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Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes?

I wear cloth gloves to change or to test tubes. Does anyone else do this? I see lots of bare fingers handling tubes on ebay. If I ever do touch them with bare skin, I am very quick to wipe with dry cloth after. Just wondering what the rest of the world does. Thanks

billpete
immatthewj
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I was at SWAF And was in  the ARC room. I noticed those guys weren’t using gloves and ask one of them about it. He said it was unnecessary and I would say those guys are experts

+1, @limomangus , I think that's a safe bet.

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texasblues1959
188 posts
 

Me I will wear finger condoms.

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barts
773 posts
 

@texasblues1959 

I suspect not of the pre-lubed variety.

Regards,

barts

 

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texasblues1959
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@barts That would be correct. devil

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niodari
343 posts
 

I always touch the tubes using a soft clean tissue. 

Even while powering on and off the gear, if  there is a clean tissue at hand I prefer to use it. 

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