I happen to think that the blue nitrile gloves are best for handling pwb's and components. I do not know if they present any outgassing or chlorinating issues. I do know they will not snag on lead protrusions and other hardware, inadvertently causing dropped assemblies. White cotton gloves snag like crazy. However, the blue nitrile gloves cannot be used on boards that are hot. They have no insulative properties. They tend to not absorb fluxes and chemicals, but they do get dirty and need to be thrown and replaced periodically. The blue nitrile gloves protect the operator's hands from chemical exposure. White cotton gloves retain chemicals and prevent evaporation from the operator's skin. The blue nitrile gloves are available in ESD-safe type. I don't think the white gloves are. For these reasons I prefer the blue nitrile gloves. But the operators prefer the white cotton gloves, as they are more comfortable than the blue nitrile, especially if you have hairy hands like mine. Too bad more of it does not grow on the top of my head. But then maybe thats why I don't come up with all of those hair-brained ideas like others I work with! -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tempea, Ioan Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Clean before cleaning Technos, the question is whether to wear or not to wear gloves on assemblies that will be washed. I am fully aware of the solderability problems that can occur without gloves, so let's stick strictly to the post-wash contamination. And in the same key, Doug was talking about not using white gloves that have chlorines due to bleaching. Which are the gloves to wear? Thank you, Ioan --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------