Awesome. I am guessing you work at either an automotive manufacturing plant, or some other sort of manufacturing plant, which seems to be where these gloves end up, assembly work. Glad to hear they work!

Scorke

 

A little late to the party, but here's my "now I wear gloves" incident...

I was wrenching on a rusted exhaust bolt on my old car when the ratchet slipped. My wrist hit the exhaust hanger bracket and put a deep cut in my wrist. It was bleeding really bad so I got up to go inside and wash it off. By the time I got from the garage to the door of my house I was feeling light headed. I stumbled in the door and went to the sink to start rinsing it off. As I'm standing there I start to get that tunnel vision when you're about to pass out. My wife comes in the kitchen and starts freaking out and says that I look like a ghost. At that point I could barely stand up any more and I barely made it over to the kitchen table to sit down.

That was the only time I've ever come close to passing out, and it wasn't fun. So needless to say, the scar on my wrist is a reminder that I should wear gloves whenever I'm working on something that I need to wrench on with any force.

 

I do all the time. thick latex.

 

I got that badboy trying to loosen an engine mount bolt and the socket slipped off and I punched the sharp metal of the frame. It hurt pretty bad and I knew something wasnt right when I looked at my hand and saw a knuckle and tendon lol. It was late so I took some ibuprophen and went to sleep and then went to the Dr. gthe next morning.

I remember after I got the stitches I went to checker to get some gloves so I could work on that engine mount again and I needed a size small (yes, I have small hands like a carney) and the guys behind the counter were making fun of me- So I took off my bandage and said "yeah I'm about to pull and engine moutn off and don't want to do this again" and they almost fainted. My hand was the size of a softball.

 

After working on cars for 15 yrs I finally got smart and for the last 5 yrs always wear some type of gloves, even if just rotating tires. I use latex for general use and for something slightly more wear resistant I use a nitrile glove with a latex liner. I get both from Harbor Freight. When they get a rip I put on a new one. For rough use I have some thin leather work gloves from Ace Hardware.

 

I work at an Audi dealership, and wear Dimond grip latex gloves. They seem to hold up farly well.

 

Yeah, the diamond grips are made by Microflex and that's what we have at work as well. They hold pretty well to everything but brake clean and laquer thinner. They are cheap enough to go through several pairs in a job and not care though.

 

I use surgical gloves. They are a little thicker than latex and more tear resistant. But still allows for a good feel.

 

A few years back when CART would come to mid ohio, I managed to get a pair of gloves from one of the cart teams, I kid you guys not these things where bad A$$ and they lasted me a LONG time. I wish I still had them to tell you guys what they where, but wow they where quality gloves.

 

i was against gloves until:

1) i cut my hand and have a nice scar
2) i burned the crap out of my hand
3) i had a piece of metal shaving get into my finger causing a serious infection


now, i won't come near my car without gloves and protective glasses...

 

diamond grip

 

I use blue Nitrile gloves for things I probably won't break my knuckles doing just to keep them clean, which is probably 90% of the time. I use Team Mechanix gloves for hardcore stuff.

 

You guys can avoid those "woops I slipped and tore my hand off" by using gigantic breaker bars. I have a 1/2" breaker bar that's like 3' long. If I have to use much pressure on it I'm breaking something and I don't mean my knuckles.

 

i rather wear latex gloves since they are cheap. one thing with mechnix glove is once it soaked with oil it gets very slippery. at least with the latex i can just change it.

Carlo

 

honestly, i just bought some 9 dollar multi purpose gloves from walmart.

they work great, and if i need more dexterity, i just take a glove off.