Wicks also has nitrile gloves. They recommend using the cotton liners also. Makes it a lot more comfortable to wear them for a while in the heat.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: rhartwi...@juno.com Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:29:17 -0500 >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 > >_______________________________________ >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
