what type of gloves for working with fibergalss. and what type of gloves for working with paint and solvents?

Newbe, thanks.

 

Gloves for solvents are those that are made to resist and protect against that particular solvent. SO chemical stripper would require gloves to protect against Methylene Chloride (MeCl).

Nitrile or latex gloves are good for painting and such....and depends if you are allergic to latex or not. Fiberglass resin...once again...latex or nitrile gloves.

BUT keep this in mind. If you wear gloves...and your hand sweat or get hot....and you take the gloves off....and you then for some reason wipe your hands with a solvent...such as lacquer thinner....you hands will feel like they are ON FIRE...and this will last for some time....regardless if you run over and wash them off in water. The open pours of your skin when your hands have been in gloves...become seriously solvent sensitive. This is why I go through a lot of gloves...because if I know I am going to get acetone or lacquer thinner on them....I try not to allow them to get hot and sweat and sometimes let them air out. And having gloves in when you paint...it is really easy for the sweat in them to come out and drip on a surface....and NOTHING is worse than a sweat drop on raw fiberglass. SO many times I do not worry about gloves.

The same goes for doing body work...I do not wear gloves...My hands are so dry and covered in dust...they can not leave any marks. I have cotton gloves...but sometimes I prefer not leaving behind lint when wiping and checking the straightness of a panel.

DUB