Gloves

[kenmac]

I'm looking for my first pair of gloves & have heard that TIG gloves are thinner so give you a better feel of the torch, if so can I use TIG ones & can someone point me to a good pair, if not can you recommend a good pair of MIG ones please.

Cheers

 

[pedrobedro]

Get the cheapest you can free is even better, you're going to wreck them anyway. If you are clumsy like me and pick hot bits of metal up don't wear your tig gloves for mig welding. If you are tig welding get tig gloves or you will not feed the rod.

 

[Tigman]

Dont waste money on expensive gauntlets , they dont last long anyway , cheap are just as good !

 

[kenmac]

Get the cheapest you can free is even better, you're going to wreck them anyway. If you are clumsy like me and pick hot bits of metal up don't wear your tig gloves for mig welding. If you are tig welding get tig gloves or you will not feed the rod.

No their just for MIG, I'll have enough trouble with MIG let alone TIG

 

[cumbriasteve]

Weldequipe has some good cheap ones, they are thick, though but I get away with them fine once they flex a bit.
I have also had them off Fleabay for £2.50 a pair and they were also decent gloves, as the rest mention...gloves don't last long if you are also handling steel with them as your welding progresses..so no need for expensive types

 

[PTvor]

Welding gloves are three or four quid a pair if you look on-line. So, not exactly a major financial outlay. Halfords want a lot more for what appears to be the same thing.

TIG gloves are thin and nice to use, but they don't last long. Arc gloves are much thicker and tougher. You don't really need the touch sensitivity with arc, but it's nice. An arc glove on the left hand and a TIG glove on the right hand?

TIG gloves always seem to be size 10 which I find a bit small.

Just buy a couple of pairs of each and see how you get on.

I suppose you could also use any pair of old leather or gardening gloves and either leather armlets or weld in an old leather jacket.

 

[Rick]

I wear my tig gloves till I shrink them. When doing alluminium or even steel at funky torch angles in awkward places the fingers get hot and shrink to your hands.

I pay around £4, not the cheapest but they don't split at the seams.

 

[Jammy James]

If you can get hold of stove gloves they are the same so someone told me.

James