Expert Reviews & Safety Guides for All Gloves
Plasma cutting is brutal on hands. You’ve got a 25,000°F arc a few inches from your fingers, molten spatter that doesn’t care where it lands, and a trigger that needs precise, repeated pressure for hours at a time. Most people grab whatever welding gloves are lying around the shop and assume that’s good enough — … Read more
If you’ve ever pulled off a welding glove to grab something off a hot grill, you already understand the appeal of a glove that does more than one job. A good pair of multipurpose welding gloves needs to survive sparks and spatter on a Tuesday, then handle a cast iron skillet or a stuck fence … Read more
If you’ve ever pulled off a glove mid-bead because your fingers were cooking, you already know that not all welding gloves are built the same. MIG welding gloves are hand protection designed specifically for gas metal arc welding (GMAW) — they balance heat and spark resistance with enough dexterity to feed wire, control a trigger, … Read more
A TIG welding glove is a thin, low-profile leather glove — usually goatskin, kidskin, or pigskin — designed to protect a welder’s hand from arc heat and sparks while preserving enough tactile feedback to feed filler rod and steer a torch with precision. Unlike a bulky stick-welding gauntlet built to survive a hailstorm of spatter, … Read more
Stick welding gloves are heavy-duty leather gloves built specifically for shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) — the messiest, sparkiest, highest-amperage process in the welding world. They’re thicker than MIG gloves, longer than TIG gloves, and tough enough to survive molten spatter raining down on your forearm for eight hours straight. If you’ve ever run a … Read more
Every burn scar has the same boring origin story: somebody decided that just this once, they didn’t need gloves. Maybe it was a cast iron handle that looked cooler than it was. Maybe it was a fireplace log that shifted at the worst possible second. Heat doesn’t negotiate, and it doesn’t care how many times … Read more
Let’s talk about hand protection honestly. Most workers grab whatever glove is cheapest on the shelf, put it on, spend six hours fighting chemical splashes and corrosive oils, and then wonder why their hands feel like sandpaper at the end of the day. The real problem isn’t just chemical resistance. It’s the inside of the … Read more
Here’s a scene that plays out in labs, workshops, and industrial floors every single day: someone rolls up their sleeve, dips their hand into a tank of caustic cleaner or pesticide-laced solution, and their “chemical gloves” stop right at the wrist. Splash. The forearm gets hit. Nobody planned for that. Gauntlet chemical gloves — the … Read more
Let’s be direct: not all chemical gloves are created equal. If you’re handling benzene, toluene, chlorinated solvents, or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), that $8 pair of nitrile gloves from a hardware store is about as useful as a paper umbrella in a hurricane. You need viton chemical resistant gloves — and specifically, you need the right … Read more
Here’s a scenario you’ve probably lived: you’re halfway through a job involving bleach, fertilizer, battery acid, or industrial solvent, and you realize your gloves are flimsy latex exam gloves that are already starting to permeate. Your skin stings. You think, maybe I’ll upgrade next time. That “next time” thinking is exactly how chemical burns happen. … Read more