Glass Kiln Gloves for Enamelling

[RichardNash666]

Hi

Had my first go at enamelling...all I can say is I need much more practice. 1st coat in for way tooo long, second coat not quite long enough so once I can acheive a nice flat/smooth finish I will then move on to the heady heights of 2 colours

I am using a Paragon SC3 kiln

My question is what are the best/best value for money safety gloves to use for moving work in and out of the kiln. All the gloves I have found say rated for 350C. Obviously I am not picking up the work directly from the kiln am using a fork but the radiant heat is incredible.

Also what are the best tools for putting the trivets into the kiln (I assume there is a whole range of differing tools that can be re-purposed for this). The fork I have is too big for my only trivet and a bbq fork isnt really wide enough.

[ps_bond]

On the gloves side, I use a pair of Kevlar gloves when I'm messing with things in the kiln - think it was these: https://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/pers.../p/MRG9611822H

Not touching the hot stuff directly, so they don't need to be rated higher.

http://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/perso...sistant/410308 have some interesting ones for more arduous heat resistance too. Quite like the look of the foundry heatbeater for use when pouring molten metal.

[RichardNash666]

They look good and would find it hard to loose them with the colour. Those Foundry Heatbeaters look very Medievil and would look our of place with a suit of Armour

[ps_bond]

You'd be surprised how often I manage to misplace one glove, even with the bright yellow... A cheaper option would be welding gauntlets. The Heatbeaters I'd only bother with for some serious heat output from whatever I was working on - wouldn't bother around a forge, for example.

[Lucie]

You could try Cherry Heaven Kilns. The website isn't great to find your way around, but if you give them a call, they're usually helpful.