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Posted By Stu Haysman
I have an operative who occasionally handles methylene chloride and currently uses PVA gauntlets to do so. The problem is, these gauntlets are becoming harder to obtain and in any case he would be more comfortable with a larger size (which the current manufacturers don't make). Plus, they don't last long as he seems hellbent on getting them wet at the sink....... So, does anyone know of any freely available alternatives out there in XL / size 10? I've searched for butyl or butyl/viton mix, but haven't had much luck so far - are there alternative suitable materials?
I've looked at solvent replacement but we are bound by customer specifications for this process, so it has to be DCM.
Many thanks
Stu
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Posted By stephen d clarke Hi, Agree with Steve above I use the following site to do a search http://www.marigoldindustrial.com/I think methylene chloride (or dichloromethane) can be a problem for anything other than short term protection. Steve
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Posted By PL
You may also want to go back to your customer and inform them that DCM is a material of concern for the European Parliament and many countries have already banned its use in paint strippers.
You could work together going forward looking at replacement materials that are acceptable to both parties so that you are both covered should controls on this material become tighter.
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Posted By garyh
In my experience a well known supplier of PPE (it is an anagram of RACO!) will give free technical advice on areas like this, also their catalogue is packed full of great info on PPE and RPE selection.
I have no connection with this organisation, incidentally.
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Posted By Chris Packham
The only gloves that provide anyting other than very limited splash protection are either from Viton or the laminates. Even Viton at around £70 per pair only provide class 4 permeation (up to 120 minutes in theory, almost certainly less in practice).
In any event, gloves are the last resort, so what is the chemical being used for, how is it being applied, what is the exposure (skin and inhalation), etc. and what could be done to reduce this?
Chris
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Posted By GaryC40 Hi Stu, i USED to be a sales manager for the company detailed below. Try them, they actually supply OCRA and invented the planets first seamless hand protection http://www.showagloves.c...?categoryid=4&gloveid=38Cheers GC PS - Just try to be helpful and no i am not connected to them in any way IOSH. :)
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