What protective gloves for lacquer thinner?

Nitrile gloves should not dissolve in lacquer. Are you sure they weren't latex?

are you SURE they are nitrile? that's what you are supposed to use, Fred. maybe they are ultra cheap OR they aren't nitrile after all.

Dave

most common gloves at Borgs are vinyl and latex. I get my nitrile's at Kelly Moore.

I don't buy latex anymore just nitrile gloves - the blue and purple ones, two different brands. I noticed it rip, not dissolve, at the thumb area a lot faster with lacquer thinner.

Nitrile gloves are recommended for lacquers?

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Thanks for the link. Great reference.

Thanks for all the comments. Its suppose to be nitrile gloves, its also stated as such on the box, but the consenses indicated it should be compatable with lacquer thinner, now I'm not so sure. It does last about 5x longer than the latex gloves. Do those gloves have a shelf life? Its about 2 years old as I'm down the my last pair out of a box of 100?

:) I don't think that would be a good idea.

laminated gloves would be his best bet; for disposables, nitrile is still the glove of choice, but they won't last too long, esp if the there's a fair amount of ketone in the lacquer thinner.

Dave

Neat thing about it is the nitrile gloves are vulnerable to ketones. Lacquer thinner has MEK, acetone and others in its several formulations. Sort of a disconnect here.

The only thing I've found that eats nitrile gloves is methylene chloride paint stripper. I found that out the hard and painful way. I doubled up and changed pairs often to finish the job, and will buy a pair of neoprene gloves for the next stripping job.

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I had the same question. Turns out that "lacquer thinner" isn't well-defined. Different manufacturers use different formulations. My can came from Ace, so I went back and asked for the MSDS. I compared the ingredients with a chemical resistance chart that came with my nitrile gloves. Oh No! There is no single glove (or pair...) that is resistant to everything in the can.

So, get the MSDS for the stuff you have, and only then start looking for gloves.

It doesn't dissolve nitrile it just leaks through... Ask me how I know.