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[PILOON]

Another:
Nitrate gloves doing tractor oil changes never worked for me.
I'd end up just as dirty, greasy as if not wearing any.

I now have a dedicated pair of HD rubberized gloves like used to clean toilets, no more tears!
I spray them with WD40 and wipe B4 removing them which leaves them reasonably clean for next time.

While on WD40, after rinsing paint brushes I liberally spray WD on the bristles.
They then keep nice and soft 'til next used and just a simple rinsing in a thinner preps them for the new painting job.

Also discovered WD40 sprayed on my dirty greasy tractor dirty hands wipes off 95% (flushes?) hands to acceptable presentable condition.
Seems to 'float' off the crap to the point that simple soap/water makes them lunch time ready.
I discovered this once when I needed to grab my phone and was so greasy that I probably would have dropped it.

 

[dragoneggs]

Can't remember if I or someone mentioned this one... use shop air to briefly inflate your nitrile gloves to remove them. Easier to get them off and the air will dry the insides so you can use them again if not too dirty.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Can't remember if I or someone mentioned this one... use shop air to briefly inflate your nitrile gloves to remove them. Easier to get them off and the air will dry the insides so you can use them again if not too dirty.

Good one

 

[Ford850]

Can't remember if I or someone mentioned this one... use shop air to briefly inflate your nitrile gloves to remove them. Easier to get them off and the air will dry the insides so you can use them again if not too dirty.

I go a step further and have a couple clothes pins hanging from wires. After blowing my gloves open I slip them off and hang them by the cuff to keep them open and dry for next time. I only do that if they are relatively clean or will dry (varnish, paint, etc) Some projects I can get 5 or 10 uses out of the gloves.

 

[jjp8182]

....hang them by the cuff to keep them open and dry for next time.

Also a good thing to do with other types of gloves to let them dry out. Almost all of my work gloves are clothespinned (in pairs palm to palm) so the gloves hang open and dry between uses. It's also helps keep them from getting smelly and funky (in a bad way).

Not fun to slip on a glove that's still wet from sweat (or even rain) from the prior day. ...even worse if it's already started to smell.

 

[the old grind]

Dad would say "smells like the inside of a motorman's glove" .. (I'll just copy & paste that into the ".. know you're old when" thread.)

 

[fried1765]

Can't remember if I or someone mentioned this one... use shop air to briefly inflate your nitrile gloves to remove them. Easier to get them off and the air will dry the insides so you can use them again if not too dirty.

Thanks !

 

[user.69169]

You guys sound like studyin up fer admission test to Granny Clampett Medical School.

Just squirt gob of dishwash soap in hand, rub in and let dry or wipe extra off. Get done wid job wash crud off hands.

Crisko real good hand cleaneer too, best you swipe can out of kitchen if married. Wimmen get real mad about dirt mixed in der can of Crisco.

Greasy clothes, pour ammonia in washer wid clothes. Tub grreasy throw some ammonia in and run HOT cycle to clean. Better den listening to yelling.

 

[pmsmechanic]

Can't remember if I or someone mentioned this one... use shop air to briefly inflate your nitrile gloves to remove them. Easier to get them off and the air will dry the insides so you can use them again if not too dirty.

I just turn mine inside out as I take them off and leave them like that to dry out. If I want to use them again just hold a hopefully clean cuff against your mouth and blow them back inside in. It's quick and convenient and if they are too dirty it just doesn't happen!

 

[Gem99ultra]

Also a good thing to do with other types of gloves to let them dry out. Almost all of my work gloves are clothespinned (in pairs palm to palm) so the gloves hang open and dry between uses. It's also helps keep them from getting smelly and funky (in a bad way).

Not fun to slip on a glove that's still wet from sweat (or even rain) from the prior day. ...even worse if it's already started to smell.

When I pull mine off I just grab the top edge and pull them off, leaving them inside out. I leave them that way until the next use (if they last that long), then use the air hose to blow them back right side out. At the new high prices for nitrile gloves, I try to use them more than once to save a few pennies.