I MUST BE GETTING OLD I AM FINDING IT HARDER TO KEEP MY HANDS WARM. I HAVE ALWAYS USED COTTON GLOVES AND THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING BETTER OUT THERE? THE GLOVES SHOULD BE SNUG FITTING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE NAILS. LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS.
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YES YOU ARE GETTING OLD. SO OLD THAT YOU CAN'T SEE NORMAL TYPE. TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK, IT'S CONSIDERED SHOUTING AND RUDE.
Have you looked at thin leather gloves? Calfskin I think. Smooth leather, snug fitting, they will keep the wind out. I have seen them on the shelf at HD and Lowes, and I think welding supply houses sell them for heliarc welding.
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HEY EL!! YOOOO
I wrote piff a ways back about thanking him for the tool belt suspenders idea.....My contribution was the gloves idea.
I've never really gotten involved with gloves untill this year being how cold it is now and I'm 95 % outside.
I bought the deerskin gloves for under fifteen bucks and I can manage a 6d finish nail with it but this week as cold as it was......my fingers were freezing even with the gloves.
I dont suspect it'll last this cold that long but......
Theres always the option of buying glove liners and cutting two tips off as I've done in the past.
BE warm
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Pair of leather calfskins or equivlant and wool or thinsulate liners, or try liners with cotton rubberized palms and fingers pulled over liners,been working for me for last 30 years.
do they sell the insulated atlas rubberized gloves in our area ?
Ive tried leather and after qa while they are wet dont work for me and dont have the dexterity I like
when I bulk p with a liner then I loose even more dexterity
so here in the rainy cold I keep three pairs with me. switch at break, again at lunch and agian mid afternoon
sooner if needed.
if anyone goes on a materilas run and gets back to the job we pop the hood open and lay our gloves on the engine and close the hood again, (we dont close the hood all the way so tha no oe forgets that there is something in there, otherwise down the road they melt and stink)
dries them out real quick and yu can put warm pairs on againfaster
Try out "Ironclad". They are gloves specifically designed for framers. I love em, they are a little pricey about $30 a pair but well worth it.
ditto the ironclad. mine say cold zone on them. one pair will last the season. you can get them mail order from duluth trading company.
I bought a pair, around $20 out my way. They are my favorite gloves. (I bought the framing gloves) It's got the 2 3/4 fingers for holding nails/screws. My only beef is that for $20, I thought they would hold up a bit longer.I don't understand! I cut it twice and it's still too short!
I have twp pairs Ironclad gloves; one Framer's pair (three fingers cut back) and another pair with all fingers intact. These clod days, I'm using the full-fingered variety, and they do me well.
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People around here call them roper gloves because we have a world champon that uses them "during competition" and he holds roping school and ropeoffs all the time including winter.
I call them rubber glove liners as they are a cloth glove and they are white . Heres the deal on them ; I can pick up a dime off a table top with them . I wear them all the time plus deerskin leather [Justins, like the boots] Bobby Hurley the two time world champion steer roper uses both those gloves but just the cotton to rope in. I use them all the time as they will handle nails fine.
Tim Mooney
ZE,
This webpage has your answer !!!
Gloves
Scroll down to "300-I" Thermal fit. These are just about perfect by themselves. They are thermal, they don't get wet, and you can pick up a dime. I have worn them while framing, and had no problem with nails, pencil, etc. Put a pair of these on, and you will curse yourself for ever having paid for the plain cotton gloves.
If that is too bulky, though, Scroll down to my very favorite atlas gloves...
370 Nitrile Tough.
With these on, you can not only pick up the dime, you can tell whether it was face up or not. VERY lightweight. Yet they are tough as iron. Will outlast leather. When wearing these, you CANNOT lose grip on any tool. Period. The very best use for these gloves is in the summer. When you are sweating, and your hammer keeps slipping.
I guarantee these gloves will provide some relief from strain, simply because you don't have to hold the tool as tight.
They are lightweight and breatheable enough to be bearable for that summer work. But in the winter, they will give at least some protection from the cold. I find them to be comparable to the brown jerzey gloves. Except in the palm area where they are light years beyond the jerzeys. And if you put a pair of leather gloves over them for better cold protection, they will do as good as or better job than regular glove liners.
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That's the ones I wear. HVAC guys are the first ones I saw wearing them.Who Dares Wins.
