IF you wear gloves when epoxy-ing up rod grips you cant feel when you have epoxy on the glove(s) and end up transferring it to everything you touch-not good!

If you don't wear gloves you end up washing your hands in alcohol many many times resulting in 40 grit sandpaper hands.

Is there a solution anyone has found? Or a favorite lotion for after times that helps?

DR

I use blue colored nitrile/latex gloves. If they get epoxy on them, it clearly shows...

Corn huskers lotion is the best I have heard of and I don't use gloves while epoxying for the same reason that you have found. heck, sometimes I am abscent minded and I track epoxy all over the rod even when I'm not wearing gloves. lol Good luck Duane.
James

Dont wear gloves and dont get it on your hands!!! SOunds simple and easier said than done, but its the easy fix. I always have an alcohol soaked rag on the bench when I am doing the finish. It takes care of messes before they become big, but I am serious about not wearing gloves. If you can't feel it when you first get it on your hands, then it will get out of control.

Kevin

From auto mechanics; and other trades; get a high quality skin lotion then load
the hands heavily BEFORE the days work - - - helps - - - especially at clean up time......

jocko

One thing that helps a bit is a large roll of paper towels.
Whenever I am doing glue ups and have to grab the rod while gluing, I always grab a piece of paper towel before touching the blank.
That way, if I happen to have some glue on my hands or gloves, the glue will get on the towel and not the blank.
This seems to work better for me than any other technique that I have tried.

Take care
Roger

p.s.
Before starting a glue up - I always tear off a bunch of towels and have them lying beside me as i start. that way, if I do need a fresh towel, I have at at hand and don't have to rip it off the roll.

Another thing that auto glass installers do while installing windshields and that is to wear multiple pairs of rubber gloves. They use the goo¥ black adhesive that tends to get everywhere during a window install.
So, as they work, if the¥ have to go to a part in the car where there is no glue, they rip off the outer pair of gloves that have the black glue on them and they then have a fresh pair to touch and move the glass as needed.

Never had the problem.

Sounds like poor work practice to me.

Just my opinion.

Paul.

I fish therefore I am.
www.hookeduprods.com

I think this happens to every one from time to time. I wipe my hands with d.a. many times during a build. The best i have found is: GLYSOMED. I have tried Corn Huskers, Neutrogena and many others.

Bill

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio

Try a product called Eucerin cream. Another trick is that after you are done working for the day, put a really really heavy coat on your hands and then put a set of latex or nitrile gloves on over the cream and leave the gloves on for an hour or so. This forms an occlusive dressing and will really moisturize your hands. (off topic but related) If you get really dry cracked feet, you can do the same thing with an old pair of socks, and leave them on over night.