We added a handy Glove Chemical Resistant Chart to our Glove Resources Technical Data Section (link below). This chart is a nice guide for selecting the proper glove performance against chemicals. It includes a list of chemicals and the chemical resistance to Latex, Nitrile, Neoprene, and PVC Gloves.
It is the most comprehensive list available and virtually covers every known chemical in a work and household environment.
This chart can be printed out and posted in your workplace as a handy reference for your employees.
Below is a handy link to our Chemical and Liquid Proof Gloves. These gloves include Disposable Gloves, and Unsupported and Supported (lined) Glove Models.
A note about our chemical glove selections is that we enhance and purge our inventory annually to include new improved and advanced models and eliminate outdated and redundant models which only confuses buyers.
In my opinion, the most versatile and best coated work gloves for both men and women are the Maxiflex Ultimate Seamless Knit Nylon/Lycra Gloves with Nitrile Coated Micro-Foam Grip 34-874 by ATG-PIP. Our Product Code: WK-C874.
We have sold these tried-and-true coated grip work gloves for over 17 years now since 2007 when they were first introduced to the USA by the John Ward Company now named ATG.
FYI: ATG is the same manufacturer of the popular Maxiflex; Maxicut; Maxidry; and Maxichem lines of coated work gloves.
I cannot say enough about these gloves but for starters how can anyone object to a durable yet light-weight, breathable, and long-lasting work glove for “half the price” of a good pint of craft beer. I will add a sales pitch here by mentioning that we also offer the lowest pricing on these gloves due to our high purchasing power and we pass the savings onto our customers.
I will provide a brief as possible narrative about these gloves which reflects on my experiences and phone calls with these gloves over the years. It may seem a bit lengthy but then this post remains in perpetuity for years to come on the internet archives and will help save time down the road as a good reference for buyers looking for a great coated work glove. This way, you or anyone can refer to this post or share the link. It would also be inappropriate for me to include all of these features and benefits in the product description on our web site but I can link to this post to help buyers.
I will start by sharing a story about one of our customers who is the masonry and brick laying industry. The owner, who happens to be local, stopped by our facility looking for good work gloves for his brick layer employees. After a brief discussion, I went back to our warehouse and handed him a pair of these Maxiflex gloves. He immediately looked at me like I was used car salesman and said, “These are too lightweight. I need a glove that is more durable.” I told him to test them out first and let me know what he thinks.
After a few days, he stopped by again and purchased a few cases (244 pairs) and he has since become a large repeat customer for these Maxiflex 34-874 Gloves since.
In conclusion, you do not have to be a mason to comprehend the incredible wear and tear that these gloves would endure every-day.
I should also point out that these gloves come in a Coated Palm and Finger version; a Coated Palm, Finger, and Knuckle version; a Full Hand Coated version; a Cut Resistant version; and a Hi-Visibility version. My focus here will be on the most popular Palm and Finger Coated version but most of the same attributes apply to the other models as well. I will add links to each of the models above at the bottom of this post.
One big feature is that these coated grip gloves are sized for both Men and Women since they come in sizes XXS to XXXL.
Features and Benefits:
Micro-Foam Nitrile coatings are very compatible for use with light oils and petroleum’s, and they will provide a great grip in both wet and dry conditions and they have excellent abrasion resistance as exemplified by my mason users example above.
The knit wrist helps prevent dirt and debris from entering the glove.
100% Silicone free which prevents clogged pores on your hand and prevents trapping bacteria.
Patented micro-foam nitrile coating offers 360° breathability which is a nice feature to have in a work glove that you need to wear all-day long.
These gloves are 25% thinner than most any foam coated nitrile gloves on the market. This provides you with a very high-level of dexterity.
The design of these gloves (all models) mimics the “hand at rest” position. This significantly reduces hand fatigue and increases the gloves comfort.
The micro-cup finish (like mini suction cups) allows for a controlled and optimized grip in wet and dry conditions.
CFIA Approved. (Canadian Food Industry Approved)
Complies with FDA food handling requirements 21 CFR, Part 177. These last 2 features demonstrate the safety with these gloves in all environments which has become very important these days due to inferior and risky glove imports.
These gloves are machine washable, too. This is a cost saving feature and I personally wash them while wearing them just like normally washing your hands.
A few application examples include General Assembly; Micro-Engineering; Automotive; Painting, Factory work; Construction; Painting; Manufacturing; Warehousing; Packaging Assembly, Delivery workers; and Horticulture.
We offer these 34-874 Maxiflex Gloves in various options including the sizes I previously mentioned. The options include ordering by the pair; a 3 Pak, by the dozen, or by the case (144 pair). You can even mix sizing when ordering in bulk by specifying the sizing mix you would like in the special instruction box during the check out process.
