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Harbor Freight yellow palm work gloves melting
- Thread starter jeremy v
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kd3pc
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HF.... OK we know they have QC issues, and they are made at the cheapest places in the world of the cheapest materials.
Poor QC is what causes this, but at the price point - you get what you pay for. Latex is not known for it's chemical resistance or durability in the first place. Factor in the above and Voila!
I buy good leather gloves to do the things you do, and they last a year or more, before I relegate them to chain saw or concrete chores.
Spend a few more cents and get some good ones.
Poor QC is what causes this, but at the price point - you get what you pay for. Latex is not known for it's chemical resistance or durability in the first place. Factor in the above and Voila!
I buy good leather gloves to do the things you do, and they last a year or more, before I relegate them to chain saw or concrete chores.
Spend a few more cents and get some good ones.
gdocktor3
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That's pretty poor quality stuff. I work in maintenance at a hospital and I can honestly say there are boxes of latex gloves down in the boiler room that have been laying around for 2-3 years I still grab from every once in a while. And its hot as hell down there.
Check these out. They aren't latex, but will work well for most the jobs you mentioned above. I bought them because they're the same thing as the Gorilla Grip gloves sold at HD for $6 a pair. A dozen pair of gloves for $14 is a really good deal. http://www.ebay.com/itm/291428848327?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
For latex gloves, I use Diamond Grip. A bit expensive, but they work great. They're thicker than normal latex gloves and have a textured finish. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microflex-D...350820?hash=item280e48e7e4:g:5TQAAOSwh-1W4fSf
Check these out. They aren't latex, but will work well for most the jobs you mentioned above. I bought them because they're the same thing as the Gorilla Grip gloves sold at HD for $6 a pair. A dozen pair of gloves for $14 is a really good deal. http://www.ebay.com/itm/291428848327?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
For latex gloves, I use Diamond Grip. A bit expensive, but they work great. They're thicker than normal latex gloves and have a textured finish. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microflex-D...350820?hash=item280e48e7e4:g:5TQAAOSwh-1W4fSf
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JJThrasher
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Several plastics/rubbers will react when they come in contact with each other, often times melting and sometimes liquefying.
anndel
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I usually use nitrile gloves when wrenching or Mechanix gloves. Well Lamont leather palm gloves when working in the yard or home repairs.
Coach James
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I probably have 5-10 pairs of nice quality pigskin work gloves, but they largely just sit there unused. They usually don't provide enough dexterity for what I do. I also like the black polyurethane palmed HF gloves, they are about as perfect as I have been able to get so far. Very good dexterity, cheap, and they don't melt haha, but they are designed more for light duty tasks only. I have tried a bunch of different Mechanix type gloves as well and they never really impressed me for the price.
I have only used the regular blue Atlas fit 300 gloves, maybe I should try out a pair of their 350 series nitrile palmed gloves to see how they perform instead. That might be the solution I am looking for. I forgot to mention that I currently use the HF yellow gloves for mowing the lawn too, so maybe I'm getting a little bit of gasoline on the palms occasionally and that's causing the melting issue.
Not being a wise guy, but why do you wear gloves to mow the lawn?
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Coach James
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Ahh ok. Thanks Jeremy. I mulch so once I start, I rarely touch the grass again.
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justme-
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Don't automatically jump to HF QC issues. Many rubber blends react with other plastics, some just don't have a long life regardless.
I remember growing up many of my fishing lures, especially the "live rubber" skirts would melt into the plastic on my tacklebox in no time flat.
I've used those gloves, and the Atlas, and a few others. The rubber on all of them do that, some faster than others, but I've never gotten more than 2 years out of a pair with most pair only lasting a few months to a year. Keel in mind, my use was solely for shoveling snow on my plow route and at home. I much prefer the thinner purple rubber nitrile/neoprene ones for anything besides shoveling that I might want that kind of glove for...5 years and counting on the two pair I have of those.
I remember growing up many of my fishing lures, especially the "live rubber" skirts would melt into the plastic on my tacklebox in no time flat.
I've used those gloves, and the Atlas, and a few others. The rubber on all of them do that, some faster than others, but I've never gotten more than 2 years out of a pair with most pair only lasting a few months to a year. Keel in mind, my use was solely for shoveling snow on my plow route and at home. I much prefer the thinner purple rubber nitrile/neoprene ones for anything besides shoveling that I might want that kind of glove for...5 years and counting on the two pair I have of those.