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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: DASERVICES on January 09, 2006, 07:01:48 pm
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Guys,
Hope you can help me, up here in Scotland the cold has been killing my fingers
and have had to stop work as I could no longer feel my fingers.
I have been wearing Unger gloves and even tried wearing PVC gloves
underneath them and still frozen.
Any ideas for this Southern Hempishere woos.
Cheers
Doug
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Last year I purchased a set of red gloves from Omnipole. They're extremely thick, 100% water proof and wool lined.
Very toasty. I think they were about £36.00.
They're a little bit bulky for trad, but excellent for WFP, but I still do use them for trad though. They're very easy and quick to pull on or off, so I wash and squeegie a whole load of windows with the gloves on, then remove my right glove and detail.
I suffer from dermatitus, so I'm more concerned with keeping the detergent off my hands, than keeping my hands warm.
You'll have to Google for them from the Omnipole site.
I also use a heavy-duty marigold with a cotton liner. The liners are available for a couple of quid from Boots. Buy an extra-large heavy-duty marigold and a medium inner.
Unless you've hands like shovels, they should fit okay.
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Thanks Tosh,
Will give a go.
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Tosh said "I purchased a set of red gloves from Omnipole. They're extremely thick"
Whatever you may say about Omnipole I wouldn't call them thick! How rude! ;D
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go to any good hiking shop waterproof gloves very warm not to thick and grippy on inside used by mike myears .dont like unger gloves
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Any ideas for this Southern Hempishere woos.
Yup. No serious weather here as yet but that may change mid to late January. ;D
Have you tried proper serious divers gloves?
They are warmest when wet (like the Unger gloves which are a cheaper version) because with neopreme, the water between the skin and glove acts as as an insulator. Hence the term 'wet suit'.
Anyway, when I've been hiking it arounds the Highlands, especially during winter, I've always used divers gloves. They tend to cost now around the £60 to £80 mark but well worth the money and they are quite flexible. (The Unger gloves make my hands ache on long jobs.)
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Well I've been wearing a pair of windsurfer gloves(neoprene, no doubt), this winter. I've had them for about 3 years, but hardly used them trad way because of need for fingers when detailing.
Now I'm wfp the gloves are more important. Not waterproof but very warm.
Unfortunately at the end of the day my hands smell like they have been up a dead dog's backside for the last 4 hours!! Not only that, but I can't get rid of the smell.
The only advantage to this is that everywhere I go in the evenings, people say to me, "Are you a Vet?", which is an interesting conversation opener.
But, I must change my gloves. These will have to go! Even at £25!
Pj
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I use heavy duty black rubber gloves when its in the minus [like a heavy duty marigold] take with me some warm water if I remember else its cold water,put on the gloves and allow a little water to enter the glove,soon warms up.
Used to pick brussel sprouts in winter,snow ,ice and any thing else was thrown at us but never had cold hands.
may I SUGGEST IF YOUR GETTING COLD ,YOUR NOT WORKING HARD ENOUGH ;D
GAZA
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The gloves from Omnipole for me, both for WFP and trad, detailing too!
They are bulky and take a little getting used to.
Give Omnipole a ring, they charge £20 + VAT, and I think they are the only ones that sell them too.
Apparently they are used by fishermen in the North sea, very hard wearing too.
Ian
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Morph try using the gloves you get by the diesel pump
at the garage first, then put the other gloves over them
best of all they are free
Steve
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just use ordinary wooly gloves mate i live up here to fair enough your fingers are still freezing for about half an hour or something but for some reason when they get wet they start to heat up.ive tried everything like surgical gloves but they just trap condensation and freeze.dont waste money on those unger gloves either there alright a suppose keep your hands warm but less control of what your doing.
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bought unger gloves mid november (mostly wfp) they have been ripped to pieces so will now be buying omnipoles ones and hope they fair better. but have not had any problems with cold hands......they do stink though!!!!
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I just use marigolds (blue not yellow) get the right size and they are great.
Steve