OLD GLOVES FOR GARAGE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 25 (Supplement)

OLD GLOVES FOR GARAGE

The manual worker becomes accustomed to minor cuts and bruises which cause him little or no inconvenience, but those whose professions require them to use their hands for gentler pursuits find that tinkering with the car loads to abrasions and an ingraining of oil and dirt which is hard to cure before starting off again on Monday morning. It is a good plan, therefore to appropriate an old pair of leather gloves fur the garage and -wear them when working on the car. One' drawback is that the leather may soon become oil-sodden and the gloves too slippery to work with, but this may be avoided if a tin of clean sawdust is kept in the garage and the gloves are covered in it as soon as they arc no longer needed. Incidentally, a supply of sawdust is always useful for throwing down to absorb oil puddles or grease which may have got on to the floor, and which will tend to rot the tyres should they pick up any of it. Speaking of grease, do not forget that if you have to tackle any very messy job which entails your becoming, smeared with dirty oil or grease, a good dodge is to cover the hands well with clean grease before making a start, working the grease into the pores of the skin and under the finger nails. This will prevent the dirty lubricant. whose traces it is so difficult to remove, from finding its way into inaccessible spots.