Re: [Paddlewise] Nitrile Gloves

When not pretending to make a living as a kayak bum, I work as an environmental
consultant and go through a lot of nitrile gloves.  Any lab supply place has
them but they cost about ten times as much as they should.  You can get a better
price at an industrial supply place such as Grainger but the best prices are
usually through a local fire and safety supply place.  Check you yellow pages
for places that sell and maintain fire extinguishers and they usually supply
gloves, Hazmat gear, the works.  If you are going for convenience rather than
price you can probably get small packs of nitrile gloves at Fleet Farm, Home
Depot etc.

Erik Sprenne wrote:

> Dave Kruger wrote:
> >
> > Somebody was looking for a source for nitrile gloves (in lieu of latex)
> > for use with epoxy.  Here is one source:  http://latex-nitrilegloves.com/
> >
> > Not endorsing this brand and do not know if their prices are competitive.
>
> > Could not find out where my lab gets them.  (That's a long story.)
> >
>
> The site that Dave refers to above appears to be a wholesaler,
> and may not be willing to service the small-scale buyer.
>
> Other sources for puchasing gloves:
> http://www.leonardsafety.com/cgi-bin/leonardsafety.storefront
> (search the site for hand protection and disposable gloves)
> http://www.gloves.com/index.html
>
> Using a search engine to search for the term "disposable gloves"
> or "latex gloves" should result in many hits to choose from.
> One can expect to pay roughly $8-12 (per box of 100) for latex
> gloves, and from $12-20 for nitrile gloves.
>
> But.....
> I'm not sure that nitrile gloves are necessary for epoxy work.
>
> MSDS sheets for both West Systems and System Three
> epoxy resins state that rubber gloves are sufficient for hand/skin
> protection (although the West Systems web site does list nitrile
> gloves as one of their products for sale).
>
> Nitrile gloves may be better than latex gloves for *prolonged* contact,
> but one generally does not contact epoxy resins for prolonged
> periods, so the issue of the *best* chemical/epoxy resistance may
> not be of practical importance.
>
> I use latex gloves exclusively for all my epoxy work, and find that
> latex gloves provide better tactile sensitivity than do nitrile gloves,
> as the latex stretches more (but this may be related to the particular
> brand of nitrile gloves that I have used.)  YMMV
>
> For more info on nitrile vs. latex, see
>  http://www.inform.umd.edu/DES/ls/safeskin.html
> for a chart on chemical resistance of nitrile vs. latex gloves.
> Nitrile is generally preferred over latex when working with
> hydrocarbons (gasoline and related solvents), but does not
> protect better than latex for *all* chemicals.
>
> Erik Sprenne
> (also a chemist)
>
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