Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes?

@wownflutter +1 same here, don't tube roll and just test tubes every few years.

@larryi  Then the best thing to do is occasionally use a microfibre towel to dust and/or remove detris/oils on a tube, new and used.  I'm just not into that and my custom listening room is filtered from most dust-maybe once annual cleaning.

I do. Every time. 

I never ever used to, and I kind of wondered whether I should, and then I read a blurbs by tube dealers that said it wasn't required so I felt vindicated . . . but then I bought a preamp from Cary and it came with a single glove that they recommended for handling tubes so I started to wonder again . . . but the glove is way too small so now I just keep some "lens wipes" that I use for cleaning my glasses and after I've finished handling the tubes if I think about it I wipe them down.

I use a folded paper towel which is much easier find and quicker than searching for them and putting gloves on and off. 

Mostly because the tubes are too hot to the touch.