Glove recommendations

[inot]

My first pair of welding gloves (Harbor Fright model 41054) are starting to fall apart. I didn't expect them to last very long, considering I paid less than $10. I have tried using regular leather work gloves, but after catching a big piece of redhot slag down the cuff I decided that traditional long gloves are going to be safer, at least for stick welding. What gloves offer a good balance between price and quality?

[junes]

Go to your local welding supply and look for gloves they will run you about 10 to 15 bucks and try them on. Make sure they are really heavy the guys there should be able to help. I have had the same pair of tillmans for stick welding and heavy mig for around 5 years so I recomend them.

[Bikespot]

I bought some 15$ licoln mig/arc style gloves. Tried them this week with tig welding. They are way to thick to feed any wire. They seem to be very good other than that.

I tried also some leather gloves like you did for mig welding. They work , but at the back it burned through. Not going to use them anymore.

[jonesg]

No gloves for tig, I have welding gloves for mig and arc though.
They sell a different glove for tig, lighter feel.
I don't do heavy or extended welding.

[Gadget]

No gloves is an invitation to skin cancer. No sleeves is the same thing.

[arandall]

No gloves is an invitation to skin cancer. No sleeves is the same thing.

Gadget:

You're right. I'd never really thought about that aspect, and sometimes have been careless about the gloves. - No more.

Thanks,
Art R.

[jonesg]

No gloves is an invitation to skin cancer. No sleeves is the same thing.

Now that you mention it, it does make finding stuff in the dark easier when my hands glow.

No kiddin, they're kinda red. It must be arc burn.

[Ascinder]

I use a heavier glove on my right hand which holds the torch and typically rests on the (heated) metal. I use a very light glove on my left hand for added dexterity and less fatigue for feeding wire. Costs more, but works great. The left is a tillman tig glove, while the right is a heavier leather brand x glove.

[Gadget]

I was told by someone who knows that pigskin leather is the best material for gloves. Seems they are much more supple and give you a better feel. (Thanks Stan)

[SICFabrications]

when i tig weld, i usually run down to home depot and grab some cheapie leather work gloves that arent too heavy... if i am doing production tig, then the heavy weight pig skin gloves that gadget mentioned is what i grab most.... after some practice, you can feed the filler and advance it through a gloved hand at the same time.... i cant explain how to do it, but maybe when i get more computer smart, i can make a video of such