• Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    You don’t.

    You marinate until you reach your hand up and grip something and the hand juice runs down your forearm and into your armpit.

    Sure, changing them helps, but you are going to fill the fresh ones shortly and the company doesn’t pay for them.

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      4 months ago

      People at work give me shit cause when I take mine off you could fill a water bottle with all the sweat. Glad I’m not alone

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    That’s the secret, you don’t. You just change them when you can and dry them as well as possible.

    It isn’t just nitrile, or black gloves though. Latex, poly, and vinyl gloves will all have your hands sweaty in the same amount of time. Now, in the medical field where I used gloves all day, you’d be changing them often. But, you’d also likely be washing hands every glove change, and have water getting in the gloves during some care.

    When I switched to home health, I’d wear them longer because you only have one patient at a time, so I didn’t always need to change until I left their home, or direct care was over. Sometimes, you do need to change them during care, but it isn’t every fifteen to twenty minutes like it is in facilities when you’re busy.

    But damn, after a 12 hour shift in a nursing home, hands are all wrinkly and feel like they’ve been chewed on sometimes. Even if you’re drying perfectly after washing, you’ll still be sweaty as soon as they’re back on.

    I’ve used nitrile gloves for hobby stuff at home too. Usually only for an hour or so ata time, but even with AC, they get sweaty and irritated for sure.

    You gotta wash well, then dry well, then moisturize.

  • fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net
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    4 months ago

    Isn’t excessively sweaty hands a sign of thyroid problems?

    Edit: for some reason I read the post as if OP was wearing the gloves to combat sweaty palms instead of the gloves causing them, hence this incredibly dumb comment.

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      If you’re getting excessive sweaty hands when wearing nitrile gloves, thyroid problems isn’t the most likely cause…

  • SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.worldOP
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    I have used old spice antiperspirant on my hands rubbed in like lotion an hour before I have to start wearing gloves all day and it has reduced the sweating by half or more.

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      Not a mechanic but been doing DIY with gloves on during a heat wave and cannot recommend your suggestion more! Its bloody lovely!

  • Zurgo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    If you’re doing any work on cars or bikes, they rip 10 minutes into your work anyways so you get a vent and blackened fingers