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| | | Author: | zzed  | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 10:50 | | Subject: | Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 132 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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| | | | | Author: | jgrossman1025 | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 10:55 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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May I ask how is it hurting your fingers? I build a ton of Lego and have never
had his issue, maybe it's just me though. Some surgical gloves may work,
as they won't constrict your movement, but provide a little bit of protection.
That's what i would try, plus no fingerprints on the lego either.
Thanks, Noah
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| | | | | | | Author: | zzed | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:00 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, jgrossman1025 writes:
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May I ask how is it hurting your fingers?
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Lots of tiny cuts & scrapes. I'm an old person with paper skin who is, alas,
addicted to LEGO. LOL.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | jgrossman1025 | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:02 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
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May I ask how is it hurting your fingers?
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Lots of tiny cuts & scrapes. I'm an old person with paper skin who is, alas,
addicted to LEGO. LOL.
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That makes a lot of sense, i was guessing that was the issue. I would definitely
try the surgical gloves, they may work for you.
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:07 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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Try some nitrile gloves. You can buy a large box of them for very little. They
have very good puncture resistance and are quite strong compared to latex gloves.
Cheers,
Randy
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| | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:33 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| | Embrace your destiny. |
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Lego finger !
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:56 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, crazylegoman writes:
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:54 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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Maybe something like the finger sleeves some gamers use? I've not tried them
but I'm thinking of it, I don't have thin skin on my fingers (yet) but
I have occasionally felt some pain in my fingertips while building.
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| | | | | Author: | Leftoverbricks | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 11:58 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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Perhaps off topic to you, but I remember a very heated discussion from 5-10 years
ago (I'm a bit older myself so I don't have a perfect memory timeline...)
in which a seller asked about opinions how to handle (sorting/packing) orders
for his shop. He confided that he always used gloves to avoid fingerprints when
packing orders.
He was completely laughed at his question. Still feel sorry for him about how
the forum reacted.
I sometimes use linen gloves when I pack glass items / windscreens or black bricks.
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 12:13 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Leftoverbricks writes:
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Perhaps off topic to you, but I remember a very heated discussion from 5-10 years
ago (I'm a bit older myself so I don't have a perfect memory timeline...)
in which a seller asked about opinions how to handle (sorting/packing) orders
for his shop. He confided that he always used gloves to avoid fingerprints when
packing orders.
He was completely laughed at his question. Still feel sorry for him about how
the forum reacted.
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Hmm, I don’t remember it as being “heated” or that the OP was “completely laughed
at.”
I mean, yes, some laughed at him (humans…), but the main reaction was more surprise
(“uh? never crossed my mind”) or doubt (“is it really useful?”), and there were
a few who agreed.
| | I sometimes use linen gloves when I pack glass items / windscreens or black bricks.
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| | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 12:44 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | He was completely laughed at his question.
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Sounds like projecting. I'm not laughing at you but I shake my head when
I see some of your posts.
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| | | | | Author: | Leftoverbricks | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 12:02 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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I have very sensitive fingers and that's the main reason I would never buy
the LEGO mosaic sets (like the World Map etc.) because I would be in pain for
days.
At the same time: when you put on gloves it will probably reduce the joy of 'clicking
the bricks together'.
I feel your pain.
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| | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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Thin cotton gloves used for handling coin collections. Thick enough to protect
and thin enough to provide good tactile feedback.
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| | | | | Author: | zzed | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 13:23 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Thank you. You've all given me useful ideas to look into!
I like the idea of less clumsy cotton gloves so my hands don't get sweaty.
And I had forgotten all about finger cots since I hadn't seen any in the
office for decades. I had no idea gamers use them these days. Interesting.
A solution to the problem will change my LEGO life.
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| | | | | Author: | molten.brick | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2022 05:56 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Human tool
In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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| | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 20:45 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
Those are for taking LEGO apart!
OP wants to put LEGO together.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | molten.brick | | Posted: | Dec 24, 2022 22:09 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| It is fluid either way
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| | In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
Those are for taking LEGO apart!
OP wants to put LEGO together.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | molten.brick | | Posted: | Dec 24, 2022 22:16 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Use it in reverse*
In Off Topic, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
Those are for taking LEGO apart!
OP wants to put LEGO together.
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| | | | | Author: | Mr_Rofl | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2022 06:18 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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Maybe a solution is to get the room you are building in at the correct temperature.
When I build in a room that is to cold my hands and fingers got brittle and paralyzed.
They crack like paper. But when room temperature is correct nothing happens
and I can enjoy building.
Happy building your hogwards castle!
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| | | | | Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2022 06:39 | | Subject: | Re: Gloves to protect fingers while building? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, zzed writes:
| | Can anyone recommend gloves I could use while building to protect my fingers?
I can't finish a single bag without needing to stop due to fingers getting
chewed up by the LEGO. So I've been fumbling along using garden gloves.
Does anyone know of gloves that would be better? Or perhaps you have a better
solution?
I'm facing a 6,020 piece set I bought to build during Christmas vacation.
Thanks!
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When I built 71043, I got some rubber thimbles. I think it helped.
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