Latex things are.
Ripped off is the best thing for them too;))
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