Strange question about gloves?

[LowDrag]

So, I admit it, I suck at forum searches. I went in and tried to do a search for threads from people who have dealt with slippery gloves and found every thing but that. I have a pair of Aqua Lung gloves that have kevlar on the palms and fingers. I got these gloves at the suggestion of one of my OW instructors because I told him that I intend to hunt for crabs, scallops and spear fish. Well, I was playing around with my Hawaiian Sling and realized that the kevlar although good for not destroying your gloves grabbing rough things sucked for grabbing anything that has a slick surface. In November my wife got me two really nice lights that are all metal housing type lights. One is the DRIS 1000 lumen torch and the other is a 220 lumen torch she got from LeisurePro. Both are really nice lights but because they are metal they are really slick. My wife suggested that I get different gloves but I like my gloves and want to use them for now. So, this is my question for anyone that might have a good answer or suggestion. Does anyone have any good ideas for making things not slip through my hands? I was thinking about striping my gloves with hot glue or maybe silicone caulking. Any thoughts?

TIA

 

[g1138]

Do you have the Aleutian Kevlar gloves by Aqua Lung?

I feel ya, I had trouble gripping my pole spear. Lights shouldn't be a problem, because you're not holding back tension. Just hold it in a loose grip. A death grip will tire your hand, just be mindful if the light is tilting and adjust your fingers. A lanyard around the wrist helps too; or tie a bolt snap and clip it to your loose shoulder strap.

For the Hawaiian sling, add skateboard grip tape to where ever you need to grip.
Take a heavy bastard file or dull knife and file down the skateboard grip tape so it doesn't chew up your hands or gloves.
You can get scraps from your local skate shop. Most have their left overs in the trash can; just ask nicely.

If you don't want to modify your nice sling, you could coat your glove palm in Plasti-dip or rubber tool dip.
Just do a lateral line across your hand, between the crook of your thumb and pointer finger. Coating the entire palm will make it difficult to form a fist. And while you're at it, you can coat your finger tips to make the gloves last longer. Often times I see the finger tips going first. For the AL gloves, it's the stitching at the finger tips, then your glove splits wide open once the glue wears out.

Also making sure your gloves actually fit will help. If you can pinch the palm and pull it far away (assuming the material isn't stretchy), it's probably too loose. If your fingers can reach the ends of the gloves but you can't go a size down then it's just tough luck; not much you can do.

 

[LowDrag]

Those are exactly the gloves I have and they fit really good I think. Not too loose and not too tight. I will get some of that tool dip and try that. Thanks

 

[TSandM]

The other thing I'd think about is getting some inner tube or something that's elastic, that you can put on the light as a sort of sleeve/grip. If you can't make the gloves less slippery, maybe you can make the things you want to hold less slick.

 

[eelnoraa]

I think the real problem is not how slippery the glove material is, it is stiff is the kevlar. With stiff material over lay on top of thick neoprene, it is just hard to feel the things you are trying to grab. When i switched from kevlar overlay gloves to no kevaar, normal neorprene glove, both 5mm, I found it is a lot easier to handle smaller stuff.

 

[lindenbruce]

Coat the first half of the fingers in Plasti-Dip. I did that with my Seasoft Ti gloves and what a difference. Although, the main reason I did it was visibility when flashing signs to my dive buddy in murky California waters. Get the spray on stuff and tape off the rest of the glove before you spray the tips. B

 

[LowDrag]

The other thing I'd think about is getting some inner tube or something that's elastic, that you can put on the light as a sort of sleeve/grip. If you can't make the gloves less slippery, maybe you can make the things you want to hold less slick.

I was kind of thinking along those lines as well. There is a thing called shrink wrap that is a tube of rubber that you slide around something and then apply heat to get it to shrink around the object. The heat had me concerned though.

I think the real problem is not how slippery the glove material is, it is stiff is the kevlar. With stiff material over lay on top of thick neoprene, it is just hard to feel the things you are trying to grab. When i switched from kevlar overlay gloves to no kevaar, normal neorprene glove, both 5mm, I found it is a lot easier to handle smaller stuff.

Actually the problem is how slippery the Kevlar is. I can grip a pole spear (if it has a non slip surface) which is much thinner than my dive light with out issue. The thickness of my gloves has not at this point gotten in the way of doing anything.

Coat the first half of the fingers in Plasti-Dip. I did that with my Seasoft Ti gloves and what a difference. Although, the main reason I did it was visibility when flashing signs to my dive buddy in murky California waters. Get the spray on stuff and tape off the rest of the glove before you spray the tips. B

I like this idea. I did not know that Plasti-Dip came in a spray. I can definitely tape off my gloves and hit them with a spray on coating.

Thanks everyone for replying to my question...

 

[Aquabot]

I was kind of thinking along those lines as well. There is a thing called shrink wrap that is a tube of rubber that you slide around something and then apply heat to get it to shrink around the object. The heat had me concerned though.

It's actually called "Heat Shrink Tubing" but you don't have to worry about heating it up to much since a lite flame from a lighter is more than enough to get it to shrink down. So you can give it a try and not have to worry about ruining your gear. You could probably even put some of that dip on top of it to help with grip.

 

[g1138]

Unfortunately the tool dip doesn't stick well to rubber or other non-porous surfaces.

 

[Aquabot]

Unfortunately the tool dip doesn't stick well to rubber or other non-porous surfaces.

I would imagine you could scuff the surface with a low grit sandpaper, no?