The subject of gloves came up on Geordi's post. I thought I'd post a couple of links that I heisted from my company's safety site where you guys could do more research on what types would more appropriate for anything you're working on, though most of you will be concerned with diesel fuel or motor oil in regards to the Jeep.

These sites allow you to select a chemical (or concoction) of interest and they'll recommend an appropriate type of glove.

http://www.bestglove.com/site/languages ... fault.aspx

http://www.ansellpro.com/specware/guide.asp

Unfortunately, what we can buy locally may not be of the greatest quality as a few of you noted. Those of you who are interested may have to get something from somewhere on the internet. Disposable gloves are really meant to be single use and generally have to be discarded shortly after exposure, and I can attest that this gets annoying after a while as I'll through as many as 20 pair in a day at times. The heavy thick gloves can be multi-use, but as those of you that have used them know, you lose a lot of dexterity.

www.fishsci.com sells a huge selection of gloves. There are probably a number of other suppliers.

I don't do enough work on the diesel to require specialty gloves. I use "food service" type gloves when I pump fuel and they are enough to keep the smell off my hands.

Fair enough. I think the food service gloves are vinyl. Many types are sufficient if replaced after initial contact. Some of the comments I saw pertained to how the gloves swelled upon exposure. Because it's not always obvious where to find the information, I just wanted to post the links so that people can take a gander and make up their minds for themselves. I picked up a box of cheap nitriles for the next time I changed oil...such a pain to get that stuff out of the fingerprints and from around the fingernails. In regards to the oil, the soot particles are generally agglomerates of poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are generally viewed as being carcinogenic. So, it's not a bad idea to minimize skin contact whenever possible.

Good input for reference - I use the blue nitrile gloves from harborfreightdotcom for the price and they always carry the extra-large flavor, which I need so the glove(s) doesn't tear while tryng to pull it on - plus, my hands freely perspire when sheathed, which requires more changes per event, so the price fits rather well, also - also use their leather roper's gloves for on-the-road considerations, and the leather general-purpose flavor around the yard\garage and in boneyards

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yup, I use the dark blue nitrile gloves, they hold up much better for me, and tend to stick to the skin a little better making your fine dexterity control the best it can be with gloves on.

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I buys them at Harbor Freight

I don't wear any gloves when I pump fuel. The smell of diesel on my hands makes lesser men jealous and makes women horny.

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darn, you beat me to it!!!! My wife loves the smell of gear oil even more.

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I hate wearing gloves when I'm wrenching. The only time I wear them is if I'm working on something really, really, really bad for me to touch or if I'm handling something that needs to stay clean (no body oil on it....think changing a headlight or something similar).

If I get oil on my hands, or fuel, I wash it off with some GoJo and my world is clean again.

The only bad thing is the oil that comes out of my CRD is BLACK! I have a hell of a time getting it out from under my nails.

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Nashville, TN
2008 Grand Cherokee CRD
2005 Liberty CRD *SOLD*

I use the nitriles from Home Depot, I try to avoid much of anything from Harbor Freight b/c of the cheap chinese crap they push. But the ballooning glove problem... It must be something with the diesel fuel. With the amount of used motor oil I have been SWIMMING in since starting this recent adventure, I can't believe that none of the gloves exploded like the old latex ones I used to use did. Even changing a fuel filter, these were fine. Weird, but good gloves.