"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
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"brianlanning" wrote in message
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Well, sort of. It involves loading and unloading plywood and stock
from a trailer.
Last night I completed the last step of the shop move: moving all the
unused plywood, maple, hickory, and other stuff. It was maybe half a
dozen sheets of plywood and about 200bdft of stock. When I got to the
old house, I discovered that I didn't have my gloves. This was
annoying because it was cold. I'm confident that I could have moved
all of it without gloves and not gotten any splinters. But I would
have had to go a lot slower.
Oh you whoos. What the hell is a splinter or two or three? Real
woodworkers...
After complaining to my wife about the situation, she suggested rubber
gloves. You know the type, the thick yellow rubber ones swmbo uses to
do the dishes. They're thicker than latex surgical gloves, but thin
enough to feel what's happening. I stretched them over my hands and
proceded to move wood. I was surprised by how good they were. They
kept my hands warm (probably too hot in the summer), prevented
splinters, and provided an extra rubbery non-slip grip.
I plan to fix the car with them this weekend.
Actually, I have recently taken to wearing latex gloves for a lot of jobs
that I never did before. I use gloves when painting now - imagine not
having to deal with tinted hands in your professional life... I use latex
gloves now for auto mechanics repairs. Imagine not having all of that
grease under your fingernails and in the cracks of your skin.
As un-manly as gloves sound, I've come to appreciate the benefits of them.
Now I just have to find the right glove compound for the stuff I do.
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-Mike-
Latex is quickly broken down by oil based products. I use nitrile gloves
as they are unaffected by the oil and are a little better for punctures. I
agree that they are nice for not having to clean my hands with a brillo pad
after changing the oil in the truck or working on some greasy, grimey part
that needs replaced on it. Another use I have found is when I am in the
kitchen carving the turkey or boning off a chicken.
Allen