call me backwards but i somehow always use gloves on the more cleaner jobs, but otherwise it's ugly man hands for the super clean & super dirty job at hand (bad pun)

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one van, one mini s, one knitted cardigan

gloves are out and out dangerous with anything that moves. Having come for the engineering trade I won't wear a ring or jewelery either.
It really comes down to use gloves when needed and it is up to you to decide when that need arises. It all comes down to the duration of the exposure and the nature of the chemical.

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"Investing my Super in a Cooper" &
"Re-living my Surfing Past in a Woody"

disposable gloves are a must have in any workshop,
yes i use them because you cant get all the gunk off your hands sometimes and i work with food also.

Gloves are for pussies.

Being an accountant, I like to close up & personal with all that caked-on grease & dirt on trailing arms, bearing grease and road grime. And when your'e under the car, drain your oil remove the filter and it drips into your hair, man how cool is that. And you bleed your brakes and the fluid runs down your arm.

Then back to office on Monday to a world of sterilised paperwork.

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

Filthy cars

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

Reminds me of Fightclub..

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

"If this is your first time working on a Mini, you have to grease up..."

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The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Narrator: A new diff pin built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Business woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
Narrator: You wouldn't believe.
Business woman on plane: Which part company do you work for?
Narrator: A major one.

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All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Re: food.

The way I look at it is that if my 20 minutes of scrubbing, sudsing, extra hot water, nailbrushes and what not failed to get that ingrained oil/dirt out, then it's hardly gonna come off just cos i pick up a tomato

Of course i don't have to touch other people's food, so that's easy for me to say

I have to say it's never occurred to me to put gloves on, even though it (now that i think about it) makes a lot of sense. I do kind of like going to work on Monday morning with a few scratches, scars and some deep grained dirt on my hands from doing battle with my mini, makes me feel like i've done something useful (and also very manly) with my weekend.

I would like to know how dangerous the oils and greases on our cars actually is. How much exposure is too much...
My main concern is the dirty hands that take a few scrubs to get clean-ish.

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Yep....Clean grubby hands are a badge of honour.

Well, at the end of the day, they are running a business and have to make these kinda comercial decisions - costs are costs and any outcome which can be done for a lower cost will be done.

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My scars are my badges of honour. I've got them from cutting of part of my finger the tendons in the other four fingers on the same hand and having everything sewn back together, deep grinder gouges, gashes and burns. But I don't get as many injuries now that I wear gloves all the time.

A good point was made by somebody who had a hand injury because of gloves. You definitely need to know when to wear them and not to wear them and also what are the appropriate gloves to wear when you do.

Safety equipment is pretty annoying sometimes, but it is definitely important.

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I think due to the diverse tasks that I do in the "shed" I would end up doing something spare of the moment on some rotating tools and get injured. I might have a crack at this Barrier Cream though..

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