Glove recommendation for cold weather washes

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formernuke

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I`m looking for a good pair of gloves to use for exterior washes when the temperature is only slightly above freezing do you guys have any good recommendations? A search only showed very old threads.

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Yep, if you go to Pro-Bass Shop or Cabella`s, you may want to check out gloves used for ice fishing.
Personally, I used lined rubber gloves. The downside is that if your hands sweat in them, they are hard to clean and dry out.
If you buy size X-large rubber gloves and use separate cotton gloves as a liner, they are OK, but you loose a lot of manual/finger dexterity doing so.
Nytril gloves are too thin in cold water and temps below 35°F.

For dry hands I used to Neutrogena Norwegian-formula Hand Cream, but have switched to O`Keeffe`s "Helping Hands"Hand Cream/Balm. It`s great stuff, especially for cracked/split finger ends. Winter detailing is brutal on wet hands, even using rubber gloves of some sort.

I will high-jack this thread and ask, does anyone have a recommendation for preventing frost-bite on faces in sub-zero weather? I know the NFL players use Vasoline on their arms in cold weather when they go bare-armed. I`ve also read somewhere that using any creams with water in them is not recommended because obviously they freeze and transmit the cold to the skin, exacerbating the frost bite. Hey, I`ve used greasy-type lip balm (Carmex) in an emergency on the cheeks; it was better than nothin`! My exposure comes while I shovel snow.
 
The best thing you can ever do if you have to wash a vehicle in freezing temps is to have the hottest water you can stand in a big bucket...

And even with that, you will have to take breaks to come inside and warm your hands up to keep them from getting frostbite..

What about gloves that deep sea divers use??? Whatever you get, they have to be really long, so when you put your gloved hands in the bucket of water, the water does not get inside them...

Good luck with this..
Dan F
 
Scuba diving gloves for really cold ie deep sea are dry gloves and must be attached to a dry suit to work. I will not don my dry suit to wash my car. I`m looking into the ice fishing gloves suggested here. Hot water is an idea I just dont like the fast temp change when I take my hand out.

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formernuke said:
Scuba diving gloves for really cold ie deep sea are dry gloves and must be attached to a dry suit to work. I will not don my dry suit to wash my car. I`m looking into the ice fishing gloves suggested here. Hot water is an idea I just dont like the fast temp change when I take my hand out.

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Oh, ok, didn`t know that about dry suit gloves...

Ref the "hot water and fast temp change" .. Used this method for 11 years and never really noticed a fast temp change.. The hot water in my experiences, helped keep my hands warmer a little while longer, before they started to get cold, so I just timed the washing so I was always getting new soap on the chenille mitt when my hands were getting cold again..

Depending on how freezing it is, and how long I was out there, it was not uncommon to have to turn on the hot water heater hose again, and add more to the bucket of soap..
Dan F
 
I found these to work well for me. My hands do get cold, but it is tolerable enough to wash the family cars. I like them because it keeps my sleeve dry. I also use warm water in bucket. They are big enough to wear a thin glove underneath them.
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Lonnie said:
I will high-jack this thread and ask, does anyone have a recommendation for preventing frost-bite on faces in sub-zero weather? My exposure comes while I shovel snow.
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It takes me several hours to clear our snow (even with the biggest Deere snow-thrower), so even though OH doesn`t get as cold as WI, I kinda know what you`re dealing with.

I got a few facemasks that work Ok despite some condensation from my breath. Got the last/heartiest one from Duluth Trading Co., and my lighter ones from WinterSilks. Note they were less than optimal when I was wearing glasses, in case that factors in; too much condensation on the lenses.
 
Fishing ---
That glove pic you posted looks great !
If you have time, will you please post where you purchased them?
Thank you !
Dan F
 
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