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Safety Glasses and Work Gloves for Sign Installation
Clear impact-resistant safety glasses and coated work gloves, size L, for drilling masonry, handling sheet-metal edges and working with silicone.
What is putting up a sign?
Putting up a sign is mostly drilling, lifting and sealing. Your eyes and hands take the wear on all three. This set covers both.
The set contains:
- One pair of clear, impact-resistant safety glasses.
- One pair of coated work gloves, size L.
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The glasses: drilling brick, concrete and stucco throws dust and small chips, and when you drill at eye level or overhead, they come straight back toward your face. Wear the glasses whenever the drill runs, and when you blow the dust out of the holes before the silicone goes in. The lenses are clear, so you can wear them indoors, in shade and at dusk.
The gloves protect your hands from:
- Sheet-metal edges on letters, raceways and any old sign you take down.
- Drill bits, which get hot after a few holes in masonry.
- Silicone, which is sticky and hard to wash off once it is on your skin.
The coated palms also give you a better grip when you hold a letter up to the wall or carry it up a ladder.
A few more points for install day:
- For a lot of drilling in brick, concrete or stucco, also wear a dust mask (not included). That dust contains fine silica you should not breathe.
- Set the ladder on firm, level ground, and have a second person hand up and hold large letters.
- Turn off the power at the breaker before you go near any wiring. Connecting a hard-wired outdoor sign to the building is a job for a licensed electrician.
The set is sold on its own and alongside the other install tools: drill bits for your wall, clear silicone, a level and a layout set for the paper template.
How to choose
Check the glove size first: the gloves come in size L only. If L does not fit your hands, the glasses still do their job, and any snug pair of coated work gloves in your size works the same way.
Order one set for each person working. The person drilling needs the glasses most; the person holding letters, handling an old sign or working the silicone needs the gloves.
If the wall is brick, concrete or stucco and you have many holes to drill, add a dust mask. Indoors on drywall the drilling is cleaner, but dust still falls toward your face when you drill at eye level or above, so keep the glasses on.
Safety Glasses and Work Gloves for Sign Installation specifications
| Glasses | One pair, clear, impact-resistant |
|---|---|
| Gloves | One pair of coated work gloves |
| Glove size | L |
| Wear the glasses | Whenever the drill runs, and when you blow dust out of the holes |
| Gloves protect from | Sheet-metal edges, hot drill bits and silicone |
| Not included | Dust mask |
| SKU | MT-SAFE |
Questions
What size are the gloves?
Size L. If that does not fit your hands, any snug pair of coated work gloves in your size does the same job.
Do I need the glasses for drywall?
Yes, wear them whenever the drill runs. Drywall makes less grit than masonry, but dust still falls toward your face when you drill at eye level or above.
Is a dust mask included?
No. For a lot of drilling in brick, concrete or stucco, wear a dust mask too; that dust contains fine silica you should not breathe.
Why wear gloves to hang letters?
Sheet-metal edges on letters and raceways can cut, drill bits get hot, and wet silicone is hard to get off your skin. The coated palms also help you grip a letter on a ladder.
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