Every house has a pair lurking somewhere, including me. They sit on a shelf under the sink from one decade to the next but I never ever wear them.

They make my hands sweat, take away all sensitivity so that I can't do certain little jobs and are generally unpleasant to wear.

Does anybody here actually use them and what for? Is it for vanity or medical reasons or maybe fetish ;) .

yes but only pink ones ;o)

Originally posted by sndrsc633
yes but only pink ones ;o)

Don't lie awake at night getting angry, think of all that cleaning you could be doing ;) Only kidding but couldn't resist it :D

Yes, but only when I'm feeling realy pervy.

Only for cleaning the loo (or doing the washing up when I have had my nails done!!)

Originally posted by beckyaa
Only for cleaning the loo (or doing the washing up when I have had my nails done!!)

I take it then beckyaa that you have 2 pairs :hihi:

Yup my sister does wear them. Mind you she when she does do the washing she doesn't do Knives, Glass or Saucepans.. And people say Im wierd :suspect:

Lee1979 on here does!!!

(revenge is sweet!!)

I currently have a red pair with white fur/black velvet cuffs and the word "Scrubber" on for washing up and a yellow pair for doing the toilets.

I bought my first pair for my 25th birthday and haven't looked back! I have a theory about women's hands ageing badly because they do so much washing up and I don't want to be one of those women with hands that look 20 years older than their face. You know the ones I mean...:)

I wear them for washing up, mainly so that I can have the water really hot, the gloves stop the water burning, that way you get your dishes cleaner!

I also grew my nails recently so it protects them.

Originally posted by pussycat
I currently have a red pair with white fur/black velvet cuffs and the word "Scrubber" on for washing up and a yellow pair for doing the toilets.

I bought my first pair for my 25th birthday and haven't looked back! I have a theory about women's hands ageing badly because they do so much washing up and I don't want to be one of those women with hands that look 20 years older than my face. You know the ones I mean...:)

Buy a dishwasher?

Originally posted by scottf
Buy a dishwasher?

Don't need one, I got me Marigolds mate!:D

Originally posted by pussycat
I have a theory about women's hands ageing badly because they do so much washing up

I thought thats what men were for :heyhey:

If mine doesn't do the washing up he's not fed. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. :hihi:

Originally posted by Mo
I take it then beckyaa that you have 2 pairs :hihi:

Ha ha yes!! :gag: ewwwww!!! and they are colour coded! (blue in bathroom, yellow in kitchen!)

Originally posted by Mo
I thought thats what men were for :heyhey:

If mine doesn't do the washing up he's not fed. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. :hihi:


Oooh...nice tactics. :clap: Mine's not that bothered about food (left to his own devices, he'd live off cheese butties), but I might try it on him and give my Marigolds a rest.

Have to say that he's been much more helpful since I explained that the less time I spend doing housework, the more time I have for, er, well, other things that we'd both rather be doing... :heyhey:

Any more tips on training men to do house work?

Blokes: do you think do your fair share of the house work? If not, why don't you? Is it just not that important?

Originally posted by beckyaa
Ha ha yes!! :gag: ewwwww!!! and they are colour coded! (blue in bathroom, yellow in kitchen!)

wow- your well organised :D

I have a pink pair for washing up. Actually I brought a pair of kitten heels yesterday that I wanted to get used to walking in (they are pretty tall!) so last night I washed the pots whilst wearing high heels and marigolds - very Nigella ;)

Originally posted by pussycat
Blokes: do you think do your fair share of the house work? If not, why don't you? Is it just not that important?
Well being as I live (so very) alone I do all my housework, but even when I've shared houses in the past (at uni, living with parents) I've always done more than my fair share.

Also, I have known plenty of women who never did any housework - so lets not all be sexist and assume it's a male only thing :mad:

Originally posted by TracieJC
I have a pink pair for washing up. Actually I brought a pair of kitten heels yesterday that I wanted to get used to walking in (they are pretty tall!) so last night I washed the pots whilst wearing high heels and marigolds - very Nigella ;)

Now i would pay to see that :D :D

Originally posted by TracieJC
I have a pink pair for washing up. Actually I brought a pair of kitten heels yesterday that I wanted to get used to walking in (they are pretty tall!) so last night I washed the pots whilst wearing high heels and marigolds - very Nigella ;)

Wow - sounds hot! Wearing anything else or just that? ;) :hihi:

Originally posted by craigb
Wow - sounds hot! Wearing anything else or just that? ;) :hihi:

Arghhh! :shocked: No I was wearing clothes too! My window is opposite Dev Green - its not an ideal set up for naked washing up :D :D

Originally posted by scottf
wow- your well organised :D

What can i say, its just the domestic goddess in me! Only organised in some things... you should see my wardrobe! It just wont all fit!!

TracieJC - I'm so with you on this one- Best way to wear shoes in! I wore my new spankly sandals to do the vacuming yesterday

Thing i really hate with marigolds though is when they are still wet when you put em on! eurgh!!!

