Do you wear gloves when washing your car?
Do you wear gloves when washing your car?
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sunnyb13

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1,187 posts

60 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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MDMA .

10,008 posts

123 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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No.

rallye101

2,511 posts

219 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Crotchless panties, let's it breath better....

Vipers

33,395 posts

250 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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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

4,158 posts

57 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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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

9,168 posts

214 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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This is PH, surely you have a man for that?

On a serious note, winter yes, summer no.

edDug_1000

16 posts

25 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Woollen.

Milkyway

11,829 posts

75 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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I still use my old faithful ‘Washmitt’... so yes, a glove.
( of sorts).

Bobupndown

2,693 posts

65 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Downward

5,193 posts

125 months

Wednesday 31st January 2024
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No but I should as the bilt hamber wheel cleaner is proper strong.

vikingaero

12,163 posts

191 months

Thursday 1st February 2024
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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

816 posts

25 months

Thursday 1st February 2024
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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

11,829 posts

75 months

Thursday 1st February 2024
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“Oh! Yeah”

J1_Jon

307 posts

248 months

Thursday 1st February 2024
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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

185 posts

115 months

Thursday 1st February 2024
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Yes. And sometimes a hat if it’s really cold.

zsdom

1,704 posts

142 months

Saturday 3rd February 2024
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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

171 posts

53 months

Monday 5th February 2024
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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

761 posts

118 months

Monday 5th February 2024
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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

10,154 posts

79 months

Monday 5th February 2024
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Milkyway said:
“Oh! Yeah”
One girl, two buckets ?

anonymous-user

76 months

Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Yes i do, i have zero idea what is in the stuff so protect my hands as much as possible