Recommendation? high temp furnace gloves

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any suggestions based on your experience?
many to choose from, I'm looking for your experienced suggestions

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Since I don't know your specific use, I'll just say most welding supply stores carry a vast array of heavy well insulated gloves.
They won't be cheap but will last for years if taken care of.
Donlt look at the prices until you have tried on everything that looks like what you think you want. Pick a pair that are confortable and flexible for your use.
Jim
 
DAMNENG said:
Since I don't know your specific use, I'll just say most welding supply stores carry a vast array of heavy well insulated gloves.
They won't be cheap but will last for years if taken care of.
Donlt look at the prices until you have tried on everything that looks like what you think you want. Pick a pair that are confortable and flexible for your use.
Jim
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Hi temp heat treat furnace use for knifemaking.

Thanks
 
I have used many, from woven asbestos to leather. Regardless of what material they are made from, the ones you want need to be long so they go at least half-way up your forearms. They have aluminum foil covered hot work gloves that are excellent for brief exposure like taking things out of the HT oven.
I find most leather gloves with insulating liners don't last long ... or get hot pretty fast.

Take the temperature rating of Chinese gloves with a grain of salt. The $10 a pair gloves rated at 1500F are pretty sure to disappoint you.
Good foundry/casting gloves cost $30-50 a pair.

I'll take a photo tonight, if I remember to, of the gloves from my old fire suit. I got rid of the suit long ago, but kept the gloves for old times sake.
 
Get a pair of firefighting gloves, they work great.
Or proximity gloves. They’re not as flexible, but great protection.
 
I use the "Grill Armor" aramid gloves with long wolf jaw tongs. They work well, but do trap heat. I take them off within a minute or two of taking things out of the heat treat furnace.
 
You want foundry gloves.

Here's an example. You can find them under "High Heat Gloves" "Kevlar Gloves" etc. There are many different configs, with different max temps. If you get into the specifics, they have different working temps, vs momentary exposure temps. I use these for making damascus all the time, the higher heat the better, but often, the bulkier. They last a while, but break down quickly when they start and aren't hugely abrasion resistant.

The highest heat ones are often nomex/fiberglass/kevlar/zetex with vermiculite impregnation, and then lined with a combo material also. Often they're meant to be worn with a liner, and can be itchy, especially once they start to break down. If you treat them delicately and don't spend too much time in temps over their rating, they'll last a very long time, however be careful handling things that aren't deburred because that'll mess them up quick.

These were game-changer for me in terms of comfort for long sessions. Leather will shrink/harden quickly once you pass a certain heat threshold, which is exacerbated by getting them wet from sweat, quenching tongs or etc to cool, and so forth.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Magid-KB13...?epid=731825020&hash=item2aa25fc4c9:rk:1:pf:0
 
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Also, your local welding store will likely not carry these types of gloves, but can get them, or at least give you specific model options from the various gloves they carry.

Some guys like the terry cloth kevlar gloves, but IMO they suck comparatively, except as an overmit. The woven ones are typically much more durable, and have higher heat ratings. As Stacy said, make sure and buy from a USA "brand" at least, because they're held to their ratings and certs, as opposed to any Chinese off-brand on ebay which isn't, even if they're sold by a vendor in the US.


Highest temp ones I've seen are similar to these, Zetex Plus, rated for 2000deg. I've got a pair of mittens that are very good, and durable, but not that dexterous: https://www.ebay.com/itm/CHICAGO-PR...m=253002182766&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
 
I do not really understand all this ? He need gloves for protection from high radiant-heat , when he open door of oven ? What is benefit if gloves are rated to 2000 degree when my skin will burn under that kevlar ? Gloves with aluminized back reflects up to 95% of radiant heat ???
 
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Natlek said:
I do not really understand all this ? He need gloves for protection from high radiant-heat , when he open door of oven ? What is benefit if gloves are rated to 2000 degree when my skin will burn under that kevlar ? Gloves with aluminized back reflects up to 95% of radiant heat ???
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It's not just the radiant heat that's the concern here. It's the hot hair, the hot kiln body, the hot work, and the hot tongs. Yes, the 2000 degree gloves are extreme overkill, there are kevlar gloves in much lower max temp ranges than that, I'm just giving a "top of the line option". With those, you could literally grab the work with gloves if you needed to, and I've had occasion where that was necessary.

Also, not sure what you're talking about describing your skin burning under the gloves, even IR, or any other normal heat source will still be absorbed by the gloves. We're not using microwaves to heat billets are we?

There are nice quality aluminized gloves (usually made from woven kevlar with aluminized coating, just as nice and more expensive than the kevlar only ones), but most of the cheap ones will melt/burn when in contact with direct heat sources. I've tried many of the type sold at welding stores, and they're ok for shielding areas that aren't too close to direct heat sources, but I've destroyed most of them very quickly by getting too close to a billet or welding arc.


Frankly, I mostly just grab leather work or welding gloves when I'm using tongs to place or pull stuff out of HT oven, but when running high alloys around 2,000 degrees, they're not adequate for anything but very fast toss in, or jerk out operations, and I'll grab the kevlar. The OP did ask for high temp gloves, I assumed he knew about standard welding gloves, and wanted something more suitable for higher temps.
 
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