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Welding Gloves and Welding Gauntlets: Protection for Welders' Hands

Protective Welders' Gloves for Welding and Related Activities

At Weldtech, we offer a wide range of gloves to protect your hands during welding tasks. Our gloves are sourced from top brands like ESAB, Parweld, SWP, and Reca, ensuring you get the best in quality and safety.

Why do we need gloves in welding? Welding is a high heat and relatively high hazard process. It’s not just eyes that need to be looked after. A decent pair of leather or synthetic gloves will protect you from the risk of electric shocks, the flames of gas welding, spatters of hot metal or flux. The workpieces themselves can get incredibly hot, especially if you are welding aluminium. It’s not just the hot work of the welding itself. Grinding, heaving sheets of metal or components around can create sharp or flying metal. The UV rays from the arc are just as bad for the skin of your hands as the face.

A proper pair of heat-resistant welding gloves are the first line of defence against the hand hazards of the trade Different processes may use different gloves – hence the difference in emphasis for TIG and MIG gloves.

What are the glove requirements for welding?

According to the American Welding Society's guidance, gloves used in welding should be:

  • Dry and moisture resistant.
  • In good condition, no holes or tears.
  • Flame resistant.
  • Electrically and thermally insulated to suit the process.
  • Flexible--allow easy movement and full range of motion.
  • Comfortable--proper fit and size.
  • Made with materials, seams, and edges that do not affect the health or safety of the user.
  • Durable, tough, and long lasting.
  • Cut, scrape, tear, and puncture resistant 

The Best Welder Gloves From Weldtech

Our selection includes gloves specifically designed to offer maximum protection and comfort, tailored to the needs of professional welders.

Where Can I Buy Welders Gloves?

Us of course :-) Weldtech is your go-to source for high-quality welding gloves. Explore our range and find the perfect pair for your welding needs. You can buy our gloves online or in person from our local welding supplies shop in Dalston, just outside Carlisle.

Glove Materials– The Key to Keeping Hands in Top Condition

What are welding gloves made of?

Our welding gloves are made from a variety of materials, each chosen for its protective qualities and comfort. Many materials are used. The different materials have variious properties affecting its performance and usefulness in different welding scenarios.

These are the most common materials and some of their useful properties:

  • Cowhide: this type of leather is tough, durable, flame and heat-resistant. It also has good electrical resistance when dry.
  • Calfskin: has better flexibility allowing greater dexterity – important in TIG welding - than cowhide but it’s not quite as tough.
  • Pigskin: This is flexible, oil resistant and quick drying.
  • Rubber: Despite its poor heat resistance, it is moisture proof (but sweaty) and gives very good electrical insulation.
  • Treated Cotton: might seem an unusual choice but it is absorbent, lightweight, flexible. Probably more suited to linings.
  • Aluminized finishes: these improve heat resistance by reflecting the infra-red heat radiation from the weld.
  • Goatskin: this gives very light weight, comfortable gloves,  with superior dexterity. It’s pretty durable as well.
  • Deerskin: sometimes used because of its good touch sensitivity.
  • Elk Skin: This is the most heat, flame, and abrasion resistant leather. It’s also pretty comfortable for your hands. People rate it for its excellent protection when stick welding.

We haven’t yet identified a good vegan leather option for our welding customers.

Non-leather welding gloves

For those who prefer non-leather options, we offer a range of synthetic gloves that provide excellent protection and durability. Synthetic fabrics come with various properties, such as flexibility and chemical resistance, to provide a versatile option for different welding processes. Common materials include, fibreglass which helps with insulation and cut resistance, polyester - the ultimately flexible fibre, and materials such as nitrile. Many opf these are more suitable for the colder material handling aspects of a welder's life. Materials such as kevlar (aramid) are often used to stich other materials and to provide insulation inside gloves made from one kind of leather.

Important Features of Welding Gauntlets and Gloves

Heat Resistance in Welding Gloves

Heat resistance is a critical feature of our welding gloves, protecting your hands from burns and high temperatures. Heat-resistant gloves are particularly important in techniques like MIG or plasma cutting.

Gauntlet style welding gloves for better arm protection

Our welding gauntlets extend protection beyond the hands, covering part of the forearm to guard against radiant heat, sparks and spatter.