Lastly, EN388 Performance:
Links to this model and the other similar models: 4131
This week in 1991 the World Wide Web (WWW) was founded.
It was just 5 years later that, Joe McGarry, launched Gloves-Online.com.
To put this innovative endeavor into perspective, this
was around the same time that Amazon initially launched its bookstore and 2
years before Google was founded.
The timing of the Gloves-Online.com URL and the uniqueness of the URL domain name alone is a great example of it’s the early entry into the internet WWW world. Some of you may recall the heydays of the early .com era and the drive to have a web presence at that time. During this time many opportunists were buying up all sorts of URL names without any intentions to build a web site but with the only objective to sell the name to an eager buyer.
FYI, below are very interesting examples of the most
expensive domain names recently publicly reported:
·
CarInsurance.com — $49.7 million.
·
Insurance.com — $35.6 million.
·
VacationRentals.com — $35 million.
· PrivateJet.com —
$30.18 million.
Joe also owns glovesonline.com but he preferred the novelty by using the “hyphen” in the name and for a better look to users. Glovesonline.com is a redirect domain as well as gogloves.com.
It’s interesting to contemplate what the value of the
GO Gloves and Gloves-Online domain family of URL internet names are worth
today.
Our evolution’s through the years….
GO Gloves, which the company is commonly called today, was the very first web portal in the world devoted exclusively to gloves. GO Gloves was an offshoot of Polygenex International, Inc. which was founded by Joe in 1990 and became the largest domestic manufacturer of specialty high-tech knit gloves. GO Gloves was originally developed as a source of glove information for people searching for glove know-how on the internet.
The existence of the original Gloves-Online information
web site actually led to a new unforeseen opportunity to actually sell gloves
that people were searching for but could not find.
The very first gloves that GO Gloves featured for sale
on the internet where high-quality white cotton gloves including the gloves
that were manufactured by Polygenex. These white gloves, often referred to as
parade gloves, were selected since people were searching for sources of these
gloves since they were difficult to find locally or at department stores as in
the old days. As examples, these types of gloves were used by church ushers,
bell choirs, funeral pall-bearers, military guard units, marching bands, catering
companies, cotillions, Santa Claus outfitting, and doorman just to name a few. Consequently,
a new internet business dedicated to hard-to-find gloves was born.
The rising popularity of GO Gloves was reflected by its
search history which was just over 1 million page views by the year 2000 and
doubled to just nearly 2 million page views only a few years later. Today, Joe
no longer provides this data for obvious proprietary reasons but it’s become
one of the largest glove sources on the internet with a world-wide audience.
Industrial & Work Glove concept….
In 2008, GO Gloves launched its sister web site Industrial Gloves Online which was focused exclusively to work and industrial gloves. The Industrial Glove web site was set up under a separate URL domain so that buyers looking for work gloves had easier navigation without filtering through all of the consumer glove listings. However, all of the gloves listed on the industrial work glove web site are also available on the main original consumer Gloves-Online web site.
The
Glove Guru Blog….
Also, in 2008, Joe developed a special blog devoted to gloves called The Glove Guru. The blog covers useful glove information, glove technical data, and valuable and beneficial glove suggestions. The advantage of the Glove Guru Blog is that it contains more in-depth information about particular types of gloves that is difficult to include on a product description and this information remains as a permanent archive on the internet. The Glove Guru Blog also has its own search engine so you can easily locate articles and information on gloves.
Today….
During all this time, we’ve done “major” up-grades and
modernized our web sites over 10 times using the latest web site technology and
shopping cart functionality including web site security processes and friendly web
site navigation.
Gloves-Online also has a very robust internal search
engine integrated within the web sites to make it very easy to find and locate
a glove by its design, manufacturer, or use. Our site search engine will also
locate a glove that is featured on both of our web sites regardless of which
web site you are searching from using the search box.
Today, GO Gloves serves over 13,000 dedicated
customers, stocks over 2,500 glove styles, represents over 34 glove manufacturers,
and ships gloves worldwide.
Want to double the life of your work gloves? Would you
like to save money on your work gloves?
Most people overlook the ambidextrous feature of some
work gloves and that oversight might turn out to be very expensive in some
cases. Our competitors don’t talk about the advantages of ambidextrous work
gloves since it reduces glove sales but we like to educate and make our
customer’s glove smart.
Simply said, ambidextrous work gloves are gloves that can
be worn on either hand. Some manufacturers refer to them as reversible gloves
but you get the idea.
I’m sure that many of you never stopped to think about
an ambidextrous glove or a non-ambidextrous glove but the difference is very
dramatic. One point is that non-ambidextrous gloves have what is called a
keystone thumb. A keystone thumb is made from a different piece of fabric or
leather and sewn separately into the palm of the glove. Gloves with a keystone
thumb are more comfortable and ergonomic since they mimic the hand structure. This
feature is very important with very form fitting work gloves or dress gloves.
