Just wondering if you wear gloves when you de-grease and grease your reels? I use yamaha grease and I wondering if getting it on my skin all the time is a health risk at all? Thanks, Joe.
i started wearing gloves when my wife started complaining that she could still smell the grease even after i showered. we're going to find out someday that this stuff causes alzheimer's.
I wear disposable surgical gloves, don't take any chances.
I now wear the disposable nitrile gloves - one pair per session then bin 'em
I think I'm going to start wearing gloves too. I don't need any more problems. Thanks for the replies.
I used to hate gloves. It is worth taking the time to find a brand, type and fit you like. You want to be able to don them quickly, provide good sensitivity, be neither binding nor baggy.
-steve
I've worked in the heavy equipment & trucking industry all my life. I've been covered with oil & grease daily. I worked in oil filled compartments & tanks to quickly repair leaks & for repairs to save time instead of draining them. I've reached up into the underside of equipment with the oil running down my arms all the way to my shoes. My uniforms didn't get washed, they went for an oil change. ;D I'm almost 80 years old and don't have a wrinkle. Maybe all that oil was good for my skin. It's too late to change now. Rudy
Quote from: RowdyW on March 01, 2019, 09:08:45 PM
I've worked in the heavy equipment & trucking industry all my life. I've been covered with oil & grease daily. I worked in oil filled compartments & tanks to quickly repair leaks & for repairs to save time instead of draining them. I've reached up into the underside of equipment with the oil running down my arms all the way to my shoes. My uniforms didn't get washed, they went for an oil change. ;D I'm almost 80 years old and don't have a wrinkle. Maybe all that oil was good for my skin. It's too late to change now. Rudy
Rudy I didn't know your were that young. I didn't start wearing the Nitrile gloves until last year and still forget to use them. Now that im married i try to each time.
Best to all,
Keith
Quote from: alantani on March 01, 2019, 03:44:06 AM
i started wearing gloves when my wife started complaining that she could still smell the grease even after i showered. we're going to find out someday that this stuff causes alzheimer's.
I think the alzheimer's is more a factor of the average age of the participants on this site..... ::) ;D
Ask me, I used to know.
Know what ;D
Quote from: Cor on March 02, 2019, 05:28:14 AM
Quote from: alantani on March 01, 2019, 03:44:06 AM
i started wearing gloves when my wife started complaining that she could still smell the grease even after i showered. we're going to find out someday that this stuff causes alzheimer's.
I think the alzheimer's is more a factor of the average age of the participants on this site..... ::) ;D
Ask me, I used to know.
I think you got to the CORE of the problem Corne !! :D :D
Like Rudy, my line of work...and some of my hobbies...kept me in all sorts of oils, greases, and 'goos', in fact, we washed our clothes in Stanisol degreaser, before we washed them in soap and water. Not to make light of anyone's concerns, but I doubt any of the "reel heads" here will ever get enough "exposure" to bother with. That said, it's YOUR life, YOUR decision ! One thing that I still do, is to rub a "lanolin" type of hand cream on, before I get involved in any "ikky" type of grease....it keeps the "black" from getting into your skin, so much....and makes for easier clean-up.
I worry less about exposure, and more about Wrath of SWMBO when I go into the house for something and even while thinking that I have my hands clean, ended up unknowingly leaving "trace evidence" on the handle of the coffeepot, in the bathroom, etc. Also, since a good part of my job requires me to be "on call", it's really nice to be able to just "peel and toss" the gloves to pickup the phone.
Back in the 80's my brother and I worked for a production fiberglass boat shop .
My brother never wore gloves and washed with acetone.
I always wore gloves and never exposed bare skin to any solvents.
My brother passed from Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 99........
I always wear gloves.
yeah, that....... :(
My parents generation did not have the history to make them worry much about such things. My generation was told about the possible dangers but were prone to ignore it. My kids generation are very knowledgable and conscientious about it. They nag me all the time and I try to do what they say.
-steve