Bare Hands

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Catbox

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Location
Just Outside of Portland Oregon
First Name
Peter
Truck Year
1979
Truck Model
C20 Silverado Camper Special
Engine Size
461
Gloves, gloves, gloves.
I use them.
I make the kids use them.

I had a decade of stained black hands that needed to have a pumice stone to get 80% clean.
Now with all the chemicals and crap, there is no need to not have them on.

When they go on sale I buy several boxes of my size and some for the kids as well.
 

74Blaze

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Location
Nashville, IN
First Name
Gerald
Truck Year
1974
Truck Model
K5/Blazer
Engine Size
350
I'm in the no gloves camp (except when digging, trimming trees and shrubs, splitting wood or doing concrete work). Wrenching is a hobby not my career. Gloves slow me down, and I feel like I have less dexterity when I wear them. I do get cuts and scrapes. the joke is that I leave my DNA on the projects that I work on. Fast Orange is my go-to for clean-up.
 

BigT

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Location
Selah, WA
First Name
Tim
Truck Year
1978
Truck Model
Scottsdale K20
Engine Size
350
I don't mind a little grease, dirt, oil, whatever, BUT I wear gloves a lot because I'm a huge clumsy oaf and I'm always cutting myself or skinning my knuckles on something when I don't wear them. I've been working on my truck a lot lately, sometimes without gloves, and I can count six injuries on my hands right now. I usually wear something with a little padding, like Mechanix style, when it's dry work, and when I'm gonna get oily or super greasy then I'll wear some thick nitrile ones for the worst of it, just so I don't have to stop and wash it off before moving on to the next task.
 

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