The other type of a thumb design is winged thumbs but they are not very popular
today in more modern work gloves in general.
Another type of non-ambidextrous gloves is coated work
gloves that are very form fitting and replicate the natural curvature of the
hand.
By what I’ve mentioned already may make many of you
think that ambidextrous gloves are cheaply made or inferior gloves but this is
not the case. It is simply that some gloves lend themselves to this type of
glove design opposed to non-ambidextrous glove models. You will see that in the
examples below.
As many of you have experienced, under most working
conditions where you need to wear protective work gloves, the palms always wear
out before the rest of the glove making them useless. So, if you think about
it, by simply wearing the glove on the other hand, you reverse the palm side to
the back side which extends the usefulness of the gloves. OK, now that the back
side may not look pretty but who cares when it comes to work gloves. We’re not
talking dress gloves here. We are taking performance in a work glove.
Therefore, once you consider that you can renew the
life of the gloves by reversing them, in essence, you have now doubled the
working life of your work gloves. This is money saved.
Another example is the fact that in some operations,
one glove wears out faster than another like a right hand or a left hand glove.
In the case of ambidextrous gloves, you can replace one glove and it doesn’t
matter if it’s a right hand or left hand model since it will fit either hand.
To put this in perspective, I’ll give you some examples
so you can get a better idea how ambidextrous gloves can possibly apply to your
situation. The examples may seem obvious in some cases but it’s good to point
out some examples employed by many of our customers.
A factory assembly line is the best example where there is a very high usage of gloves. Therefore, by doubling the life of the gloves that workers use can lead to some very significant savings. So, if you purchase gloves for your factory workers try and find an ambidextrous model. Some examples of these are cotton inspection gloves or utility cotton gloves used in moving items along an assembly line. Our 7 Gauge – Standard Weight Seamless Knit Cotton/Polyester gloves are a good example.
Another good example is ambidextrous heat resistant gloves. In many cases only one heat resistant glove is required in a work activity. In this case and since heat resistant gloves are sold by the pair, an ambidextrous model is more cost effective since you only have to replace one glove at a time and it doesn’t matter if it is a right hand model or a left hand model. Otherwise, if these gloves are not ambidextrous, you will be throwing away either the left handed or right handed glove. See this link as an example.
The same condition applies to some ambidextrous cut-resistant gloves as they do in the ambidextrous heat resistant gloves above. See this link as an example.
Regarding ambidextrous cut-resistant gloves, our Stainless Steel Metal Mesh Gloves are an excellent example. These are widely used in meat cutting activities such as grocery stores, and an ambidextrous feature is ideal since they are shared among many employees and it does not matter if they are right handed or left handed.
The most popular and obvious example of ambidextrous
gloves are disposable gloves such as latex, nitrile and vinyl gloves. Although
no one ever thinks about it, these gloves are ambidextrous and always have
been.
See the following link to see our current offering of
ambidextrous work gloves.
You’ve seen me cover coated work gloves over time now
and this is due to the vast range that is available today. There are so many
types of coatings, fibers, and designs that I felt compelled to cover the important
topics one by one to help users understand each type of coated work glove and
their indications. I will continue covering these topics on coated work gloves
over time since they have become the preferred work glove today.
FYI, as a reference, you can always go directly to the “coated
work glove” category in the navigation panel of this blog. This includes all of
the topics that I’ve covered on coated gloves since 2008. The nice thing is
that these articles are permanently archived on the internet for future
reference.
An often over-looked feature with palm coated gloves is
that a few models have enhanced “raised” dots inherent to the coating for extra
grip. This is a great feature for added safety when handling slippery or wet
articles. The dots also help when handling glass, sharp metal, or any item
needing that extra grip. The dotted feature increases durability of the glove
and provides more cushioning in highly repetitive applications requiring
precision handling.
The other interesting aspect is that these glove models
use Nitrile as the coating of choice for added strength and chemical
resistance.
The only negative issue is that I have yet to find a
coated cut-resistant glove with dotted palms. This seems like a no brainer to
me but I’m sure they are on the horizon.
Here’s my list of dotted palm coated gloves to make it
easier to locate them. You can also use our search bar and type in “dotted
palm” and they will show up in your search.
#WK-C844
ATG MaxiFlex Endurance Coated Gloves with Dotted Palm (34-844)
Gray
Seamless Knit Nylon/Lycra Liner with Black Micro-Foam
Nitrile Coated Palm & Raised Dots
Everyone has their favorite work gloves but those that
work outdoors in the hot sun of summer find that their favored model is simply
too hot to wear for any extended period of time. This is especially the case
for men and women whose jobs are outdoors in warm climates such as construction,
landscaping or road workers.
