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Hi there, I am currently renovating my flat that I bought when it was in a terrible state. I am now fixing the bathroom and will do the plumbing soon. Since I want to protect my hands from dirt and chemicals when I plumb the pipes, I want to wear proper protection for my hands. I took a look at these gloves and might buy them. They seem to be good for plumbing as I can toss them out afterwards. What do you think? Do you have any recommendations? Cheers, Chris
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Depends on a lot of factors, those gloves you linked to aren't very hard wearing. If you insist on keeping your hands covered then you'll burn through a box of those pretty damm quick. 1 of my clients gave their plumbers almost free reign on what gloves they wanted. As long as they provided the protection specified then they could within reason have what they wanted. I can't find the exact gloves but it was something similar to these. https://www.arco.co.uk/products/14A1600
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Firstly, the thin vinyl gloves you mentioned are definitely not suitable for protection against chemicals. If you are concerned with protection agains chemicals then you need a glove that meets at least class B of EN ISO 374-1. But this will also depend on the chemicals you will be using, as even class B will not provide more than very short term protection against many chemicals due to almost instantaneous permeation breakthrough (i.e. what we call splash protection only requiring immediate change should contact with a certain chemical occur).
Unfortunately, without knowing more about the chemicals you intend to use it is impossible to make a proper suggestion. If you wish feel free to PM with with contact details and I will be happy to see how I can help. Chris
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I agree with Roundtuit. Perhaps you should approach this in the same way that you would were you dealing with a situation in your workplace. (Risk assessment + exposure management)
After all, it isn't someone else but you who would be at risk and are you any less important and valuable as those workers?
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