Looking for some gloves I can wear that can touch a metal flask or awkwardly shaped ceramic shells for a few seconds moving from burnout to pouring area. So far I've been wearing motorcycle gloves inside heavy leather welding gloves. They work but the welding gloves only survive a few uses. Hottest the flask gets is around 1100°F. Tongs are out, the flask already weighs about 30lb with investment and they don't fit in the burnout oven anyway. Recommendations? I've heard of "kiln gloves" made of kevlar/fiberglass with stainless steel mesh but have never seen them. There's not enough room in the burnout oven to add lugs or anything to hook pipes etc onto. The flask literally takes up 90% of the volume
Millitary surplus High temperature mitten , made for changing red hot gun barrels , was what we used in the navy foundrys, great for handling hot stuff, and the price is right V/r HT1 https://www.ebay.com/itm/1844756091...2yxbJsO%2FEXkQM92VtF|ampid:PL_CLK|clp:2563228
Thanks! I found one for $15, I'll try them and if they don't hold up I'll have to get something like this: https://www.leonardsafety.com/hand-...andard-weight-pbi-gloves-14-long-p-28678.html
I got some heavy gloves that came from Rio Grande. And shells are still too screaming hot. So I use a chuck of kaowool between the glove and hell. It works. https://www.riogrande.com/product/Casting-Gloves-18L/704105 The gloves in the 2 links above are good for gardening.
hah.. Good one. I still have that video somewhere. I thought he just wrapped kaowool and went for it?
Mitts came yesterday. They will be mostly for “emergency” use. But, should be handier than using ceramic wool like I have in the past. Thanks for the tip HT1. Denis
your very welcome Make sure your filming the first time you pick up something seriously hot with them, the fuzz catches fire, always freeked out the uninitiated . good foundry fun V/r HT1
Good to know, I put a flame to mine and lost a little confidence watching the fuzz burn. So far they have been nice removing the lid-plug from my furnace. I'll update on removing my 6 inch flask next time I do.
I cant tell you haw many people would come by the foundry On my first ship, look in the door, see someone in a full proximity suit, with their mittens in flames, and run off to report the fire, the mitten fuzz will only burn a couple of times, once the loose fuzz is burnt off they don't burst into flames again, but will still allow you to hold stuff at 1000F for 20+ seconds V/r HT1
Had to move some 1300° flasks last night quickly and the gloves worked great! Thanks for the recommendation.