Winter Gloves For Open Deck Work

Buy 4 or 5 pairs of lined leather gloves and always keep 1 pair in direct warm air(heater or defrost) and as soon as they start to let moisture through change to the next pair of warm dry gloves.
Use a boot/shoe waterproofing wax or treatment on them before first use and let them cure for 2 or 3 days.
Building a glove drying rack with pvc pipe and a 12v computer fan helps to keep them in condition for the next load. Mine hung on the back wall of the sleeper and plugged into a lighter/power outlet all winter and dried 2 pair at a time.

 

I wear those black dipped Wells lemont gloves mostly. If it cold or wet I wear the blue rubber gloves under them.
I wear leather roper gloves I bought 50 pairs of for $1.90 each at an auction back when I started. But only when it dry out.

 

I havent done much open deck work... However, I have extensive experience cowboying in cold wet weather. For that I preferred a 2 pair of white cotton gloves over top of each other and a good quality pair of leather gloves over the cotton gloves. Using this set up I could go all day with 2 pair of the leather gloves to switch out and 8 pair of the cotton gloves to be switched out as well. Wet gloves were dried under the heater vent on the floorboards of my vehicle, or hung infront of the fireplace at night.

 

Some cheap jersey cloth gloves, then a layer of nitril or latex on top. then some cheap canvas gloves. Leather over the top is ok, but leather doesn't last long when it gets wet.

#MultilayerForWinter

 

Ironclad Kong gloves are gonna be what I try this year. I gave up on leather, they barely last me a month. But Ive been using the Showa Atlas 300? all summer. At less than $4 a pair, I get more than 3mo out each pair.

 

I go through gloves so fast, I don’t really have a favorite.

I do prefer water resistant over water proof. With the rubber coated water proof gloves, I always end up with a tiny hole in them that lets water in, but then the water can’t get out so it’s kinda pointless.

 

I've tried them all and my favorite gloves for both winter and summer are the ones coated with that synthetic/rubber stuff on the palms/fingers. They sell both insulated and thin pairs at most of the big three. No diesel bleeds through. No dirt. No oil. The insulated have the best insulation outside of the upper tier 3M brands that you might find at bass pro shops or cabellas. Took me three years to finally make the switch from that cowhide stuff.