Keeping Your Hands Clean And Dry With The ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves

Searching for a durable pair of gloves that can be used for DIY projects around the house, or for contractors in the building and construction industry? Perhaps you’re running a vehicle body shop, pimping rides and carrying out the routine service and repair, and you want protective gloves that can be reliable for the tasks being carried out. You may be dealing with timber products and want to protect your hands when applying the oil dyes. There are those involved in gardening activities, where handling all those tools can put your hands at risk of injury. Looking for a tough glove that can be used in worksites? A pair that can be worn during wet and oily conditions? Units with a tight diamond pattern like the ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves provide superior gip needed for these operations. They come in handy to keep your hands clean and dry, with the strength of the material protecting your hands from injury. Here, we’ll look at what you can expect from this product. First, let’s get into factors that influence the choice of gloves for your particular situation.

Guide to Glove Selection

When seeking protection against harmful substances encountered at the workplace, you want to be sure that you have chosen the right gloves. The gloves come in different materials, strengths and thickness. When making the selection, different factors are considered. First, there is the type of substances that are to be handled. For instance, if you will be with prolonged or frequent contact with water, especially when you’re dealing with soaps and detergents- which includes vehicle washing, those carrying out wet sanding in body shops, to valeting jobs, you want to get gloves that will prevent the water from getting through the material. The ingredients of the products used also comes into focus. Paints, degreasing solvents, cleaning chemicals and other products contain harmful substances that will cause adverse effects when they get to the skin or into the body via skin contact. Going through the product label will provide you with the information needed about the hazardous elements that are within a particular solution. One also has to note that not all harmful agents are in the products. Some are created by the work processes themselves- these are the likes of body filler dust that is generated during the sanding process.

For the gloves themselves, aspects such as the breakthrough time and permeation rate, to the degradation are considered. The breakthrough time is how long chemicals will take to permeate into the material of the glove and get inside. Permeation is the process by which a substance gets through the material without going through pores, pinholes or other openings. This is an indication how long the gloves can be used. The permeation rate indicates the amount of chemical that can get through. Needless to say, the lower the permeation rate of the glove, the better it is. Since you’re dealing with chemicals, you also want to know how long the gloves structural integrity can last- basically how long it will take before the harsh chemicals destroy the glove. It can lead to the gloves getting softer or harder, or they may even swell. degradation shows how the glove material will deteriorate when used with a particular chemical. In this case, you want a glove that has the optimal degradation rating for your situation. This data is provided by the glove manufacturers and is usually portrayed in charts, showing how the gloves produced by the brand perform against the various substances. Remember that the data that is provided by the manufacturer shows the action of pure chemicals on the gloves, and not mixtures. In the workplace, when chemicals are mixed, there will be variation in the properties.

The duration and type of contact also come into play. How long with the gloves be worn? Will it be short and intermittent periods, or for long? Here, the emphasis is on comfort- especially for the cases where the gloves will be worn for long. With the type of contact, this refers to whether there will be occasional splashes or the hands will be routinely immersed in the liquid. This will determine the length of the gloves that one goes for. Back to comfort- the glove should fit the individual wearing them. When the gloves are too tight, the hands get rigid quickly, and makes it more difficult to grip the tools being handled. On the other hand, when the gloves are too large, folds can be created, which will make them uncomfortable and become an impediment when carrying out the task. Ensuring that the gloves are comfortable will encourage the workers in your establishment to wear them, in fact giving them more incentive to. This is as opposed to those cases where the workers find the gloves uncomfortable and take them off in the middle of their operations, opting to take a chance and risk injury. The gloves should also not be an impediment to the task being carried out. Comfort goes hand in hand with dexterity- pun intended. For instance, if there will be wet and oily objects being handled, then the gloves should have a textured surface to provide better grip.

Power of nitrile

Why are disposable nitrile gloves so popular? What makes them tick? They have a wide range of positive properties that they bring on board, including:

Enhanced puncture resistance

Compared to other options such as disposable latex gloves, nitrile has up to 5 times more puncture resistance. This also makes the material highly durable.

Hypoallergenic

Latex allergies are a primary concern when using gloves. With nitrile, that won’t be a concern, thus protecting the wearer and those that they come into contact with when wearing the gloves.

Superior chemical resistance

This synthetic rubber has been developed to have a high resistance to acids, oils and other chemicals compared to the natural rubber alternatives like latex. This increases the range of the usability of the gloves, which sees them being worn in areas like automotive centres to the research and development labs.

