Posted by Gary Dodge on January 22, 2003 at 01:27:43:
In Reply to: cut up fingers posted by Sandy on January 21, 2003 at 22:14:51:
Hi Sandy,
I have always worked bare handed. Some people can learn to handle glass without getting cut and others have to learn to love it.
In my experience, the "very sore fingers" syndrome is usually associated with too much grinder use. If that is part of your problem, learning to cut your glass more accurately will lessen the time your spend at the grinder and that is a real finger saver.
Little tiny pieces of glass in your fingers is usually a sign that you are scoring your glass too hard. If you overscore your glass it causes very nasty tiny sliver-like chips to pop off the surface of the score. If you are using an oil filled cutter or brusing lots of oil onto your glass, that makes the situation worse because all the little chips stick to your fingers and then get driven in when you touch stuff.
For soldering I coat my hands with A&D ointment. I find that it protects me from the painful itching that flux can sometimes cause and also keeps my fingers from cracking in the winter like they used to.
GaryD
: No matter how I try I have very sore, cut fingers. I wear
: vinyl gloves but they are annoying, I can't pick up the glass properly or anything else for that matter. So I end up taking them off. I get little tiny pieces of glass in my fingers and I have to pick them out with a pin. Also when I'm soldering I always seam to catch the gloves on something and rip a hole in them or catch the glove on the soldering iron and burn it. I guess I'm asking what do most people use for glass cutting and soldering?