Comments on: Tip: Close Off Fluid Lines With Latex Gloves http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/07/tip-close-off-fluid-lines-with-latex-gloves/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:01:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jon http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/07/tip-close-off-fluid-lines-with-latex-gloves/#comment-90588 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:38:26 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/07/tip-close-off-fluid-lines-with-latex-gloves/#comment-90588 I like the nitrile gloves as well. Usually they are a little bit more puncture resistant, but they still need to be changed every once in a while. I like the nitrile gloves as well. Usually they are a little bit more puncture resistant, but they still need to be changed every once in a while.

]]> by: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Reader Question: Latex Gloves Bad For Shop Use? http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/07/tip-close-off-fluid-lines-with-latex-gloves/#comment-90584 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:26:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/07/tip-close-off-fluid-lines-with-latex-gloves/#comment-90584 [...] TM reader Abe posted the following comment on our recent Tip: Close Off Fluid Lines With Latex Gloves post: “Please do not wear latex gloves in the shop. Petroleum products cause the latex to break down and may cause you to develop a latex allergy.  This is such a serious problem that hospitals will not let workers bring their own hand lotion from home because some lotions contain pertoleum products.   A latex allergy is something you do not want to go through life with.” [...] […] TM reader Abe posted the following comment on our recent Tip: Close Off Fluid Lines With Latex Gloves post: “Please do not wear latex gloves in the shop. Petroleum products cause the latex to break down and may cause you to develop a latex allergy.  This is such a serious problem that hospitals will not let workers bring their own hand lotion from home because some lotions contain pertoleum products.   A latex allergy is something you do not want to go through life with.” […]

]]> by: Abe http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/07/tip-close-off-fluid-lines-with-latex-gloves/#comment-89821 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:05:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/07/tip-close-off-fluid-lines-with-latex-gloves/#comment-89821 Please do not wear latex gloves in the shop. Petroleum products cause the latex to break down and may cause you to develop a latex allergy. This is such a serious problem that hospitals will not let workers bring their own hand lotion from home because some lotions contain pertoleum products. A latex allergy is something you do not want to go through life with. Spend a few extra bucks and get nitrile gloves. I buy them by the case from www.dontheglove.com. They have the best prices (that I have found anyway) on good quality gloves. Abe Please do not wear latex gloves in the shop. Petroleum products cause the latex to break down and may cause you to develop a latex allergy. This is such a serious problem that hospitals will not let workers bring their own hand lotion from home because some lotions contain pertoleum products.
A latex allergy is something you do not want to go through life with.

Spend a few extra bucks and get nitrile gloves. I buy them by the case from www.dontheglove.com. They have the best prices (that I have found anyway) on good quality gloves.

Abe

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