Form-fitting nature

With nitrile, they literally “fit like a glove”- just ensure that you get the right size for you. The material itself conforms to the hand. Your own body heat will warm up the gloves, making them more comfortable to wear and feel like a natural part of your body.

Low coefficient of friction

This property of nitrile is particularly beneficial when wearing and removing the glove. After all, no one likes struggling especially when donning the gloves. It slows your setup time and becomes more frustrating when you need to switch gloves in the middle of the task. With low friction, plus the finishes that are used in the nitrile gloves, this is avoided.

Value Of The ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves

These 8.5g gloves are highly durable, and have been developed to provide heavy-duty protection. They prevent punctures and the injuries that would have resulted, enhancing workplace safety. These units can be used in a wide range of applications, from those involved in building and construction, to the personnel servicing and repairing vehicles. The strength of these units make them ideal for when one is dealing with machinery especially when one is at risk of coming into contact with moving parts- where avoiding the loss of fingers becomes a priority. The ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves also provide protection from chemicals, making them an asset to persons in R&D facilities, to the everyday cleaning crew handling tough chemicals to deal with the stubborn dirt spots and stains. Cases of spills winding up on the skin are prevented. That way, skin irritants and chemical burns will be avoided. Then there is the additional protection from the temperature fluctuations at the workplace. The ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves aid in coping with the changes, and are comfortable to use.

When visibility is key

The ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves come in a bright orange colour, particularly to provide higher visibility. This is especially vital for those working conditions where the is low light, and those where the worker needs to stand out from the background where the operations are being carried out. When the tasks are being undertaken in an environment with lots of equipment, where there are weather conditions which obscure vision like snow or fog, or even for those cases when one is working at night, it is important to have gear where the body parts are made more visible, as is with the ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves. This also comes in handy when dealing with situations where the machinery is being driven or remotely piloted, where the bright colour will be able to quickly draw the attention of the personnel operating the machinery and enable them to take prudent steps to avoid an accident. Jobs where the reaction time to a hazard may be compromised, such as when you’re dealing with slippery surfaces, having brightly coloured gloves enable the worker to have enhanced perceptions of distance between the hands and moving parts of the machinery, giving them more time to react.

A cleaner way to protect your hands

The powders that are used in conventional gloves can be messy. Their goal is to make it easy for one to wear the gloves and take them off, but those particles end up affecting the quality of work that is being carried out. From contaminating the solutions being used and the equipment- the powder becomes a nuisance. Take paint jobs for instance. From automotive jobs to home renovation and for artists, you don’t want the powder getting into your paint and affecting the finish quality. Even those in the automotive industry are affected. For instance, when installing windshield, you don’t want powder particles getting into the glass seal and weakening it. This would lead to leaks, compromising the structural integrity of the setup. For those in research and development facilities, handling the various types of equipment, when gloves that are being worn or removed and powders get released into the air, settling on the apparatus, it can be an inconvenience. Then there is the issue of the substance getting onto the clothes, adding to your troubles. The situations are avoided when you use the ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves. Here, polymer coatings are used instead of powder, delivering the required ease of wearing and removing the gloves, without the associated mess.

No latex allergies to worry about

This is also a latex-free unit. This is one of the main considerations made when selecting gloves, especially due to the reactions that are triggered by latex products. First, a bit of some background on the issue: Latex is obtained from the milky sap of Hevea Brasiliensis, the rubber tree. It contains loads of proteins, and some of these are responsible for the allergic reactions. Symptoms are diverse, ranging from itchiness and irritated skin, to hives, rhinitis and even bronchial constriction. That’s just with the latex itself. In the process of making the products more elastic and heat -stable, vulcanization is carried out, a process in which chemicals are added to the product. Then there are those latex gloves that come with powders, increasing the risk of the latex particles getting airborne. Here, the powders- made from substances like corn-starch, bind with the latex protein. This increases the amount of the antigen getting to the individual’s skin. What’s more, when the gloves are being removed, the powder is aerosolized, meaning the latex particles can then be inhaled. Prolonged exposure leads to sensitization, with the adversity of the reactions increasing with time. It can even get to a stage where the affected individual goes into anaphylactic shock when exposed to the latex proteins- a situation that requires immediate medical attention as it puts the life of the person at risk. With the latex-free nature of the ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves, the allergic reactions are avoided, making them safer to use for the wearer while carrying out the task.

Keeping Your Hands Clean And Dry With The ASAP T-Grip Orange Nitrile Gloves