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Paint Stripping Experiment

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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 7:43 PM

Yes, look at my post above the passenger car where I suggest using nitrile gloves.

Overmod

 AntonioFP45

Best to use the thicker rubber gloves.

 

Don't use "rubber" gloves at all -- they'll get eaten through too, it just takes a little longer.  Even a pinhole lets the stuff IN and keeps it right up against your skin in a nice distributed layer.

What you want are chemical-grade NITRILE gloves, and in fact what I recommend is a disposable pair of heavy disposable nitrile gloves INSIDE a permanent 'dishwashing' pair, if you can stand the interference with your tactile sense.  While you're at WalMart go over to the paint department and look for the 'Venom' box of 100.  You can remove and re-use these after your session if the outer gloves are intact and you haven't splashed anything inside through the cuffs.

Hint:  a little medicated powder, like Gold Bond, dusted inside the gloves makes them much easier to take off again if your hands, like mine, sweat inside chemical PPE.

 

"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"

 


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Posted by Overmod on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 9:52 PM

AntonioFP45
Yes, look at my post above the passenger car where I suggest using nitrile gloves.

Yes, saw it a bit too late.  (At least we both had similar emphasis!)

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