And after a little use if I feel they are starting to smudge (from me inadvertently touching something that I shouldn't) I will grab my glass cleaner while wearing them and squirt them and then towel dry. This will make them smudge free when they grip the glass. I do this because I feel they come with some residue from the factory. Which I do with new ones before the first use. Then I remove the gloves and move on with finishing the package. Lay the piece on my assembly table and clean if needed. Head to the cutter if need and size as need. Go grab a lite from my vertically stored boxes. Slip then on as I am reading my work ticket for the type and size of glazing. I don't care how clean your hands are if you handle the glass in any other way than by the edges you will get smudges. But the added benefit is no fingerprints. I primarily like them for the slip resistance and a bit of extra safety over bare hands. I've looked at the ones with Kevlar for added safety but they are not as flexible. From a thread here on the G, I then switched to the Ansell's. Then graduated to the free Tru Vue cotton ones. My glass cutter is high enough that I have to stand on my toes to grip it by the top and set it upright on the cutter. The only time I use gloves to handle glass is when I have to place a 40x 60 on the glass cutter in the vertical orientation so I can grip it by the sides. A framer with stitches across the palms of both hands is absolutely worthless. I almost never use gloves to handle glass now since I don't buy larger than 40圆0 and have always been very strict about everyone gripping it from the top since I've seen it slide down a pair of hand in the past. ![]() Never get a splinter hauling 4' x 8' plywood or MDF. No more spitting on your hands to get a grip on a standard box of glass being carried around the shop. These gloves are great for unloading trucks for the great grip and hand protection. I buy the Stanley Tools brand because the texture is perfect and they fit every size hand from the dainty wife to a Sumo wrestler. Many of the more expensive ones are more vinyl than rubber so they don't have the best grip and once they begin to wear a little they are slippery on glass. The less expensive ones are better since they are a stretch weave that hug the hands so the glove won't slip away from your hand. The "Best" rubber dipped gloves run about $15 at the home improvement centers but you can also find others for $4 there. These gloves can be found at the gas station since they can be used to protect your hand from the gasoline while pumping the gas and that is always least expensive place to buy them with the price of $2.99 nationwide. You better believe I know the best gloves to handle glass and those are the rubber dipped gloves. Another 12' and you could place it on the glass cutter. Now it was 20' past an 8' square table and another turn into the room where it was cut. Now we had to grab the sheet there and make a turn to head down a short hallway and past the 4' square v-nailer table and make another turn. It sat in a hall to the bathroom tipped back against the wall. It was lowered through the back door with a boom since I had no overhead door. ![]() I guess I can understand some folks wanting to use gloves.īack in the day I bought glass in 48圆0 with 1200 square feet per case (pallet) and used at least a full case per month. Glass is spooky stuff if you don't really understand its characteristics. I think it you would be better served to learn to handle glass correctly, so that you do not need gloves. This way, you can not bend the glass which would cause it to break while carrying, also, if you run into something, only your leg or foot would be damaged, not your torso. Glass should be carried with one hand with the sheet hanging at your side, unless the sheet is too large to do that. Such as lifting a lite up in front of you while moving it from the cutter to your bench. There are a lot of other issues about using gloves regarding safety that might be of concern. ![]() I wonder if perhaps they might create a false sense of security. Well once, but he was not a framer.Īnyway, I question the safety of using gloves. I've trained one heck of a lot of framers over the years, never once did I ever see a need for gloves. The only time I have ever worn gloves was while handling museum glass, the fingerprint issue.
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