My HF Hardy Mechanic's Gloves Review
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:37 pm
I have bought 3 pairs of Harbor Freight HARDY Mechanic Gloves since I started the build on my Comet, if you calculate that out, a pair lasts me about a month (or less) they are a little less than $4 a pair on sale.
What is the purpose of mechanic's gloves? To protect your hands and for the most part they work as they should except if you do a lot of grinding (like me ) it took me the third pair to figure out why I keep wearing out the left glove, the palms are "synthetic leather" but the backs are like nylon and when hot sparks off the grinder hit them, they melt, and when they melt they burn the crap out of the backs of your hands (or in my case, fingers) right now I have burn right above where my wedding ring goes (no I don't wear any jewelry when working) and a big blister I got yesterday right below my first knuckle on my middle finger. So I think they pretty much fail their intended purpose Yesterday after I basically melted the gloves onto my fingers again, it just had shredded the backs of the fingers actually, I tapped the fingers up (the rest of the gloves are fine) and did my grinding on the crossmember, tape held up better than the gloves (not even duct tape, but regular old painters masking tape).
I bought some Wal-Mart gloves today but I don't think they will be much better, looks like the same material on the backs, I think I might preemptively duct tape the fingers on the left glove before I use them and see if they won't last a little longer
See Ya,
Mike
What is the purpose of mechanic's gloves? To protect your hands and for the most part they work as they should except if you do a lot of grinding (like me ) it took me the third pair to figure out why I keep wearing out the left glove, the palms are "synthetic leather" but the backs are like nylon and when hot sparks off the grinder hit them, they melt, and when they melt they burn the crap out of the backs of your hands (or in my case, fingers) right now I have burn right above where my wedding ring goes (no I don't wear any jewelry when working) and a big blister I got yesterday right below my first knuckle on my middle finger. So I think they pretty much fail their intended purpose Yesterday after I basically melted the gloves onto my fingers again, it just had shredded the backs of the fingers actually, I tapped the fingers up (the rest of the gloves are fine) and did my grinding on the crossmember, tape held up better than the gloves (not even duct tape, but regular old painters masking tape).
I bought some Wal-Mart gloves today but I don't think they will be much better, looks like the same material on the backs, I think I might preemptively duct tape the fingers on the left glove before I use them and see if they won't last a little longer
See Ya,
Mike