Posted: 2/5/2017 3:57:41 PM EDT
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I bought some HF gloves that are for handling chemicals, but after an hour or so, the coating on the gloves started breaking down.
Do they make gloves for using/handling acetone? |
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Do not use Nitrile with acetone period. Ketones dissolve it and permeation happens almost immediately. That's said acetone is not particularly toxic at least.
Butyl, natural latex, or EVOH gloves iirc work better ETA: http://amo-csd.lbl.gov/downloads/Chemical%20Resistance%20of%20Gloves.pdf |
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Good grief, don't be a puss. Gloves? LOL
Just use the stuff, and it'll deep clean your hands and under your nails. Might dry your hands out some, so use your hands to put some mink oil on your boots later. Wait, let me guess - you probably don't even have any boots? |
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I was told by a phd Chemist that acetone is bad shit and don't breathe it in and don't get it on you. God, I hope you don't lose weight any time soon. Acetone is part of your body's natural chemistry. It's impossible to metabolize fat without it in your bloodstream. If you're losing weight, there's enough that anyone you're talking to can smell it on your breath. Acetone on your hands won't hurt you. Try not to breathe too much of it in (or work around flames/sparks), but it's not like gloves would help with that, either. |
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Good grief, don't be a puss. Gloves? LOL Just use the stuff, and it'll deep clean your hands and under your nails. Might dry your hands out some, so use your hands to put some mink oil on your boots later. Wait, let me guess - you probably don't even have any boots? Mink oil? Pussy puss puss. I've got an old transformer that I cracked open, scoop out PCBs for my boots and laundry too. |
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God, I hope you don't lose weight any time soon.Acetone is part of your body's natural chemistry. It's impossible to metabolize fat without it in your bloodstream. If you're losing weight, there's enough that anyone you're talking to can smell it on your breath. Acetone on your hands won't hurt you. Try not to breathe too much of it in (or work around flames/sparks), but it's not like gloves would help with that, either. We use large amounts of it daily to clean glassware in our lab, we breathe the fumes in daily. If you feel the vapors in your nostrils and eyes, then you are getting hit hard 
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Seriously, anymore I try to avoid exposure to any of that shit. I've known too many old mechanics and machinists who died young of weird cancers and neurological malfunctions. Yeah, all bullshitting aside, I respect somebody that takes care of himself by thinking about those things. As we age, a lot of us wish we had done things differently. I'm still bad about not taking the time to use gloves when I should, particularly with chemicals. You can just get a few drops of 2,4-d on your hands and taste it almost immediately. That should tell you something about how bad that shit is. |
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Sure ... it wasn't the smoking or the diet it was the acetone. #Rolleyes 
I knew one old boy, chain smoked and died of lung cancer. Doctors said the cancer he got was from brakes, not smokes. Another who lived pretty clean, but spent a lot of time up to his elbows in cleaning solvents. Came down with some whole-body shakes that started in his hands. Then he died. Couple of guys, mechanics, lived like boy scouts, died young of obscure cancers. If you want to be all macho guy and use carb cleaner as a desert topping, be my guest. I choose to limit my exposure. |