I bought nitril gloves at Harbor Freight. Your local drug store (or
medical supply) is another source. Nitril gloves are generally more
resistant to solvents, but prolonged exposure to most chemical solvents
will attack them.
Never trust your nose to tell you if something is toxic. Example:
Polyester resin smells awful, but it is not nearly as reactive/toxic to
most people as epoxy. Care should be taken to keep any chemical solvent
off of your skin. I don't mean to take all of the fun out of building a
plane, but you should wear gloves AND barrier cream and keep exposure to
a minimum AND wear a respirator when dealing with solvents and epoxy .
These items constitute very cheap health insurance. Your body won't
detect the damage until it is too late. Years of home aircraft building
using butyrate and nitrate dope killed a friend of mine. They first
thought that he had leukemia, but later found that his bone marrow was
destroyed by aircraft dope.
Dick Hartwig
Waunakee, WI
rhartwi...@juno.com
