Do you wear gloves when washing your car?

Do you wear gloves when washing your car?

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sunnyb13

Original Poster:

955 posts

39 months

Wednesday 31st January
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Just been reading the back of car shampoo bottles and they all say causes skin irritation.

do people use gloves?

MDMA .

8,901 posts

102 months

Wednesday 31st January
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No.

rallye101

1,912 posts

198 months

Wednesday 31st January
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Crotchless panties, let's it breath better....

Vipers

32,893 posts

229 months

Wednesday 31st January
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Only wear waterproof gloves for using the initial wash in cold water from the hose.

When I use shampoo, its mixed in a bucket, and applied with a sponge wearing same gloves, becase the water is bloody cold where I live.

georgeyboy12345

3,520 posts

36 months

Wednesday 31st January
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No way.

I wear nitrile gloves for my work so much (I work in a lab) that I have developed contact dermatitis. Supposedly I'm allergic to the accelerator in them.

Diderot

7,323 posts

193 months

Wednesday 31st January
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This is PH, surely you have a man for that?

On a serious note, winter yes, summer no.

edDug_1000

13 posts

4 months

Wednesday 31st January
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Woollen.

Milkyway

9,452 posts

54 months

Wednesday 31st January
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I still use my old faithful ‘Washmitt’... so yes, a glove.
( of sorts).

Bobupndown

1,809 posts

44 months

Wednesday 31st January
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Downward

3,599 posts

104 months

Wednesday 31st January
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No but I should as the bilt hamber wheel cleaner is proper strong.

vikingaero

10,353 posts

170 months

Thursday 1st February
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Downward said:
No but I should as the bilt hamber wheel cleaner is proper strong.
I wear them initially for checking and topping the fluids. Then I keep them on for cleaning the alloys due to the chemicals. Normally take them off by the wash stage so that I can touch the panels (romantically and suggestively) to see how clean they are or to use a fingernail to remove the odd stubborn tar spot.

Mad Maximus

364 posts

4 months

Thursday 1st February
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Yes. Layers of gloves too. I normally put a pair of cheap work gloves for warmth then a pair of disposable latex gloves then a used set (normally with pin holes hence the latex gloves) marigolds. Keeps my hands warm, dry and stops my skin drying out.

Milkyway

9,452 posts

54 months

Thursday 1st February
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“Oh! Yeah”

sunnyb13

Original Poster:

955 posts

39 months

Thursday 1st February
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interesting

J1_Jon

296 posts

227 months

Thursday 1st February
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sunnyb13 said:
Just been reading the back of car shampoo bottles and they all say causes skin irritation.

do people use gloves?
Of course; watch any tubeyou video of a 'detailer' in action and you'll notice they all do ... far worse chemicals in wheel cleaner etc than in shampoo too!

HIAO

169 posts

94 months

Thursday 1st February
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Yes. And sometimes a hat if it’s really cold.

zsdom

792 posts

121 months

Saturday 3rd February
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Not for the washing process but I do when I'm applying tyre shine, I hate getting that on my hands its a right ol faff to remove it

I also wear latex gloves when I need a better grip on a cloth (such as removing polish or glass cleaning) as I always seem to end up dropping them

Iceblue

101 posts

32 months

Monday 5th February
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Never! everything you buy these days as some sort of safety warning manufacturers are just covering themselves from any legal action.

Twig62

746 posts

97 months

Monday 5th February
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I am now in my 60's have been washing cars since I was a child (including a spell of mobile car valeting in my 30's) and have never worn gloves for car cleaning. As I am still here and still have my skin intact the numerous different products I've used can't have been too hazardous !

Red9zero

6,861 posts

58 months

Monday 5th February
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Milkyway said:
“Oh! Yeah”
One girl, two buckets ?