Wildflower 411 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 Ran out of gear. Boxes that is. Was going to buy some treated boxes and kick the painting habit. But after3/4 hr drive none available. So I thought of you real beeks while I mucked around painting boxes prety colours. Prob. have 23 or more now. But some of you guys have thousands!! Man you guys work hard! Best thing today, is that I finally bought a new pair of gloves.❤ Been struggling with two stiff old pairs for 5 years now. One pair with a hole in the thumb and one pair too big and majorly hard. New gloves. So happy. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southbee 45 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 Hi @Wildflower, wash your stiff gloves with warm water and sunlight soap. Then dry and to make them soft again, mix up some beeswax and olive oil to a paste and rub it in. They'll be more than fine for a spare pair again 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wildflower 411 Posted November 18 Author Share Posted November 18 57 minutes ago, southbee said: Hi @Wildflower, wash your stiff gloves with warm water and sunlight soap. Then dry and to make them soft again, mix up some beeswax and olive oil to a paste and rub it in. They'll be more than fine for a spare pair again These guys have been washed, scrubbed and washed again. Never rubbed with beeswax and olive oil though. Will give it a go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
milkandhoney 178 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 It might sound odd, but after I wash my gloves, I put them on wet to stretch them to shape again. Then carefully remove them and let them air dry. Much easier to put on when they are already shaped. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisM 1,251 Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 I find the OAG staples eat the leather and regardless of that gloves generally fail through holes at the finger tips. These days I cut off the finger tips and wear a woven mesh glove dipped in rubber. These are nice to wear and give me nearly the precision of single use blue gloves without being single use. The rest of the leather gloves over the top protect wrists and prevents hive tool tearing the ones underneath. Now my gloves last forever.. and the rubber finger tips are never stiff. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john berry 5,570 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 I use PVC gloves with white cotton inner gloves to soak up the sweat. You just need to get the softer type as some of the gloves are very inflexible. They do get hot but you don't get stung through them and they don't absorb honey, stings, varroa treatments et cetera.They also get washed every day unlike a lot of beekeepers leather gloves that I see that to be honest are pretty manky. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wildflower 411 Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 10 hours ago, ChrisM said: I find the OAG staples eat the leather ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wildflower 411 Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 11 hours ago, ChrisM said: I find the OAG staples eat the leather and regardless of that gloves generally fail through holes at the finger tips. These days I cut off the finger tips and wear a woven mesh glove dipped in rubber. These are nice to wear and give me nearly the precision of single use blue gloves without being single use. The rest of the leather gloves over the top protect wrists and prevents hive tool tearing the ones underneath. Now my gloves last forever.. and the rubber finger tips are never stiff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 874 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 37 minutes ago, john berry said: white cotton inner gloves Where do you purchase these John? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 874 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 11 hours ago, ChrisM said: These days I cut off the finger tips and wear a woven mesh glove dipped in rubber. Interesting. I will give these a whirl for AFB inspections; but using latex as the inner layer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wildflower 411 Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 Enjoying reading this but not sure how to do the same. Loved working gloveless untill I got stung 9 times in one hand and ended up with a boxing glove.cutting fingers off and having a soft mesh thing dipped in rubber? How do I get that together? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mummzie 723 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 9 minutes ago, Wildflower said: fingers off and having a soft mesh thing dipped in rubber? How do I get that together? in the garden section of most hardware stores you can buy gloves made of knitted cotton, the palm side of which is coated in rubber. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wildflower 411 Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 So soft cotton inner gloves, latex under fingerless leather gloves.etc. Glove info welcolme ... I am still so happy to have new gloves. But soaking ,washing scrubbing and cutting fingers off old gloves makes sense. I have a rediculous amount of different gardening gloves. I work at a garden centre. Revamping gloves is a great idea. I would have just thrown them out!!! Not now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisM 1,251 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 2 hours ago, Wildflower said: Enjoying reading this but not sure how to do the same. Loved working gloveless untill I got stung 9 times in one hand and ended up with a boxing glove.cutting fingers off and having a soft mesh thing dipped in rubber? How do I get that together? I bought the rubber gloves from Blackwoods safety. they are normally used for concreting or building work there are a lots of varieties and if you try them all on you can find something that not only fits and has good fingertip 'feel' but also not too bad to wear sweating. Of course they were even cheaper with my farmlands card too. So, for me this is pretty easy giving finger tip feel and good cover for the overlap to the suit from regular leather gloves made fingerless. I did post a photo of the gloves here once, but maybe is in the BoP Club posts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gordie 12 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 my favourites for mechanical work and gardening are ones I got from a safety shop, Black Bull by esko safety. they are long lasting and you don't sweat in them. A nice snug fit and just a light coating of nitrile on the palm and fingers to retain good feel. The ones with a thicker coating of nitrile lose a bit of 'feel'. 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john berry 5,570 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 17 hours ago, Maggie James said: Where do you purchase these John? Protector safety I think , but you normally need to order them and the last lot I got were a bit small. There is no way I would wear rubber gloves without inner gloves as going down that road leads to nasty nail infections. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,736 Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 I don't like wearing gloves. Having said that, I did at the beginning of the week when putting shop towels out laced with O/A. They were rubber chemical gloves and stank. I made the comment to the Main man that it must be a very similar sensation to wearing a second hand Vietnames condom. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dennis Crowley 1,324 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 On 20/11/2020 at 6:48 PM, jamesc said: I don't like wearing gloves. Having said that, I did at the beginning of the week when putting shop towels out laced with O/A. They were rubber chemical gloves and stank. I made the comment to the Main man that it must be a very similar sensation to wearing a second hand Vietnames condom. Jamesc, I know you love to recycle but........ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,736 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 3 hours ago, Dennis Crowley said: Jamesc, I know you love to recycle but........ It gave me a chuckle several weeks ago..... Stuff news..... ‘ police close down vietnamese condom recycling operation.’ True story.... apparantly. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dansar 5,491 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 (edited) 52 minutes ago, jamesc said: It gave me a chuckle several weeks ago..... Stuff news..... ‘ police close down vietnamese condom recycling operation.’ True story.... apparantly. I forwarded it to my wife. Ewwwwww they look very small! Was the reply Edited November 22 by dansar 1 4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wildflower 411 Posted November 22 Author Share Posted November 22 16 hours ago, Dennis Crowley said: Jamesc, I know you love to recycle but........ I have to wonder how you came to that conclusion.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dennis Crowley 1,324 Posted November 23 Share Posted November 23 On 22/11/2020 at 5:34 PM, jamesc said: It gave me a chuckle several weeks ago..... Stuff news..... ‘ police close down vietnamese condom recycling operation.’ True story.... apparantly. Yeah saw the same article, made me think of all the young travelers you got down your way there could be a market for this, like glass bottle recycling, so many cents when they return one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Maggie James 874 Posted November 23 Popular Post Share Posted November 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dennis Crowley said: all the young travelers you got down your way ???Young travelers. We don't have any and we are absolutely loving it. The Selwyn District Council riverbed camping grounds are the nearest to ChCh airport, and it is great just to see NZers using them (for once, without heaps of dunny paper deposited with excrement by young travellers on riverbanks). The refuse on the side of roads (mattreses, cooking gear, china, 2 minute noodle packs) previously ditched between Leeston and ChCh Airport, prior to returning the rental van tidy and clean, is no longer evident. One less expense for ratepayers to fork out, and a wonderful opportunity for our countryside to recover Edited November 23 by Maggie James 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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