Mechanic's/Work Gloves - What are you using?

[SID297]

Recently I've been using these HyFlex gloves. They are pretty good for most situations, but are not padded. So if you're doing something that may result in an impact you may want something with more top-side protection. But where grip and dexterity are concerned, these are tough to beat:

Amazon.com : hyflex gloves

Amazon.com : hyflex gloves

 

[Stanley]

Recently I've been using these HyFlex gloves. They are pretty good for most situations, but are not padded. So if you're doing something that may result in an impact you may want something with more top-side protection. But where grip and dexterity are concerned, these are tough to beat:

Amazon.com : hyflex gloves

Amazon.com : hyflex gloves

We have those at the plant. They seem to last ok and let you keep some dexterity if messing with small stuff. My only issue with them is the cuff. It bothers me if it gets rolled up so I prefer the opening of the Mechanix gloves instead.

 

[olympic]

I've tried a few pairs of Mechanix gloves but they're expensive, not very durable and the seams across the finger tips reduces dexterity a lot. I'll throw some Hyflex gloves in my cart and check them out.

Usually though I just raw dog it and rely on "Plan B".

 

[Zemedici]

I've tried a few pairs of Mechanix gloves but they're expensive, not very durable and the seams across the finger tips reduces dexterity a lot. I'll throw some Hyflex gloves in my cart and check them out.
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Usually though I just raw dog it and rely on "Plan B".

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Gojo

My man

 

[Kevins89notch]

I mostly just use nitrile gloves from HF when wrenching. Problem is those start to fill up with sweat and once you lift your arms up, then it rushed down your arm and drips from your elbows.

Like a year or so ago, I bought these, and they work alright:

5-Pair Pack Wells Lamont Nitrile Work Gloves | Lightweight, Abrasion Resistant | Large (580LA) , Grey​

At $1 a pair, you really don't care about them. If they get really bad, you can just throw them away. I'm down to my last pair, just used them at the junkyard a couple weeks ago. They keep most the filth off your hands and stop your fingers from getting cut.

 

[98 svt]

Another raw dog here.
Except I use walnut shells, similar to this but different brand

DU-MOST Heavy Duty Hand Scrub & Hand Cleaner with Walnut Shell, Removes Grim/Grease/Carbon/Tar/Diesel/Adhesives/Paint/Ink/Dyes, No Petroleum Solvents, No Pumice, No Phosphate, 16 Oz (Pack of 1)

 

[Blown 89]

Nitrile or raw dog. Gloves give me the dexterity of a blind toddler with nerve damage.

 

[AustinSN]

I quit raw dogging a while back. I read somewhere there is genuine concern about oils soaking in through your hands and increasing the chances of cancer. I figure with all the other things I already do that will give me cancer, I should help out in one of them. You get Stockholm syndrome after a while and start to like them.

Gloves are more about what fits right vs brand if you ask me. The best fitting gloves for my hands are the grease monkey crew chiefs. You just have to go out and try a bunch of them. Nitrile gloves, I just buy whatever is cheapest and only use them for fluids.

 

[rotor_powerd]

Can’t stand gloves, the loss of dexterity drives me out of my mind

 

[mld54]

I quit raw dogging a while back. I read somewhere there is genuine concern about oils soaking in through your hands and increasing the chances of cancer. I figure with all the other things I already do that will give me cancer, I should help out in one of them. You get Stockholm syndrome after a while and start to like them.

Gloves are more about what fits right vs brand if you ask me. The best fitting gloves for my hands are the grease monkey crew chiefs. You just have to go out and try a bunch of them. Nitrile gloves, I just buy whatever is cheapest and only use them for fluids.

I've read about chemicals soaking through skin. I started working on greasy things at about ten years old. I am retired and worked on cars for about forty years. Way back no one even thought about the hazards of having grease on your hands. When that info came out it was kind of worrisome. I had been doing it for years, brake cleaner , carb cleaner. fuel oil and grease on a daily basis. I'm 67 and thankfully no problems yet. Are people that different in their reaction to the chemicals, or do they have lab rats swimming in the chemicals when they do the research ?

 

[365 Saleen]

Don't wear gloves, never have.
I am old school. Back in the day, we used to wash our hands in a pan of gasoline.
If I am going to get cancer from exposure to oil ect, it is way to late to change now, I was contaminated long ago.
I wonder if that is why the Covid BS did not affect me. That stuff got near me and died of exposure to impregnated hydrocarbons in my body...

 

[kazman]

I apply dishwashing liquid prior to working on stuff, rub it in well until it is dry. When done working, wash hands with warm water. Obviously, doesn't work if hands will be getting wet.

 

[rotor_powerd]

I've read about chemicals soaking through skin. I started working on greasy things at about ten years old. I am retired and worked on cars for about forty years. Way back no one even thought about the hazards of having grease on your hands. When that info came out it was kind of worrisome. I had been doing it for years, brake cleaner , carb cleaner. fuel oil and grease on a daily basis. I'm 67 and thankfully no problems yet. Are people that different in their reaction to the chemicals, or do they have lab rats swimming in the chemicals when they do the research ?

My preferred method of hand washing after working on something has always been brake cleaner. Gotta die from something I guess.

 

[Roots-type]

Milwaukee these days for mechanical jobs. Nitrile for chemicals.

 

[robvas]

I hate the seams on mechanix gloves so much. I can only wear those working on something that doesn't involve small bolts etc.

I like the thinner gloves too, but they rip so easily.

 

[Blkkbgt]

I use Harbor Freight Hardy mechanics gloves these days.

I tend to destroy the fingers of any glove I use fast. I've literally destroyed a set of Mechanix gloves in a weekend doing suspension and brakes.

The Harbor Freight gloves last about as long for me so why pay the added cost?

 

[triple-s]

The last Mechanix gloves I bought we're really good but got discontinued like 5 years ago. They we're the all brown leather with rubber impact sewed on top of the gloves those we're the best.

 

[Bullitt1448]

I wear nitrile all the time now but kinda closing the barn door after the horse left. I was a tech for 40ish years. I am one of those guys that back in the day, no one wore gloves for pretty much any sort of dirty work. Solvents, used engine oil, hell, used to used clean engine oil to get the grease off your hands. 5 years ago I was diagnosed with multiple Myeloma, a type of cancer of your plasma cells. While they don’t have a definitive cause, Drs tell me it it’s very possible it came from prolonged exposure to chemicals at work Trust me , you don’t want this or any other type of cancer. Wearing gloves just may help you live a longer happier life.

 

[CobraBob]

Can’t stand gloves, the loss of dexterity drives me out of my mind

Seems to me that the thinness and tightness of the gloves Sid is recommending shouldn't interfere with dexterity to the point it's annoying. Now the more bulky Mechanix gloves, yes. Personally, I use medical grade gloves. They're inexpensive and wear well enough for what I doing. I also use the same gloves when painting.

 

[72MachOne99GT]

I wear gloves at work because getting all sliced up and soaked in creosote is no bueno, never wear them working at home.

Also don’t use anything fancy to clean myself. Probably why I look homeless as often as I do.