Welding Gloves

Welding gloves are specialized, highly-protective handwear worn during material joining applications. They protect the welder’s hands from high heat, molten metal, and flame while allowing for manual dexterity and movement of the fingers. Most welding gloves are made of heavy, thermally-insulating materials such as canvas, cotton, leather, metal and metal mesh, or wool. Welding gloves made of polyimide (polyphthalamide) fibers such as DuPont’s Kevlar^® and Nomex^® are also available. Polyimides such as Kevlar thread are among the most thermally-stable organic materials, and are lighter and tougher than steel.