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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dick on September 18, 2005, 02:19:18 pm
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With the winter months approaching, do gloves really make a difference? Last winter, my first, I managed without any gloves on most cold days. On the days I used gloves I found them to be very restrictive.
Question. Would I be better off investing in "proper"neoprene ones, or what other alternatives are there.
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yes i have got neoprone and must say they are excellent
dave
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I use fingerless boat gloves but they tend to get to wet, will be trying fingerless sub-aqua glove this year.
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Unger do a very good pair of neoprene gloves,your hands tend to get a bit sweaty but they will always be warm and dry,and for around £20 cant be bad.
Daniel
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You can buy Sealskinz from Milletts at 25 pounds.
Excellent, excellent, excellent.
Wish I hadn't lost one of mine - could have done with them Saturday morning at 5.30.
Rob ;D
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I was always against wearing full gloves. (Used fingerless woolen most times) Same thought about being restrictive
Then I got some sense. I would rather have dry warm hands with slightly less feel than cold wet numb ones.
Usually I find as well that most cold days you only need to wear them for an hour or so then its warm enough to take them off
Lee
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OK listen up guys! The definitive answer on gloves.
Fingerless cycling gloves are good 'til end of October. Then get those polythene gloves like wot you get at the diesel pump at the filling station. Put them on and then put Unger gloves on top. By Feb the Ungers will be full of holes but the polythene ones underneath will carry you through to April when you can use the fingerless cycling gloves again.
This applies whether you are wfp or trad.
Obergluvenfuher MalcG has spoken!
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where i work in sunny cornwall the gloves come out fot no more than 3-4 days .
last year there was only 3 days i had frost on my windscreen.
dave
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5 mm full fingered scuba gloves
a bit chunky, but warm as toast
about 30 quid, had mine for near 2 winters now, still look brand new
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COME ON LADS IF YOU GET COLD HANDS YOUR NOT WORKING HARD ENOUGH ;D
GAZA
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In the main I use them Orange gripper gloves,I carry about 12 pairs so that I can change them when wet, I find they are best for WFP
1) keeps your hands from getting cut from bits of grit on the hose(when winding back onto reel)
2) gives you a good grip on a wet pole (saves tiring your hands)
And save those neop thingy gloves for really cold mornings.
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I always wear gloves when cleaning windows. ;D
I wear a pair of cotton gloves(garden;something washable and comfortable;) and a pair of neoprene over them.
You can remove the liners and wash them; no stinky sweaty smell!
And when it gets colder; warmer liners. When you get used to working while wearing gloves it is easy.
Will keep your hands clean; nice and Warm! Dirty nails or hands is a real turn off to women. ;)
Hugs; :-*
Texas Girl
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Not exactly a turn on to men either, a woman with impacted soilage under her nails!
Pj
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are those unger neoprene gloves waterproof?
YES absolutely brilliant ,just make sure you dont order too small ,bigger is better or they will cramp your hands up
dave
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are those unger neoprene gloves waterproof?
Generally yes unless you're up to your arms in water but the good thing about neopreme is that if water gets in - they're still warm.
It's the same stuff that a wet suit is made from.
I use unger ones. A bit restrictive but ok.
Cheers
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Mine are unger too !!!!!!!!!
well what do you know
Dave
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Mine are too ...
Snap.. Or have you already said that?
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Where did you get your gloves from Matt?
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I just use the cheap washing up gloves from Tesco. I've had all the other expensive w/c gloves and I just cant wear them. Its already been mentioned that you only need them for a few hours 1st thing and then just take them off.
Steve
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Aldis, next thursday 29th Cycling gloves with a breatherble waterproof membrane. £2.99 Dai
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thing with the stuff they usually sell is, that its only lasts five minutes. :o
Not true in my experience - the PC I am using (2 years old) has been fine, the digital camera, six months old 6 mega pixel is fine, my walking pole still good after using it in Snowdonia, cycling gear excellent and going well after two years, my daughter's walking boots surviving well and finally.....
Cycling gloves (leather palm, fingerless) brilliant on pole and trad w/c as well as cycling 50 miles a week this summer.... really good and lasting well.
Aldi's stuff is good value in my opinion.
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Aldis, next thursday 29th Cycling gloves with a breatherble waterproof membrane. £2.99 Dai
I'll get a few pairs, if they're as good as the ones I got last year I'd pay a tenner!
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Did I tell you I supplement my income with commission cheques from Aldi's? (Only joking)
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They did a brilliant submergable pump last week but I was too late, £20 with a 3 year warantee. I have found their stuff good too.
This PC is an ALdi special. 25% of all PC'a in Germany are bought at ALDI's, and those Germans are a canny lot. DAI