Oh dear, I didn't intend to get political. I don't even remember it. Did I mention the officer with the camel was French?
I like those bottle hangers! I like them better than the spray bottle shelf/organizers, which seem space inefficient to me, or inflexible. (Yes, I reserve the right to put odd little things next to bigger things.)
What kind of spray bottles do you use? I acquired a high quality Rubbermaid one a few years ago for spraying bleach solution, and I don't remember if I got it at Wal-Mart (in the four foot wide "janitorial supplies" section of the hardware section), or at a big box hardware store or what, but all of my googling now gives me the impression that Rubbermaid has fully retreated from the retail-sales-to-civilians sector and it gives me a sad. Like 3M, if Rubbermaid makes it, I tend to assume it's pretty darned good.
@Squankum, sorry, I noticed your comment about balming cow udders triggered some of us.
Much as I admire Griot's Garage stuff, it's rarely in my price comfort zone. I have one of their stools, purchased with a $50 gift certificate from a local newspaper's
Great Garage contest ("Most Multi-funtional Garage"). I chose the stool because it was not a consumable. I think I had to contribute a couple of bucks for the tax on what was then a $49.99 item. Turns out the casters don't do well on Florida driveways...
My problem with those shelves, besides price is their size (21 5/8"). Too small for the back of my paint/detailing cart (30") and too big for my cabinet doors (15"). I discovered exhaust connectors, which come in lots of different sizes, can be tacked together to make storage racks for squeeze bottles (8- and 16-oz. sizes), aerosol cans and even tall propane/MAPP bottles.
For spray bottles, my go to is US Plastics Corp. I found their variety of containers and sprayers were cost effective when you needed more than one or two (shipping ain't free). You can buy bottles with sprayers, bottles alone and sprayers alone. The silver-blue Spraymaster sprayer ($6.10) is designed to be used for diluted acetone (SPI wax & grease remover), the gold-black sprayer ($2.06) is acid resistant and the gray sprayer ($1.56) is the lower price chemical resistant one. If you have soapy solutions they have a sprayer that shoots it out as foam. If you go to their site, be forewarned it's a terribly large rabbit hole and I believe Harvey and his very extended family lives in there.
Gloves: I bought these on recommendation of my local Advance Auto parts counter guy, he said their pro mechanic customers buy them there at Advance. I haven't tried any brand since for years now. (And I order them from Dr. Bezo's Private Space Program on the Internet.) Tears and holes are not a common thing, certainly not a first 5 minutes thing! More like an "eventually after many hours/long jobs/several wearings."
I was very tempted by the prices I've heard about at HF, but when I tried to shop for them, with my coupon, I quickly ran into:
a) this glove section is large but not necessarily in good order
2) the item #'s on the price tags on the shelves here are so tiny that I really cannot read them in the time allotted today, and I gave up
Third factor that has kept me from HF gloves and other ones people like:
III - black gloves. Sorry, I want to know how dirty my gloves are before I touch some non-shop things or things inside a car. I actually wash my hands with my gloves on and you'd be surprised how reasonably clean you can get them with simple bar soap
And sure, sizing matters!
Knew a prison guard who liberated a box of gloves from his workplace, the kind used to (ahem) search inmates. They're surgical gloves but they're silly thick/tough. I don't even use them, they get saved for some future very dirty very tough job.
I never understood why that thing in the dashboard of my car was called a glove compartment. At no time in my life have I ever opened one that contained a single glove. My garage has a cabinet that definitely qualifies as a glove compartment (in addition to a few drawers with garden/work gloves in them.
At the moment, the best ones are the Tuffster gloves. They are 8mil thick so they don't tear when I put them on but they are a ***** to get off if I haven't worn them long enough to work up a sweat. The Raven gloves are easy to get on and off but are only 6mil. I ordered one more box of gloves: Adenna Dark Light 9 mil Nitrile Powder Free Exam Gloves in XL size. Only the fingers are 9mil, with the rest of the glove being around 6mil.
Wow, don’t know if I’m at a doctors office, a spa, or Twilight Zone
Some good tips though. Bob I like the glove installer ring.
Shorty, if you'll take a seat on the Group W bench, I'll see about getting you in for a full body cavity search. Hopefully you're not allergic to Nitrile.
I always wondered how a one handed person got a rubber glove on.
Now what is the sound of one hand clapping?
Uncle Willie, I wondered that as well until I my hand developed Vitilago, probably because of my years of immersing my hand in nasty chemicals. Turns out it isn't impossible to do without help. Liane saw me struggling one day and offered to help. Soon after the glove was halfway on she left the garage and never offered help again.
Bob:
a) One more detail about Udder Creme -- it's just a bunch of lanolin, really. Which is nice! And is also what you get when you buy Fluid Film. One is pure white, the other light brown and in aerosol form. Lanolin is our friend.
2) I wondered if it was just me with those gloves I recommended, and I took a peek at amazon reviews the other night and I'm not alone, people do like these more than other latex gloves. Of course, your 4" pipe stretch for the cuff is a specific requirement. I can mail you a glove sampler if you'd like.
@Squankum, I assumed it had lanolin and I'm giving it a try today (I thank you, Jeff).
No sooner did I order the 9mil finger gloves than the ones you recommended dropped in price (I curse you, Jeff). If these new gloves aren't the greatest thing since sliced cheese, I'll take you up on the offer. If they are the cheesiest, I'll mail a pair of samples.
