Anti-Vibration Gloves for Sanding?

[Darl Bundren]

I'm working through sanding some small parts, and using my Festool 150/3 became cumbersome quickly. I picked up a Bosch 5" RO sander, and it's buzzier than my Festool. Has anybody tried antivibration gloves for sanding? Any preference if you have?

 

[Gofor]

Yes, they work. They will help prevent nerve damage to the hands and lessen the pain if the hands are arthritic.

I used them in the past at work when sanding/painting aircraft, but that was an extreme case. Pneumatic DA sanders, with about 40% overhead and 20% vertical surfaces, so we had to supply all the pressure without gravity assist. During the prep phase, we would be actively sanding for 6 hours of an eight hour shift. I would go through a pair about every three months.

Ours were supplied by the employer, so I do not recall the brand. I used the ones without the finger tips covered as it made it easier to peel off the worn disks, but 20 years later, I have developed some numbness and pain in my fingertips that I can't otherwise account for. As I said, mine was extreme usage over an eight year period.

 

[Darl Bundren]

Yes, they work. They will help prevent nerve damage to the hands and lessen the pain if the hands are arthritic.

I used them in the past at work when sanding/painting aircraft, but that was an extreme case. Pneumatic DA sanders, with about 40% overhead and 20% vertical surfaces, so we had to supply all the pressure without gravity assist. During the prep phase, we would be actively sanding for 6 hours of an eight hour shift. I would go through a pair about every three months.

Ours were supplied by the employer, so I do not recall the brand. I used the ones without the finger tips covered as it made it easier to peel off the worn disks, but 20 years later, I have developed some numbness and pain in my fingertips that I can't otherwise account for. As I said, mine was extreme usage over an eight year period.

That volume of sanding sounds like straight up work. Yikes. Thanks for the insight--I am going to investigate further and see if I can sort out reputable brands.

 

[Bob Graveen]

I use Impacto Anti-vibe gloves both full glove and open fingertips, they help but are warm. Impacto Protective Products

 

[Commodore]

I use an old pair of bicycle gloves works great and sounds exactly like the ones mentioned above.

 

[Martin Roper]

There are all kinds of anti-vibration gloves on Amazon. I used to ride motorcycles and had a pair of gloves that looked like these.

They made a long ride more tolerable.

Some of these mechanics gloves look even better.

 

[Gofor]

Good vibration gloves have gel filled pads to absorb the vibration. Most mechanics gloves just have wear pads.

 

[JRedding]

I use bicycle gloves for my Bosch and nothing on the Festool.

 

[jlyates777]

You can check out this video. It won't answer the anti glove question. But the video ranks the ro sanders and one criteria was about hand fatigue