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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:07 am
by local patios and driveway
has anyone managed to find a decent set of gloves for laying blocks and slabs in, ive tried maybe 15 pairs and they are always wrecked within a few days with a few exceptions of lasting a week maybe more. the best i ever had were an old pair of firemans gloves, they didnt wear through but i had to give them back. that said a little too thick for any decent feel. the blaklader gloves in yellow leather were pretty good too but again we soon killed those. i invariably end up going back to bare hands but this week i came home with bleeding fingers tips and its just not good.
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:15 am
by GB_Groundworks
i use showa therma XL for most days, great when you're in a trench repairing drains or just day to day. repeated handing of bricks etc kills anygloves on the thumb and index finger, one of our brickies wears marigold washing up gloves, swears by them.
then have a thick pair of quilted hide gloves for anything nasty(quick thorn etc or hot) or lots of vibration
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:06 am
by lutonlagerlout
you only wear a marigold on your brick hand giles
the spare one you tie tightly on to the exhaust of the chipies/plasterers/plumbers van
sit back and enjoy
LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:08 am
by Mikey_C
i use the same rubber coat knit gloves as giles, although not brand speecific. they don't last that long but just under a £1 a pair they are disposable. i have a very thick soft leather pair for the time on the breaker. my bricklayer also wears a cut down marigold.
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:29 am
by mickg
you just have to ride through it and wait until the skin on your hands goes hard and get segs, the first 20 years are the worse 
well come on that's what we had to do init
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:48 am
by local patios and driveway
8 years to go mick!! eek!
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:46 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i find the showa superior to say the yellow ones from travis, the showa are about 3.50 a pair when bought bulk, packs of 10.
tony, i'll be checking m exhaust from now on, whats the significance some masonic ritual haha, see what i did there trowl mason man i';m clever lol
i keep a box of nitrile disposable gloves in my truck for working on engines or anything nasty like rompox etc. they're better than the latex ones that dissolve in diesel.
having grown up on a farm and the son of a builder, when i spent 2 yearsin munich doing IT lost all my calluses on my hands etc. first month back on the shovel i was all blistered etc, my girl - friends cant believe how rough and tough your hands can get....
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:55 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i think mick is about right
i never have and never will wear gloves (apart from doing acid stuff)
for me personally it just doesnt feel right
however i know a lot of lads that wear them 24/7, even in the van
the boggle minds
LLL 
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:01 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i wear them when doing drains in trenches etc when your in and out the muck etc and cant help get it on your hands then can take them off when you get into the machine, no point getting the inside of a nice digger all mucky haha.
by brick hand you mean the hand not on the trowl, you heard the rumour about brickies pissing on their hands for the amonia to stop the cracking from drying out due to the mortar or were the brickies winding me up about their mate old tom?
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:01 pm
by lutonlagerlout
in the days before central heating my old man used to soak his feet in fresh pee in the winter to alleviate chillblains
i saw this with my own eyes circa 1974
generally winters are milder now
LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:11 pm
by rab1
personally would have kept that to myself mate ???
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:16 pm
by flowjoe
GB_Groundworks wrote:you heard the rumour about brickies pissing on their hands for the amonia to stop the cracking from drying out due to the mortar or were the brickies winding me up about their mate old tom?
Giles i always pee on two fingers.
Not sure if its because i have big hands or a tiny todger
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:09 pm
by Dave_L
Any more than two shakes is classed as a w**k you know! 
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:11 pm
by Dave_L
Old man wears gloves all day long - I can't just doesn't feel right.
Wear the gloves like Giles if I'm handling lots of concrete products and/or concrete, but thats about it.
Oh and the blue nitrile ones for foul drain works.
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:40 pm
by flowjoe
Trouble with lads who wear gloves all day is that everything gets covered in crap, even the bloody handles on the van.