I would like to thank you Luka. I will look for the gloves tomorrow. Thank's again, Ze. Brampton Canada
ZE, Home Hardware and Canadian Tire carry the Atlas gloves from Watson, they run $10 a pair. I get about 2 months from a pair and wear them all day.
Usually when your fingers or toes get cold, it's because the body or head are underinsulated. Put on a warmer hat or a vest to cut the heat loss and then blood circulation becomes available for extremities again. I find I wear more layers for working than I do for skiing. At the ski hill I don't need to do much with my hands, so I can make up for the cold with heavier gloves. Down in the valley at work, I wear a lot of layers so I can adjust to the the type of work. I deliberately overdress on head, feet and torso so I can get away with thin gloves and keep on working.
My other favourite piece of winter apparel is the Terra winter boot. They are a lined leather boot with rubberized Sorel-type lowers and fibreglass toe and shank. Amazingly light and much warmer than steel toe. Fully approved construction boot (CSA green triangle). Made in Canada. $90.
Wally
Penticton, BCLignum est bonum.
CLC makes gloves that look a lot like Ironclad that my lumber yard sells for about 18.00/pair. I recently broke down and bought a pair of the "Framers". Great unless they're wet, then they're cold and I switch back to the blue rubber gloves I've been using the past few years, which are fine as long as I keep moving (like rubber boots that way).
I like those yellow "webbies" with a rubber web fastened over some poly/cotton fabric for lots of things, but they're not very good for fingering nails.
Of course, it doesn't get that cold here in the Pacific Northwest, but we do get a lot of wet weather. This past week we had a lot (for us) of snow and freezing temperatures, and I noticed myself changing clothing and gloves more than usual. I think just a few degrees of temperature difference can make a world of difference as far as what gloves, or footwear, or clothing allow enough freedom of movement and still protect you from the elements. The main thing I try to do is keep several different type gloves and dry clothes of various weight in the truck so I can adjust throughout the day, but always have clean, dry socks and a sweatshirt or two handy.
This winter is the very first year I've slathered my feet with Bag Balm every morning before putting on socks and my feet haven't split and cracked like normal. Geez, you'd think I would have smartened up a lot sooner than this, wouldn't you? Slow learner, I guess.
Nothing will work up here in the Adirondacks this week. 35 below before dawn over in Saranac Lake this morning. Colder still by middle to late week.
Might warm up briefly tomorrow, though. Going skiing for a couple hours, and wearing mitts.
Hasbeen,
Not to butt in, but I live in Port Orchard. I've been to Vashon a few times and my father-in-law lived there 25 years ago for a little bit. Small world. Where do you live now? I used to live in Southworth and go down to the beach and look across at Vashon. Of course I was 5 years old at the time :-) Pretty area.
Our mailing address is Roy, our kids went to Yelm schools. Both towns are about 20 miles South of Tacoma, 20 mile East of Olympia. Actually maybe a little Southeast of Oly, but you get the picture.
Vashon? Built a very large house on Vashon in the early 80s - used to love the ferry ride every morning. Saw alot of neat marine life and have always enjoyed being around big water.
You still live out this way?
I still haven't found a way to stop my fingertips from splitting. Yeow, that smarts. Lots and lots of balm, band aids, and duct tape for them. But my feet always gave me tons of trouble until this year. Little prevention goes a long way, huh? What a knucklehead. Kathy says it's because we finally have an empty nest and have time to think about things more. She's probably right...I mean...of course she's right. COMING DEAR!
Southern Colorado now. Still joke about riding the HIYU, the ancient ferry that used to be on the Tacoma/Ruston to Southworth/Vashon run. DW used to teach classes at the CC in Tacoma and Oly, too. Ever canoed the Black River? We loved that lazy float!
For the fingers: You might try BEE BALM LOTION, BOX 71, ARLEE, MT 59821 Phone 406-726-3480
I buy the 4 oz tubes by the box of 12 and have been for nearly 20 years. I swear nothing else is as good. (and no, I don't know the folks who make it or have anything to do whith their biz!) Just hate those cracked fingers.Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
Thanks, man, I'll give them a call in the morning.
i just looked at my gloves and they say "rent this space...call..."
they say zero plus, cold condition. they are water proof for the northwestern mossbacks and people like jim blodgett.
off to the shop.