Acid protection plastic coating for Skin

[rational611]

Does anybody know of a solution in which if you dip your hands, a thin coating of plastic is formed which protects you from acid burns? What is it called and what is its composition? How effective is it? I had seen about this thing on TV, but do not remember much.



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[frogfot]

I heard about "spray-on" condoms, could this be a similar thing.. haha :p

[Efraim_barkbit]

You know, these things come in a pre-made version called gloves:D
I´ve heard of a product called liquid latex, that´s maybee what you are looking for?

BTW, not really liquid gloves, but safeskin (http://www.safeskin.com) can get you free samples (http://www.safeskin.com/samples.asp) of regular ones...

[vulture]

Coat your hands, limbs, penis, whatever in a thick layer of PTFE grease and you'll be safe.

[zeocrash]

i prefer to use PVC gloves because they arent destroyed by parafin, white spirit etc.
alternatively, have you tried dipping your skin in hexanoyl dichloride and 1,6, diaminohexane in quick succession, this should form a layer of nylon over your hands.

[blindreeper]

Vulture you forgeting that female members don't have a penis.

And where the fuck would one get hexanoyl dichloride and 1,6, diaminohexane ? Besides nylon isn't that resistant to stuff so it wouldn't be worth it - not for chem anyway. When going on "jobs" that could be usefull to stop finger prints getting everywhere.

[Tuatara]

You can get a liquid (waterbased) latex from art supply shops, that is used as a resist in water-colour painting. Trouble is it smells bad and costs money, but it would probably work quite well.

[vulture]

Vulture you forgeting that female members don't have a penis.

:o My bad. Although females can't think with their dick, now can they?

[Ollie Snowie]

You know, I think this does actually exsist; I saw an ad in a catalogue of a company which has now been sold to another company whos name I cannot state because of the potential rush of kewls (It also sells a few useful ;) chems.).
The name of the product was "Derma Shield" and, from the pic next to it, it looked quite effective (The pic showed some whateveritwas eating through a latex glove, a few sheets of cloth, washing harmlesly over the protected hand and then going on to turn a plank of wood black. I'm not sure about the authenticity of this pic, but I suppose it would be a fowl trick for a lab supplier to pretend that the pic was real just to get people to buy it (In the end I don't trust the pic because the trickle of whatevercorrosivesubstance looks fake and the black mark on the wood looks a bit too much like a perfect oval for my liking.).