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Allergic to gloves
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 4/23/1999, 9:45 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy fumes? (Pete Rudie)

Anyone else out there find that they're allergic to the standard disposable gloves? I started out with the standard powdered latex gloves, with which the skin on my hands broke out in hundreds of pin-head sized blisters that itched like crazy. I then tried latex non-powdered, non-latex powdered, and non-latex non-powdered, and had repeated outbreaks. The non-latex non-powdered worked the best, but I can still break out if I wear them for longer than a half hour or so. So eventually I went glove-free halfway through my boat-building and tried to be as careful as possible. I figured I would chance the reaction to epoxy rather than get a guaranteed reaction from the gloves.

Anyone wanna buy some gloves? I've got latex, I've got powdered.......:)

Messages In This Thread

toxic vapors
lee -- 4/21/1999, 11:30 am
Re: toxic vapors
builder -- 4/21/1999, 8:45 pm
Volatile Organic Compounds
Pete Rudie -- 4/21/1999, 8:52 pm
Epoxy fumes?
Bruce H. -- 4/21/1999, 9:22 pm
Re: Epoxy fumes?
Pete Rudie -- 4/22/1999, 12:26 am
If you don't mind my asking
Bruce H. -- 4/22/1999, 3:50 pm
Re: If you don't mind my asking
Pete Rudie -- 4/22/1999, 11:14 pm
Re: Epoxy fumes?
Don Beale -- 4/22/1999, 11:48 am
Re: Epoxy fumes?
Pete Rudie -- 4/22/1999, 1:02 pm
Allergic to gloves
Dean Trexel -- 4/23/1999, 9:45 pm
More gloves
Paul Jacobson -- 4/26/1999, 8:00 pm
Re: Allergic to gloves
Pete Rudie -- 4/24/1999, 2:15 am
Re: Allergic to gloves
Greg Steeves -- 4/24/1999, 2:30 pm
Barrier cream under gloves
Pete Rudie -- 4/25/1999, 1:52 am
Re: Barrier cream under gloves
Greg Steeves -- 4/25/1999, 4:28 pm
Re: Allergic to gloves
Don Beale -- 4/24/1999, 2:09 am
Re: Epoxy fumes?
Roger Donahe -- 4/22/1999, 11:26 am
Re: Epoxy fumes?
Pete Rudie -- 4/22/1999, 12:40 pm
Thanks Pete
Bruce H. -- 4/22/1999, 10:21 am
Amines
Pete Rudie -- 4/22/1999, 11:32 am
Re: toxic vapors
Pete Rudie -- 4/21/1999, 11:58 am
Re: toxic vapors
lee -- 4/21/1999, 12:11 pm
Re: toxic vapors
Pete Rudie -- 4/21/1999, 12:38 pm