What work gloves do you use for heavy infestation of poison oak & ivy (covered in urushiol)?

Elmo · 2010-04-09T18:30:08+00:00

What work gloves do you use for repeated immersion in very heavyimpenetrable thickets of poison oak & poison ivy?I'm covered in black poison urushiol from head to toe! So far, these are the gloves I've tried (most of which failed miserably)!- Pics here: Album what skin is best for repeated washings?- cowhide? goatskin? deerskin? what skin is best?And, what gloves are available that are long and durable?- garden gloves? oxy-welder's gloves? mig welders gloves? (what else?)Cotton/leather work gloves are wholly unsatisfactory:- They wash well; but the thin leather is worn out after 1 or two uses;- They're too short to be of much use in heavy infestations;- Worse yet, the back cotton allows urushiol to penetrate to the skin!Leather work gloves are slightly better, but still wholly unsatisfactory:- They're strong enough to take the wear of a few uses in the chapparal;- But they're too short so my wrists get covered in the black oil;- Worse yet, an XL comes out of the wash as an L which is smaller still;- Yet the leather gets hard as a rock after a few wash cycles!Cowhide oxy-acetylene welder's gloves are also unsatisfactory:- They're nicely long so they cover the wrists perfectly;- And, it's no problem finding an XL size to fit my large hands;- And they're thick enough not to wear through on the first few uses;- And they come out of repeated wash cycles as hard as serpentine!- But they're just too cumbersome to use around power trimming tools!I just tried the pigskin mig-welding gloves with some success:- They're nicely long, almost as long as the O2 welder's gloves;- They're all leather like the leather garden gloves so they're strong;- And the leather is thinner than gas welder's gloves (nice and nimble);- And, you can get them in XL sizes which don't seem to shrink too much;- But they too get hard as a rock after repeated wash cycles!Next I'm going to try the goatskin mig welding gloves:- Like the pigskin mig welding gloves, they're long & seemingly durable;- And,...

Apr 09, 2010 64 Replies

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Elmo 16 years ago

Just to enjoy a meandering walk along its banks.

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aemeijers 16 years ago

Okay, that puts it in same class as mountain climbing- 'because it is there'. Well, unless you kill yourself with the hazmat side effects, I guess it is cheaper than a gym membership. :^/

Not a flame, mind you. I do understand. No SWMBO with a honey-do list, on the premises?

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