Toolbox: Gloves

Help Around the House : Episode ARH-132 -- More Projects » By Henry Harrison

You know, when it comes to working around the house with gloves, I'm really pretty picky. The reason is I like to feel what I am doing.

When I'm involved with demolition or other heavy work, I use leather gloves that fit real well and snugly. The reason is I like to protect my hands against potential cuts, scrapes, bumps, splinters and abrasions. And leather gloves with the reinforced palms are excellent because not only are they tough, but they're also flexible.

Disposable plastic or vinyl gloves are very effective when it comes to painting with water-based paint. They go on pretty easy and they do a good job keeping paint from getting on your hands.

But sometimes gloves can get in the way of feel. Now personally when I'm operating a power tool, the gloves come off because there's always a chance the gloves can get caught in a spinning blade or bit. But if you feel more comfortable wearing gloves while operating a power tool, don't forget to always check the directions that come with your tool before proceeding.

Now if you're using varnishes or paint strippers or anything that's oil-based, you always want to use a PVC glove or a polyvinyl glove. It's thicker and heavier, and it stands up against most of the chemicals that you can throw at it. Because if you don't, and if you go on and just use a regular disposable glove, you can see it causes them to just about disintegrate. You don't want that to happen.

I always keep a pair of nice leather gloves and a pair of PVC, or polyvinyl gloves, in my kit. You know what, they're tools too--protective tools.

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