Nowhere in the literature for exhaust wrap does it tell you that it's more irritating than glass-fibre insulation...

I was wearing vinyl gloves while working around the engine bay yesterday, and my fingers are still itching, in places...

David

[Edited on 27/9/04 by David Jenkins]

Be carefull what you touch with your fingers then, wouldn't want any err..more sensitive parts geting itchy.

My approach to this type of problem is never wear any form of hand protection ever. The burns, lacerations, gashes, crushed digits, power tool accidents, solvent and lubricant treatments soon turn your skin into a impermiable and inpenetrable barrier.

Not very clever I know, but I just can not work with gloves on.

John

to keep your hands in your pockets.. With fibres like that the gloves seem to trap them and force them into your skin. I used to work at a woodyard and after a few weeks I found that I didn't get any more splinters, that was based on your theory John, toughen the skin up and it'll resist a lot. I still use gloves for dirty and chemical jobs though.

The most useful protection I use in the workshop is Rozalex (sp?) barrier cream. Makes washing my hands really easy when I've finished!

DJ

Barrier cream is good,we use it in the print.

When i wraped my zorst under the bonnet i soaked the the roll 1st in water,the wrap then shrinks a bit when you heat up the engine(and steams a bit too) but i had no probs with itching so maybe the dampness stopd the fibres flaking off.

my hands look like iv been using them to walk on,hard and rough skin,girlfriend hates it .i tried using barrier cream but unless you apply it after every time you wash your hands its no good and when im busy sometimes there just isnt time and it takes ages to soak in,i tried the rubber gloves as well but they dont stand up to much before they rip.also when i do cut them it takes ages to heal.
at work we tried this new hand cleaner that worked brilliant at getting all the oil and crap off but it left our hands chapt and sore

OX that hand cleaner didnt just happen to look like marzipan did it,we used some stuff called rheinol (if thats how its spelt) it was the dogs at cleaning hands but they were red raw for an hour after.

You can't beat latex gloves. And at £3 a hundred you can bin 'em as soon as you get a tear.
They've saved me from loads of cuts etc. and frankly you don't want to continually be covered in oil- it's carcinogenic apparently.

Cheers,

James

I bought some latex gloves 'cos I'd heard about allergic reactions to oil & stuff.

Then I found out that I was allergic to latex... Red, sore hands for a week or two.

Now I buy the vinyl ones...

David

Is it the latex or the powder in them? I know people can be allergic to the powder aswell- I am slightly. If I wear a powdered pair for too long and it's sweaty weather then I get a rash on the back of my wrists!
I'm sure it's the gloves and nothing else before anyone suggests it!

Cheers,

James

You wanna watch that, James.
A dentist friend of mine had an alergic reaction to powdered latex gloves from wearing them too long and now she's hyper-sensitive to EVERY kind.
I personally wear the latex ones too, I re-locate them from work. As soon as they get sweaty inside I take them off and let my hands dry off.
It certainly beats picking the oily cackah out of your nails and cuts every time.

Keep ya nails short and ya brush hard