PPE while cleaning...

[Rekrab]

I wear gloves after I noticed what Shooter's Friend does to non-metal materials. I also wear glasses, but that's because they're prescription.

[sepiid]

i pick my nose, dont wash my hands before i eat, dont wash after i hit the head( unless required by poo )i dont wear ppe while cleaning.

i do where glasses and muffs while shooting though. you have an immune system, let it do its damn job. all this excesive cleaning is for cats.

[Turo]

Pretty much just lay a towel down on the kitchen table before I clean. No gloves or glasses. Although I did get hit in the eye one time with CLP when I squirted it. That stung for about a minute and then I went on cleaning. The only thing I ever worry about is getting my finger oils on the guns before I put them away. I never understood wearing gloves when you're cleaning, they just get in the way.

[Timberwolf]

I wear my BBR apron sometimes if I'm wearing good clothes when cleaning. Beyond that Hoppes ain't crap compaired to some of the crap my hands have been in.

[Zomgie]

I clean my guns naked. Can't have solvent getting on my clothes, now can we?

[rg_1111@yahoo.com]

I don't use PPE. I don't try to get any on me either. I will start using gloves.

[robcoe]

I wear the same pair of perscription safety glasses I wear when shooting. other than that I dont bother with any gloves or anything else. The stuff I run into at work is way worse anyway.

[Sajedene]

i just wash my hands really well after a gun cleaning session.

if the chemicals i'm using is that hazardous to need wearing gloves... i'm not buying it.

This. And I guess if it does count then the cloth to protect the table but even then I don't care when it gets all over the place. I'd rather have a clean gun and a dirty table than the other way around.

[M47_Dragon]

Infantry grunt here who sometimes wears skivvies so I don't get CLP on my junk.

hahahaha.


Unless you've been in the field for a spell OR you've been getting funky with the E-club groupies... then sometimes CLP is the only thing that will clean your junk.

[DougJ]

Hoppes #9 is like Mothers milk, no protective gear needed!

[evidens83]

Nitrile gloves. Thats about it.

[halon101]

copper and lead solovent is ammonia based, thats not too bad, oil clp, thats pretty clean. gun scrubber that can get nasty.
once in the army a friend of mine took a drink out of the solovent tank we used to clean weapons. i think that **** was kerosene based.

i wear nothing special just wash well after.

[Eat Dirt]

Hoppes #9 is cologne for me. Anytime I smell it I smile. Bare hands for cleaning and stripping down.

Same here ........................

Also just add 1 x reading glasses / Helps seeing all those tight spots


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I wear my BBQ apron also so I don't have an 'OPPS " on my tummy !!

[chiselchst]

Having been an Operator in a refinery for over 30-years, I should know better.

My biggest gripe are the odors. Ventillation at home is a beotch, short of a hooded work area. I recently bought some Montana Extreme Copper Killer. I had heard it had a strong ammonia smell. Well I took a wiff and jumped out of my chair screaming. That sheeeet is crazy! Make Hoppes #9 smell like candy...

I'll get some nitrol gloves (best type around chems) and use a fan next. I've already poisoned myself with benzene, hydrogen sulfide, misc hydrocarbons, etc. No need to expedite the proccess, LOL...

Proper PPE ain't about being a wimp. In fact, think I'll read the MSDS and see what the TLV and exposure limits.