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Killing yourself with solvents (Alcohols and Hydrocarbons I have loved)
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SilverSolder:

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End result when doing this a lot over a few months [White Spirits on hands] - pretty bad peripheral neural damage.
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I have gotten a lot better with using latex or vinyl gloves whenever I touch any chemical.   Even IPA,  but also when working on the car etc.
ChristofferB:
Gloves are not a foolproof substitute for not getting solvents on you in the first place.

I've had good quality disposable nitrile gloves go completely chewing gum and failing just from acetone exposure. The penetration tests required to slap the little 'chemicals' symbol on the box is only a handful (I think as little as 3?) of substances that needs to be tested for penetrating time.

Minimizing exposure - even through gloves - is pretty critical.

Funnily enough, when gloves dissolve (or are penetrated) by solvents they gets cold. This happens both with acetone and dichloromethane - which by the way is another great cleaning solvent I wouldn't want to use at home or without a fume hood in general.
KL27x:
High evaporation rate = cold to your skin. Volatile solvents are like super-sweat.
SilverSolder:
Some nice heavy duty fuel gloves will protect you for a while...   but they make precision work very difficult!
ChristofferB:
It's not the evaporation, it gets significantly colder faster than that.
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