Anyone else wear gloves while reloading?

pac_man said:
I always wear gloves when reloading. Nothing good can come from absorbing case lubricant, lead and other crap through your hands into your body. Any one who reloads a large volume should be doing the same thing.

I also dump my media into the separator outside so I don't get the dust all over my basement and ultimately track the dust all over my house.
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You can't absorb elemental lead through your skin. It has to be breathed or ingested.

You had better be tumbling outside the house as well otherwise that nice vibrator is spreading lead dust all over your home.
 
I put the hand socks on when me pinkies gets froid......
Otherwise to me, well it's like trying to take a pizz with a
frenchy on.
 
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WTF are you guys all so scared of?
I've reen be loading for dover 25 beers now and stairs nuttin rong with me.
Yor nicht boing to get sick, just carry ong.
 
shredder said:
Me too, especially when loading lead bullets.

With my loading technique, I only need nitrile gloves on the LEFT hand (as it's the hand that places the bullet) and I usually wear a Mechanix glove on the right hand (it pulls the lever).
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Yup, I do the same; Nitrile glove on my left hand only, except I don't actually wear a Mechanix glove on the right.

I wear gloves on both when I use solvents etc to clean my guns.

The biggest reason I wear them is that if I need to stop reloading/cleaning and go do something right away (answer phone, pick up crying baby etc), all it takes is removing a glove and my hands are clean.
 
I just wash my hands a couple of times after any reloading tasks, especially if I am going to get something to eat.

Why are you guys that are afraid of lead not wearing full face respirators with applicable cartridges, you might inhale or get lead dust in your eyes.

The 3M 2091 P100 (HEPA) Filter is sold by the pair, and is among our most popular products. The reason is that the extremely fine filtration traps all but the most minuscule particles. So our customers use them to protect against asbestos and lead dusts in particular, as well as a host of other dusts, allergens and fumes.
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I don't buy into the lead scare theory, a few years ago I was shooting regularly at an indoor range that required cast bullets only due to backstop issues. During that time I was casting my own bullets and reloading cast bullets with bare hands. Due to my welding job I was checked for any metals in my blood at least once a year and never had any sign of lead in my blood. If there was any chance of lead showing up in my system it would have happened during that time period.
Again, all I did was make sure that I washed my hands well after reloading or shooting.
 
I tried wearing nitrile gloves for a while, and still use them when handling nasty chemicals. My biggest problem with them is my hands sweat in them and then when I take them off my skin is soft and prone to cuts. Mechanic gloves are better because the backs are vented, but the rubber is too thick on the fingers for fine tasks.
 
The ones I have are suede or something and I can pick up individual small primers off my bench without any problem. Mine are an older version of these.

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They make tactical gloves also.
 
Suputin said:
You can't absorb elemental lead through your skin. It has to be breathed or ingested.

You had better be tumbling outside the house as well otherwise that nice vibrator is spreading lead dust all over your home.
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I have young kids, I wear gloves to ensure lead residue stays off my skin and does not transfer to them, I also do my tumbling in the garage and i was my brass before tumbling, plus use a tumbler with a solid lid. Is the same amount of lead likely to hurt them? Likely not, but if the wife decides I am putting the kids at risk, the chances of me being hurt are very high.
 
Have to agree with Dr.Lector. i usually have a cup of coffee on the loading bench. Don`t have to worry about having kids with defects at my age.:D I worry more about some of the chemicals around the farm than anything in my loading room. Hells bell i even have a case of strychnine in the basement, if you use common sence most of this stuff won`t kill you off early. Worry more about pissing off SWMBO.
 
I wear gloves more to keep my skin intact while prepping brass. I think I remember reading once that lead is worse for kids than adults so being careful might not be a bad idea if you have young ones around.
 
I should be more consistent with the wearing of gloves, but I did choose an ultrasonic cleaner on the basis of reducing/eliminating airborne lead dust.
 
No gloves for me. I just keep my hands out of my mouth and wash them afterwards. Soft hands can toughen up......
 
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