I’ve broken down our most popular warm weather glove models into a few select categories such as mechanics gloves, leather gloves, and our popular coated work gloves. This list will make it easier for you to select a good warm weather work glove rather than scroll and search through our large selection of work gloves.
Here’s the list…..
Leather models:
#WK-1347 Caiman Unlined Goat Skin Leather Driver Work Gloves
These Goatskin leather drivers’ style work gloves are very supple yet very durable.
Medium Weight Goat Skin, Abrasion Resistant Cowhide Leather
Unlined for maximum tactile sensitivity.
Shirred elasticized Wrist
Straight Thumb provides a secure and anchored fit.
Keystone Thumb – A keystone thumb provides added reinforcement and padding at the point on the glove that receives the most wear. It is a double thickness of leather that overlaps onto the base of the thumb.
Turned Leather Binding
#WK-908 Kinco® High-Vis Lime Green Mesh
Unlined Pigskin Palm Gloves
Day and Night “Warm Weather” High-Vis protection
Green Nylon Mesh Back for those hot summer days
3M Scotchlite Reflective Material
Keystone Thumb
The Glove Guru’s comment: Did you know that Pigskin Dries Soft and Supple after getting WET!
The Glove Guru’s comment: Did you know that Pigskin Dries Soft and Supple after getting WET!
Mechanics Gloves:
#307070 Youngstown General Utility Plus with Grey
Mesh Mechanics Gloves
Designed for durability and breath-ability in warm weather
Breathable Stretch Mesh Removes Heat and Moisture
Asphalt Palm Reinforcement Increases Durability
Oil & Water Resistant Synthetic Palm
Adjustable Velcro Closure Provides Wrist Support
Terry Cloth Thumb for Wiping Sweat & Debris
Coated Work Gloves:
#WK-C125 – G-TEK Coated White Polyurethane/White
Nylon Coated Gloves
POLYURETHANE
PU coatings, due to their strength, provide extra abrasion resistance and
extended wear.
This
premium quality coated seamless knit nylon glove offers great dexterity. The
polyurethane coated palm and fingers are ideal for abrasion resistance.
Breathable back for comfort.
Applications:
These Coated Gloves are used in electronics and computer assembly, quality
control, inspection and general assembly.
It always surprises me that most workers looking for
good thin work gloves with coated palms for better gripping think they are
always made using natural (latex) rubber. Although many of these gloves are
made using a latex coating, the most popular and better models use a nitrile
coating.
First, let me explain a little bit about nitrile.
Nitrile rubber (NBR) is a synthetic rubber compound in general
terms. It is commonly used in fuel and oil handling hoses, seals, and grommets
since ordinary natural latex rubber cannot be used. It is also more resistant than
latex rubber to oils and acids and has superior strength. It is also more
puncture and abrasion resistant than natural latex rubber gloves.
Healthcare workers know nitrile gloves well since they
are also less likely to cause allergic reactions than latex gloves. They also
like them since nitrile gloves seldom rip apart when putting them on opposed to
latex gloves.
As a footnote, when thin knit work gloves are enhanced
by a foam coating on the palms and fingers, it offers very good grip in contact
with chemicals including oils, petrochemicals, fuels and most acids.
Useful links for finding the ideal coated work glove
for you:
In January of this year we celebrated our 20thYear Anniversary on the web.
Today marks our 8th Year Anniversary in launching our Industrial Web Site.
We developed our sister web site for those of you only interested in Industrial and Work gloves since it has easier navigation without traversing through our consumer gloves.
Although we offer the same gloves on the main GO Glovesweb site, the navigation on the GO Industrial web site only includes indexing for work gloves.
A few years ago I wrote about this issue and due to the increase in newer cut resistant gloves, I thought it would be helpful to post this information again. Actually, it was one of my most read posts since my blog was started in 2008.
Work glove hand protection standards have existed for years but most users fail to pay attention to the ratings. Specifically cut resistance. Both the ANSI (American National Standard Institute) and the EU (European Union) have hand protection selection criteria.
Although the criteria between both is very complex, I prefer seeing the EU – EN388 symbol since it rates the gloves for abrasion, blade cut, tear, and puncture resistance.ANSI doesn’t have a single symbol covering these categories. However, in situations requiring a very high level of cut resistance, you should look for gloves tested and rated under both standards since they vary on the high end in the cut resistant category.
In the EN-388 symbol (shown) you will see a number for each category. All tests are ranked 1-4 (4 being the highest level) except for the blade cut category ranking of 1-5.
I wrote an article that included this information and you can view it at this link: A practical guide to Hand Protection. You can always contact me if you have any questions or need any assistance on work glove and cut resistant glove selections.
FYI: Since the CE (EU) glove standards are mandatory in Europe and most gloves sold in North America are imported, you will see this symbol more often.
View our Cut Resistant Gloves at the following link:
