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Nitrile gloves are quite useless against many common substances, including acetone, esters, acetic acid, and everything else with "acet" in the name. Aside from

Nitrile gloves are quite useless against many common substances, including acetone, esters, acetic acid, and everything else with "acet" in the name. Aside from a few cases where nitrile works and others don't (some hydrocarbons, among others), there's usually something more protective.

eternityforest 3y ago
For non chemists just working with standard commercial stuff(Epoxy, UV resin, grocery store cleaning chemicals, and that's about it), various sites and ads give the impression nitrile is "The good default thing you should use".... Good to know that's not always the case?
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
  There's no one glove type that works for all substances & situations.
  - nomadluap 3y ago
    Can you get gloves made from PTFE? I feel those would be the closest you could get to an "everything" glove.
    - rex_lupi 3y ago
      Ptfe film and tape is common occurrence. Just wrap it around maybe?
- radus 3y ago
  Nitrile is a fine default at home and in the lab if you make sure to change your gloves when they are contaminated. You can also double glove.
somat 3y ago
At this point I was wondering what gloves to use with what chemicals. And found this document prepared by the ansell company. https://research.usu.edu/ehs/files/ansell-8th-chemical-resistance-guide.pdf https://research.usu.edu/ehs/files/ansell-8th-chemical-resis...
rex_lupi 3y ago
>Aside from a few cases where nitrile works and others don't (some hydrocarbons, among others), there's usually something more protective. Good luck finding something that protects your hand from the fairly occasional DCM/DMF/name any org solvent drops/spatters/spills