r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Few-Echo-6953 • 15d ago

ಠ_ಠ Another pair melted. I don't know what's happening.

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My dish washing gloves. This is the second or third pair that has done this. ...

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u/Otherwise-Jello3177 15d ago

It warps it and can permeate it after a while but if you’re not submerging it, they shouldn’t just get holes in them. I used acetone daily for years

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u/ojjii 15d ago

definitley weakens my nitrile gloves at work but yeah ive never seen acetone melt them

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u/UnbelievableRose 14d ago

Acetone permeates pretty much any rubber glove that’s not a heavy duty chemical glove. It penetrates latex slightly slower than nitrile, but we’re talking like 10 seconds instead of 3 seconds so it’s not really worth futzing with.

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u/Otherwise-Jello3177 14d ago

Gotta futz with it when it’s your job

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u/UnbelievableRose 14d ago

Depends on the job. We do not use acetone for extended periods of time and we do use it for things that require high dexterity so most people in my industry don’t use gloves at all. Whether or not that’s a good idea is a totally different question.

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u/Otherwise-Jello3177 13d ago

Thought you meant futz with acetone in general

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u/UnbelievableRose 13d ago

Ohhh yeah I meant gloves. Depending on what you’re doing there are skin safe adhesive removers but I assume they’re too expensive for capitalism.