Durability:

Weldtech's range of welding gloves are made from high-quality materials like leather and advanced synthetics, ensuring they last longer.

Comfort and Fit:

Ergonomically designed for a comfortable fit, our gloves allow for extended use without discomfort.

Types Gloves for Welders

Heavy-Duty Industrial Welding Gloves for Tough Jobs

For heavy-duty tasks, our gloves provide robust protection and durability, making them ideal for intensive welding activities. From heavy-duty heat resistant MIG gauntlets to the light flexible leather TIG welding gloves, we've got the right design for you, wherever you work in the industry.

MIG Welding Gloves for Professional Welders

Our MIG gloves have been built to suit the particular conditions of MIG welding. Many welding pros say it's MIG that kills welding gloves! MIG gauntlets and gloves are usually thicker and more heat-resistant, ensuring long-lasting protection and comfort.

TIG Welding Gloves and Gauntlets

TIG welding gloves are designed for flexibility and precision. Our selection has a variety of leather and deerskin palms. Some have thumb crunch protection. Cow hide cuffs, soft cotton linings and fingers shaped for dexterity, mark out the premium tig welding gauntlets and gloves for the regular TIG welder.

Glove or Welders Gauntlet?

In some ways this is a personal choice. gloves are fine if your arms are covered. Gauntlets give you protection higher up your arm. Some of these gauntlets even extend to the elbows, even though we don't normally supply these.

General Hand Protection for The Welder

For the prep and clearing up work that is a part of every welder's life it's handy to have pairs of rigger gloves or other cut resistant work gloves to hand.

Final Thoughts

Is it OK to weld without gloves? We would encourage our customers to think carefully about their health and comfort. Weldtech provides top-quality protective MIG and TIG gloves from renowned brands like our Parweld, SWP, Reca and ESAB welding gloves. Explore our range to find the perfect gloves for your welding needs and ensure your hands remain protected.

Brand: ESAB Model: 0700000519
Heavy duty MIG / MMA welding gauntletMade from high performance cow split leatherKevlar stitchingEN12477 EN388 Cat 2Size 9 /  Large413X4X..
£9.90
Ex Tax:£8.25
Brand: ESAB Model: 0700500520
Heavy duty MIG / MMA welding gauntletMade from high performance cow split leatherKevlar stitchingEN12477 EN388 Cat 2Size 10 / X Large413X4X..
£9.60
Ex Tax:£8.00
Brand: ESAB Model: 0700500534
High Quality Mig GauntletsAll new designPadded hand and cuffReinforced index finger, palm & cuff Size L..
£21.60
Ex Tax:£18.00
Brand: ESAB Model: 0700500535
High Quality Mig GauntletsAll new designPadded hand and cuffReinforced index finger, palm & cuff Size XL..
£21.60
Ex Tax:£18.00
Brand: Parweld Model: P3825
High quality MIG gauntletDouble Kevlar stitchedReinforced palm and thumb    Size 10BS EN 388:2003BS EN 12477:2001..
£7.80
Ex Tax:£6.50
Welders gauntlets - redSplit leather with reinforced palmEN407 EN388 Cat2Size 10..
£6.00
Ex Tax:£5.00
Brand: ESAB Model: 0700500546
High quality TIG gauntlet All new designSheepskin handReinforced Thumb Padded heelEN388 2122XEN12477Size 9 L..
£18.00
Ex Tax:£15.00
Brand: Parweld Model: P3838
High quality TIG gauntletGoat skin with cow hide cuff    Reinforced thumb and wrist patchSize 10BS EN 388:2003BS EN 12477:2001..
£7.80
Ex Tax:£6.50
The SWP reinforced TIG welding gloves are suitable for the toughest welding jobs and protect the welder's hands for long periods of time. Grain leather glovesSplit leather cuffTough and distinctiveSuperior welding gauntletEN388EN407EN12477..
£7.20
Ex Tax:£6.00
Brand: ESAB Model: 0700005011
Durable, hardwearing work gloveMade from high quality cow side split leatherEN388 Cat2Size 10 / L..
£3.00
Ex Tax:£2.50
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