How should one clean Tig Welding gloves?

[tomsign]

I also use a different pair of gloves for what I am doing, I use the stallions for Tig (I think they work the best) and tillmans for most all else
never wash gloves, they get trashed or move to another porpuse
Tomsign

[ISKI]

Matt, I was searching the web, and found that SCIFAbs is correct. The recommendation is to use soap, scrub, light rinse, then air dry. The info I have found states that if a little soap is left in the glove it will keep it soft. For regular work gloves I use a light coat of petroleum jelly or light oil to keep them soft. For TIG gloves, I don't want any oil. The question now is will a tiny amount of soap contaminate the TIG weld? I'm guessing that it won't as much as the oil would.

[Lonewolf9029]

ISKI: SIC has the best solution and I do the same thing. My Tillmans are strickly for heliarc welding. I wrestle the metal with a cheap ($6.00) pair of throw away welding gloves. When I heliarc aluminum though, I use the heavier welding gloves. I seem to have a bad habit of "All I need is a tiny bit more" and feed my hand into the fire. Don

[tigqk]

Toss them out and get a new pair!You don't need to spend alot but it should be split leather gloves so they are thin.It just is not worth the aggrevation, get new ones to tig with and use the old pair to stick weld or mig.

[mdkrusemark]

I use deerskin gloves to tig with. They are thin and very flexible even more flexible than a regular tig glove and more durable. They cost less too! They can be found at lumber yards hardware stores etc.

[Bluesman]

If you have a SAMS Club close by they have some Cabretta leather gloves that are relatively low priced and they come two pairs to a package. You have good dexterity with them and they work good for me. They are roping/ranching/driving gloves but they fit like a second pair of skin...

Cabretta is what the local hispanics here call goat meat so I'm going to assume they are made from goatskin (know what they say about assumptions though LOL). It is indistinguishable from buckskin as far as wearing and comfort, they are just a little tougher than buckskin.

[mdkrusemark]

Bluesman
I raise meat goats. Goatskin gloves are very good also.

[Bluesman]

Bluesman
I raise meat goats. Goatskin gloves are very good also.

I used to raise em too! I had a pasture full of them and was raising meat hogs and beef as well, BUT Katrina took care of that... Destroyed all my fences and I didn't have time to constantly mend fences over and over and over so I had to sell all my animals. Now, all I have is commercial chicken houses and some donkeys and horses. I am in the process of getting all my fences back in shape though and plan to get some more as soon as I can. I miss the goats and cows the most. Hogs, not so much as they make a mess of my fields and tear the ground up to the point it is hard to keep a pasture full of grass for all the mudholes.