Woulda, coulda, shoulda. I've not been wet since I moved back in 2012, but a
couple years back I started making hot sauces here in BKK. Not wimpy ones
either. All the veg gets smoked and at times I was caught out at the grill
with 1/2 a kilo of thai chilies ready to be pulled off. So I'd just scoop em
up barehanded. Sure I knew not to touch my eyes etc, but it really didn't
bother me much. I have a high tolerance, or should I say HAD.I developed a
skin condition that has me on steroids now to keep the symptoms at bay.
Someday it may go away but for now it's not. So now I NEED nitrile gloves for
all food/meal/chili prep as well as dish washing (playtex work for that) as my
hands are now easily irritated by the constant need to wash in those processes.
But back in the darkroom days I used tongs as it was easier and I didn't need
to rinse my hands constantly and dry them. There were times that the tongs
needed my free hand to assist, but for the most part I just kept my hands out.
It was just easier and FASTER. Pyro et al were done in the Jobo so no issues
there, and for platinum etc I kept my hands out of the developer or at a
minimum except for potassium oxalate which I did my best to avoid. Albumen
left AgNO3 stains no matter what lol.The times I absolutely used gloves in the
dark was with strong acids. I remember a teeny tiny drop of nitric on my
finger despite being very careful while doing titration analysis of the albumen
AgNO3 solution. Ouch. Learned my lesson.Eric
On Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 3:42:33 AM GMT+7, Richard Lahrson
<gtripspud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Same here. Rinse hands afterbeing in a solution. I use a trayrocking and
mixing paddle toagitate. The only times the fingersare in solutions is the
transfer.
On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 12:41 PM Tim Daneliuk <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 8/9/21 8:45 AM, BOB KISS (Redacted sender bobkiss for DMARC) wrote:
DEAR LIST,
I have posted this info a number of times before. When I was a
student and beginning photog, "real men don't use tongs or gloves" was the
rap. As a result I needed medical treatment to remove phenols (most dev
agents) and some metals from my liver using chelation. Further, I love pyro
devs and Gordon Hutchins in his BOOK OF PYRO points out that pyrogallol is
both a toxin and carcinogen...you choose to die quickly or slowly...if you
don't wear gloves.
The "no glove" rule was in direct contradiction to the lab safety
techniques I learned in both undergrad and grad Photo Chem Lab at RIT. Thank
god I returned to the fold and, for many decades, have used tongs when
possible and gloves when not. I prefer working with gloves as tongs don't
let me handle the prints as carefully. I also prefer the more puncture proof
(and therefore thinner and more tactile) nitrile exam gloves as I am also
allergic to latex...as are many people.
