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Does anyone wear gloves while repotting, or working with prickly plants? My hands got beat up last year from repotting a ton of trees. Pumice etc. isnt friendly on the hands. I see Boon and other guys wearing latex gloves it seems. I would like something with that much dexterity and feel, but i absolutely hate latex gloves. My hands get clammy, I hate the smell, I just dont like them. Any decent alternatives?

Patrick
 
These days my hands are so calloused that I do not need gloves even when tossing bricks, but 33 years ago when I started laboring as a contractor I found that those goat skin gloves were thin enough to be able to manipulate screws etc. and protected your hands while being durable. As a bonus they contain lanolin keeping your hands feeling soft and they do not sweat even when you are working in 95 + degree weather, all that and they are about $10 these days using them for plants they should last about forever.

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I use gloves because I get tired of filthy fingernails all gardening season. Second cause I repot a bunch of trees in the cold. I found a sturdy aluminum scoop to use for my soil because that chews up my hands more than anything. The best ones are the old scoops Are the ones you find at an antique store. Like many things in life, the new ones are cheap and worthless.
 
bonsaibp said:
Only sissy's wear gloves! :cool:


Actually I sometimes use mechanix gloves especially when cleaning out junipers for the first time or all day repotting sessions.
http://www.mechanix.com/automotive/the-original
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haha I knew I was opening myself up to this when I posed the question...

Seriously though, a day of repotting with volcanic material, and my hands are dried and cracked. I might end up getting the mechanic's gloves, just because I have used pairs in the past, and they are thin enough to maintain dexterity, but made of breathable materials. Every online review I can find really likes the atlas touch, but nitrile is just a form of latex I believe. And I feel like I have had gloves like these before with the thick rubbery fingers and palms. I wasnt a fan of those old gloves.
 
pwk5017 said:
haha I knew I was opening myself up to this when I posed the question...

Seriously though, a day of repotting with volcanic material, and my hands are dried and cracked. I might end up getting the mechanic's gloves, just because I have used pairs in the past, and they are thin enough to maintain dexterity, but made of breathable materials. Every online review I can find really likes the atlas touch, but nitrile is just a form of latex I believe. And I feel like I have had gloves like these before with the thick rubbery fingers and palms. I wasnt a fan of those old gloves.
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The nitrile is only on the palms, basically. The backs are a stretchy mesh and, while you can sweat in them, just rinse them off and let them dry. WAAAY different than latex doctor gloves.
 
I found them really cheap at my local Costco too. Not sure if they're still there as this was a few months ago, but probably worth checking.
 
dpowell said:
I found them really cheap at my local Costco too. Not sure if they're still there as this was a few months ago, but probably worth checking.
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I picked up those sane ones,they work great for repotting and working on pines.
 
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