[johnny handfull]

No kinkyness here unfortunately... :whistle:

So, i bought a box of latex gloves that were cheap and all the fingers were stuck together and i couldnt get my hands in so returned them :banghead:

then bought a different box which are good in the sense that i can get my hands in them but they tear quite easily and make ur hands sweat like a fat lass. :banghead:

so, anyone found a solution to avoid greasy/dirty hands that allow decent dexterity? (welding gloves dont quite cut it...) dont mind paying a few quid if they work well

cheers :thumbsup:

[Keith]

For working with oils, brake cleaner, etc. I use nitrile gloves. They're harder wearing than latex and are oil-resistant.

http://www.gloveclub...es-c-40_90.html

For heavier-duty things like wheel changing I get boxes of 'Contour Avenger' gloves from my local Costco. Last ages and when they get dirty you can put them through the wash.

http://www.amazon.co...0394292&sr=1-53

[Converted]

Them's the ones.

[johnny handfull]

nice one keith, im a member of costco so will go for those. :thumbsup:

[feel the force]

I use those contour avengers for everything. Like keith said you just wash them occasionally. I just do a hot water and fairy liquid wash. Having to wear them all the time at work (for no reason) does have one benefit, I get them free

[Fried Ry]

or save money and just wach ur hands once you are finished :thumbsup: :whistle:

[Rob]

Good greif

What a bunch of pooftershttp://www.throttlemonkey.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/pablolaugh.gif , get a bit of oil and greese on your hands, are we men working on machineryhttp://www.throttlemonkey.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/super.png or a bunch of keyboard mechanics http://www.throttlemonkey.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/cheer.png

Rob

[Roxy]

I'm with you Rob. :thumbsup:

"Get sum fookin muck up thi nails" as they say round these parts. :SmackBottom:

[johnny handfull]

thats all well and good giving it the big one, but then when ur hands are covered in grease and ur session is starting in 30 secs, what do u do? cover ur £150 gloves in grease? miss a minute of the session (which equates to the cost of the gloves) whilst u franticly remember when u put the swarfega wipes?

[ONFIRE]

Find the NHS Hospital glove jobbies are pretty good & they're Free :thumbsup:

[Fried Ry]

the trick is jonny, that u are prepared and dont need to be doing stuff to your bike bewteen session :thumbup:

and your bike should be so clean that you get IT dirty if you touch it :pablolaugh:

[Lily]

I use similar to those contour jobbies and they are great and washable, they also protect my nails quite well :ahappy:

I am all for blokes having macho rough hands and can live with dirty hands and fingernails when working, but no excuse for it once done.

No bloke is gonna paw me with dirty fingernails.. no sirreeee :sick:

[Purple Haze]

Roxy, on 29 July 2010 - 12:45 PM, said:

"Get sum fookin muck up thi nails" as they say round these parts. :SmackBottom:

Alas they don't say that when you're putting your fingers in their kids' mouths or injecting / operating on them :rtfmsmilie:
I'm sat at work now looking at my hands and there's black marks in the small cracks in the fingers that won't come out with Swarfega. Don't look very professional really. And that was with wearing the equivalent of "Contour Avengers" off and on all day yestreday at Cadwell.

End up wearing latex gloves for everything if I go near a punter just for appearances! (Having scrubbed hands with antiseptic and piled on alcohl gel already :blink: )

By the way, is it me or do "Contour Avengers" sound like a brand of novelty condoms? :laugh:

[Keith]

Roxy, on 29 July 2010 - 12:45 PM, said:

I'm with you Rob. :thumbsup:

"Get sum fookin muck up thi nails" as they say round these parts. :SmackBottom:

That's fine, but when your hands start looking like something out of the singing detective (like mine used to) then it's time to do something. :ermm:

[Keith_A]

Purple Haze, on 29 July 2010 - 03:12 PM, said:

By the way, is it me or do "Contour Avengers" sound like a brand of novelty condoms? :laugh:

No, unusually, it wasn't just you!! :pablolaugh:

[Roxy]

Keith, on 29 July 2010 - 03:29 PM, said:

That's fine, but when your hands start looking like something out of the singing detective (like mine used to) then it's time to do something. :ermm:

Don't tell me a jock uses moisturiser and "Gentlemens products" :pablolaugh:


Seriously though, I use stolen nitrile gloves from work.

Also make great waterproofing inside your race gloves. :whistle:

This post has been edited by Roxy: 29 July 2010 - 04:11 PM

[Rob]

Roxy, on 29 July 2010 - 04:10 PM, said:

Seriously though, I use stolen nitrile gloves from work.

Also make great waterproofing inside your race gloves. http://www.throttlemonkey.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/whistle.png

Roxy, youv'e let the team downhttp://www.throttlemonkey.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/SmackBottom.gif , I thought you northerners were as hard as nails, you spend to much time with that southern shandy drinking CJJhttp://www.throttlemonkey.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/pablolaugh.gif


Rob

[johnny handfull]

i got those lines of muck that wont come off on mi fingers too Haze.

need a mechanic...

bought the gloves now so we'll see.

im a northerner too, spent too much time daarn saarf.

[Ziggy]

ONFIRE, on 29 July 2010 - 01:55 PM, said:

Find the NHS Hospital glove jobbies are pretty good & they're Free :thumbsup:

Absolutly, as I work in the health sectre, I get mine for nowt. I use them for housework as well as fiddling on Ricks bike, work a treat. :thumbup:

[bigr250]

ONFIRE, on 29 July 2010 - 12:55 PM, said:

Find the NHS Hospital glove jobbies are pretty good & they're Free :thumbsup:

Cool, I'm off to Fazakerley ozzy for a couple of box's if they're free :whistle:

Ross.