When you spend all day out on an oil-rig working, welding metal together, or moving debris at a construction site, your leather gloves are likely to get a little dirty. Your nice pair of grain leather gloves might not have that exact pristine look as when they were brand new. However, we’ve got some tips to help you get them back to looking their best. As we point out in our “Laundering 个人防护用品 blog,” you may get nervous about cleaning your leather work gloves, but if you follow newbb电子平台安全's guide to cleaning your leather gloves, they will look great and, 最重要的是, will still protect your hands. Below are some pointers from that guide.
皮革 work gloves, with fabric backs and cuffs, are suggested to be laundered as follows:
For lightly soiled gloves:
Wash in 石油溶剂 and detergents up to 10 minutes.
For heavily soiled gloves:
Wash in two or three rinse cycles. The first cycle should run for 5 to 10 minutes; the second and third cycles should run 10 minutes each.
Heavily Soiled 皮革 Glove
People often ask how many times a glove can be cleaned. The number of cleaning cycles a glove can withstand depends on the grade and quality of leather and the quality of glove fabrics. Some elastic materials used in glove cuffs may harden and become brittle due to chemical effects and heat. 手套 with duck fabric backs are most amenable to laundering.
皮革 quality affects the number of times a leather glove can be washed. The thickness and grade of leather determine the durability of a glove, both in use and in laundering. You can read more on this topic in our “ABCs of 皮革 工作手套“博客.
One last note regarding dry cleaning leather gloves: commercial dry cleaning is an acceptable, cost-effective method to re-using most leather work gloves. Some differences in shrinkage, 硬化, 减肥, and color retention may occur, 然而, due to the dry cleaning process or chemicals used.