<< I avoid powdered gloves like the plague. >> Me too Eric. They are also bad news for lith printing as something in surgical gloves seems to stimulate the infectious development locally. In fact that is the main reason I went back to tongs, then I discovered the Kenro ones and they were so good that I stuck with them. I guess I'll go back to the other gloves I use for toners. Tim http://www.worldbookoflithprinting.com <http://www.worldbookoflithprinting.com/> _____ From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Neilsen Photography Sent: 26 July 2005 05:43 To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: After sinks, your favourite tongs? I avoid powdered gloves like the plague. The fine powder can get places no good photographers wants it. Powder free nitrile gloves are the only type I use. I too used bare hands for most of my early printing years, but when I tried to do printing and toning in the same day, that is when I could really see the errors of my ways. They are strong enough to last for hours so only a few pair are used over the course of a day. Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 http://e.neilsen.home.att.net http://ericneilsenphotography.com _____ From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Stephenson Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:20 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: After sinks, your favourite tongs? Many years ago, working in a pro lab, we used surgeon's gloves. We had a box (500-sheet 5x7 paper-size box) half full of talcum powder; you just towel-dried the gloves, stuck your hands in the box, then peeled them off inside out - freshly powdered on the inside to make them easy to put on again. Worked like a charm. -Bill On Sunday, July 24, 2005, at 06:20 PM, Peter Badcock wrote: The nitrile gloves are a neat idea, I too wish I had thought of this earlier. In fact I have some of these gloves (snazzy purple ones) sitting around in my darkroom not being used right now. One question I have, how do you quickly change between the wet side and dry side again and taking the gloves off in a way that they can be put on again without getting wet hands? I usually have to turn the gloves inside out to take them off. Maybe you go through many set of gloves during a developing session? regards Peter On 7/25/05, David Starr <davestarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I'll second the gloves. I only wish I had started using them a lot sooner.