Hi all,
There are a pair of cloth type gloves missing from the kiln area. They were on the shelves with the kiln furniture.
Anyone have these? Please return to the kiln area.
Thank you, Monika
hmm… I haven’t seen them. What brand/color/size are they? I will keep an eye out.
1 Like
They were a white/gray. Not very thick but great at protecting hands.
1 Like
I wonder if those are the pair that we ass.u.med were from the microwave kilns over in glass.
And by “we”, I don’t remember who the person was who was going to move them. Might have been @meanbaby, but I’m not sure, so I hate to say it was her.
1 Like
Unsure as to why we would have gloves??? For sharp corners?
The pair somebody showed me were white cotton knit gloves, pretty much just like we’ve got with the microwave kilns… A mild barrier to heat. In Glass, we put them on to move the little kiln. I do caution people that they need to have a clear path in mind before they pick up the kiln, as it starts heating your hands pretty quickly. They are heat-resistant enough that you could handle “warm” kiln parts for a while and it’d be okay.
Yes, the gloves that I’m missing are much like the ones we used during our microwave class and the little kilns.
I use the gloves periodically to protect my hands.
We had at one time 6 pair of gloves for the microwave kilns. We were down to about 2 and, and anew red trimmed pair add with the bottle cutter.
I’ve been hunting gloves and saw some by the ceramic kilns. Since they are a identical match to the microwave gloves, they were put in the microwave cabinet. This was discussed with the Ceramic Chair at the time.
Please make sure items on loan to DMS are marked with a name and phone number to prevent confusion.
Let’s order more. This site lists them by heat ratings. 500° seems a common number
One does need to wear latex/nitrile gloves under these because… pandemic.
https://www.mscdirect.com/industrialtools/cotton-blend-heat-resistant-gloves.html
Let me know when they’ve been returned and they’ll get labeled
@Monikat did you ever get your gloves back?
Either way @meanbaby - no one should touch or move anything that isn’t yours, whether or not it has identifying information on it.
Moving forward, please do not take things that are not yours and this goes to everyone. Moreover, if something hasn’t been claimed, it would appropriate and polite to openly post -'hey, these have been here for a while- do they belong to anyone?"
Amanda take your bold letters else where. This intimation tactick will not work with me. I will say it again the gloves are exactly like the missing gloves from GlassWorks. We have the right to relocate our stuff back to where it belongs. If the item was not marked, not my problem.
This issue was discussed with the chair at that time. This happened a while back, several pairs of gloves had been located and put in the drawer. Monica pick out your gloves and mark them.
John, rubber and heat do not go together. I don’t think that’s a great idea. I had discussed with several people about rinsing out the gloved with sanitizer when done and putting them on the wire shelves to dry. We may need to put up a sign or consider asking people to bring their own. My concern is, If the glove gets pinched between the top and bottom someone could end up with melted rubber on them. This could really burn someone.
Moderators, I’m done with this issue. Could you please close this thread.
Here is my side. I have never noticed gloves since i am not on kiln team. Do not know how long they were there or why they were there since we were never to open kiln above 100. These were apparently gloves that you need to wear so as not to burn yourself, not for sharp edges.So since glass chair had the same type I said to go ahead and take them.
As chair at the time i saw nothing wrong with it.
3 Likes
As another chair who has to regularly relocate lost tools and supplies, if it’s not labeled properly and is the same type of asset it is not only liable but reasonable that a member would move it back to where it seems it is supposed to go. This is also the same case with members who choose to bring their own tools; if another member sees it and nothing indicates it is a personal item, it is more than reasonable to assume it’s a general DMS asset.
6 Likes
Just to make sure I’m on the right page- what you’re saying is that I could meander to other areas and departments and if something isn’t labeled, I could assume that it’s general DMS asset and therefore I could take it with me (whether that’s home or back to Ceramics). That just doesn’t seem ethical to me. But that does explain why many acrylic and wooden ware boards have gone missing (among other things). Isn’t it just safer and more appropriate/ethical to assume that any item connected with a particular area (gloves; kilns, paper; common room/computer room) etc, just belongs there or are of use that that or nearby department?
To prevent any items being taken, what I’m understanding is that I need to go through every single tool/item/element that we use and make sure it’s labeled DMS ceramics, correct?
Over a year, and rules for the.
Every dept has color codes just for this reason. Jewelry is baby blue, think ceramics is brown or yellow? Wouldn’t be anyone left if I reported/banned everyone that walked off, or abused tools in Jewelry prior to CV.
Just taking a sharpie and mark up the bats/boards would probably do it, Maybe in the next ceramics deep clean.
1 Like
Do what? Keep ppl from using bats in other departments?
1 Like
Admin, could you close this thread, we’ve literally made a mountain out of a mole hill.
1 Like