Disposable gloves

jag2 · August 29, 2010, 04:08 PM

I would like to have a good source for cheap disposable cotton gloves to buy
in bulk for times when I'll be handling my guns. I have vinyl ones from when I was a printer, do you think they would be as good? I think it would be better if they are absorbent. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.

**Unclenick** · August 29, 2010, 05:18 PM

Usually you use cotton gloves if you want absorbent. If you want chemical resistance you usually get nitrile gloves (don't protect from DMSO, but do from most other things). Harbor Freight is the cheapest source I know of. Someone else may have something better?

Nisei · August 30, 2010, 01:26 AM

Try the McMaster-Carr catalogs. Harbor-Freight is good too but I've always preferred McMaster-Carr.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#cotton-gloves/=8mhgo9

mete · August 30, 2010, 01:46 AM

Unclenick, DMSO is a 'carrier' which carries other chemicals through things like you skin. Do you know if nitrile gloves pass DMSO or DMSO+other chemicals. For those who don't know many printing inks especially newspapers and magazines contain carriers and many pesticides do to !!!

ZeSpectre · August 30, 2010, 06:11 AM

I like these from Grainger (men's cotton inspection gloves). I use them when handling brass so it stays clean and shiny longer (my skin/sweat is super corrosive <sigh>)

**Unclenick** · August 30, 2010, 11:33 AM

Mete,

I've read that nitrile is softened and weakened by DMSO, so it's not good for that. You have to be careful because DMSO finds its way into some turpentine and other paint solvents. If you put a little of the clean solvent on your skin and it feels warm, you'd probably do better to get some rubber-coated or neoprene gloves.

RLWII · August 30, 2010, 03:13 PM

I buy white cotton cloves from a local camera store. Any decent photo store that sells darkroom equipment and supplies should carry the gloves.

mete · August 30, 2010, 04:28 PM

http://www.adenna.com/pdf/ChemicalsResistance.pdf

Here's some info on chemical resistance for diffrent types of gloves.

**Unclenick** · August 31, 2010, 12:08 PM

Good link. Thanks for sharing.

guncrank · September 7, 2010, 11:19 AM

I get mine from MSC and niitrle desposible gloves from HF.

August 29, 2010, 04:08 PM	#1
jag2 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2009 Location: dallas Posts: 773	Disposable gloves I would like to have a good source for cheap disposable cotton gloves to buy in bulk for times when I'll be handling my guns. I have vinyl ones from when I was a printer, do you think they would be as good? I think it would be better if they are absorbent. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.

August 29, 2010, 05:18 PM	#2
Unclenick Staff Join Date: March 4, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 21,063	Usually you use cotton gloves if you want absorbent. If you want chemical resistance you usually get nitrile gloves (don't protect from DMSO, but do from most other things). Harbor Freight is the cheapest source I know of. Someone else may have something better? __________________ Gunsite Orange Hat Family Member CMP Certified GSM Master Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Benefactor Member and Golden Eagle

August 30, 2010, 01:26 AM	#3
Nisei Member Join Date: September 16, 2008 Posts: 78	Try the McMaster-Carr catalogs. Harbor-Freight is good too but I've always preferred McMaster-Carr. http://www.mcmaster.com/#cotton-gloves/=8mhgo9 __________________ "In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupéry

August 30, 2010, 01:46 AM	#4
mete Senior Member Join Date: June 14, 2004 Location: NY State Posts: 6,575	Unclenick, DMSO is a 'carrier' which carries other chemicals through things like you skin. Do you know if nitrile gloves pass DMSO or DMSO+other chemicals. For those who don't know many printing inks especially newspapers and magazines contain carriers and many pesticides do to !!! __________________ And Watson , bring your revolver !

August 30, 2010, 06:11 AM	#5
ZeSpectre Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2007 Location: Shenandoah Valley Posts: 3,276	I like these from Grainger (men's cotton inspection gloves). I use them when handling brass so it stays clean and shiny longer (my skin/sweat is super corrosive <sigh>) __________________ "The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on"

August 30, 2010, 11:33 AM	#6
Unclenick Staff Join Date: March 4, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 21,063	Mete, I've read that nitrile is softened and weakened by DMSO, so it's not good for that. You have to be careful because DMSO finds its way into some turpentine and other paint solvents. If you put a little of the clean solvent on your skin and it feels warm, you'd probably do better to get some rubber-coated or neoprene gloves. __________________ Gunsite Orange Hat Family Member CMP Certified GSM Master Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Benefactor Member and Golden Eagle

August 30, 2010, 03:13 PM	#7
RLWII Member Join Date: July 22, 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 94	I buy white cotton cloves from a local camera store. Any decent photo store that sells darkroom equipment and supplies should carry the gloves.

August 30, 2010, 04:28 PM	#8
mete Senior Member Join Date: June 14, 2004 Location: NY State Posts: 6,575	http://www.adenna.com/pdf/ChemicalsResistance.pdf Here's some info on chemical resistance for diffrent types of gloves. __________________ And Watson , bring your revolver !

August 31, 2010, 12:08 PM	#9
Unclenick Staff Join Date: March 4, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 21,063	Good link. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Gunsite Orange Hat Family Member CMP Certified GSM Master Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Benefactor Member and Golden Eagle

September 7, 2010, 11:19 AM	#10
guncrank Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2006 Location: Fern Creek ,KY and Metro Louisville at large Posts: 430	I get mine from MSC and niitrle desposible gloves from HF. __________________ Republic Arms and Armaments 07 1-502-231-1118 Machine Shop and Finishing Services to the trade and public