Most epoxy systems can cause skin irritation or allergic skin reactions. Hardeners can be particularly severe skin irritants and sometimes can even be moderately corrosive to skin tissue. Consequently, you should always protect your skin from epoxy with protective clothing and gloves.
Disposable gloves are the most convenient and economical hand protection for use with epoxy, but they do have limitations. One challenge is finding the right disposable glove that will stand up to the chemicals in both the resin (Part-A) and the hardener (Part-B). Both resins and hardeners have components that attack glove materials differently and at different rates.
Your typical 4-6 mil thick disposable nitrile, neoprene, butyl rubber, natural rubber, or latex glove can withstand up to 30 minutes of working with epoxy before it degrades. When the…
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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2023