I do. On the bright side, they're quite plain and not flamboyant monstrosities like Kim off of "how clean is your house?"!!

Originally posted by beckyaa
What can i say, its just the domestic goddess in me! Only organised in some things... you should see my wardrobe! It just wont all fit!!

Thing i really hate with marigolds though is when they are still wet when you put em on! eurgh!!!

Its ok - my wardrobe is just the same and im a bloke!!! there just isn't enough coathangers to go round!!!!

how can they be wet- doesn't that defy the point of having them in the first place :D ;)

Originally posted by TracieJC
My window is opposite Dev Green - its not an ideal set up for naked washing up :D :D

Yeah- my mates place does too- something that he DIDN'T tell me when i flat sit his place-some people got a right eyefull one morning- haahaa :D :D

Originally posted by scottf
Its ok - my wardrobe is just the same and im a bloke!!! there just isn't enough coathangers to go round!!!!

how can they be wet- doesn't that defy the point of having them in the first place :D ;)

lol good, glad not just me!

Well thats just it, i don't know how they get wet inside, but they always bloomng well do somehow! have to hang them up properly so they dry out!! Can't believe im writing this....

ah right- so its the 'takeing off' action that we are confused about now- hhhhmm- a tricky situation to deal with!! do yo

a) turn them inside out
or
b)pull each finger individually trying not to wet the inside!!!

what a conundrum :D

Originally posted by scottf
what a conundrum :D

Yes it certainly is, a very serious issue, not to be taken lightly. Maybe I should start a new thread under "ask an expert":

Ultimate marigold removing techniques?

There must be somebody out there who can help. :help:

Originally posted by beckyaa
Yes it certainly is, a very serious issue, not to be taken lightly. Maybe I should start a new thread under "ask an expert":

Ultimate marigold removing techniques?

There must be somebody out there who can help. :help:

Don't doctors have a special technique for removing gloves with blood and stuff on? If someone knows how that works we could perhaps utilise it in this situation.... :D

*scott rings mum*

Originally posted by TracieJC
Don't doctors have a special technique for removing gloves with blood and stuff on? If someone knows how that works we could perhaps utilise it in this situation.... :D

I like your thinking - and all that would be needed would be some slight adaptation of technique to take into account the gloves being longer.

Do you think it would enable the re-use of the marigolds? I would like to think that the doctors would only use the gloves once and throw them away, but need to try and keep marigolds the right way round...:bigsmile:

they turn them inside out then throw them away after surgery my mother has just confirmed!!

(she also wants to know why the hell im not doing my work- haahaa!! :D )

That's good to know, thanks Scottf!
When I do the washing up tonight I will try, and see if it fixes this terrible dilemma!

Good luck- ill be thinking about you and your plight!!!

Originally posted by beckyaa
TracieJC - I'm so with you on this one- Best way to wear shoes in! I wore my new spankly sandals to do the vacuming yesterday


Hehe...i have a great image of the two of you cleaning your houses in full evening wear. Heels, and long gloves past the elbow - all very elegant.

I dont have marigolds, but i do do cleaning. Not because im particularly organised or tidy, but theres just noone else to do it *sob*:cry: :wink: :hihi:

I wear marigolds to do the washing up.. and our lass has bought me a fairy cleaning wand specially to do the washing up.

By "marigolds" do you mean rubber gloves? Why are they called "marigolds"?

Yep, rubber gloves. Marigolds is just a brand name I think

http://www.marigoldindustrial.com/GB/index.html

Originally posted by TracieJC
Don't doctors have a special technique for removing gloves with blood and stuff on? If someone knows how that works we could perhaps utilise it in this situation.... :D


They get a nurse to help them ;) hmmmm...maybe i should get some after all :heyhey: :hihi:

Yes it certainly is, a very serious issue, not to be taken lightly. Maybe I should start a new thread under "ask an expert":

Ultimate marigold removing techniques?

There must be somebody out there who can help. :help:

You've found the right man at last!!!

1. Dry the gloves on a towel while you are still wearing them; they don't need to be completely dry.

2. Pull them inside out as you take them off.

3. Hold the cuff at each end and stretch the cuff slightly then twirl the glove around the stretched cuff so that it inflates like a balloon. Squeeze the glove while it's blown up and the fingers will all pop out.

4. Store the glove inside out, it stops it getting sticky and smelly inside.

5. Use the technique from (3) to turn the glove the right way out when you want to use them again.

You can't get real Marigolds in pink any more, although they did a limited edition of 'Pinkie Protectors' a couple of years ago. Only in 'medium' though, so not a lot of use to a bloke with large hands. A shame as pink look far nicer than yellow.

Only for cleaning the loo (or doing the washing up when I have had my nails done!!)

Hope you don't wear the same pair for both jobs!:gag: :hihi:

Hope you don't wear the same pair for both jobs!:gag: :hihi:

Sorry! :loopy: didnt read the rest of the thread before I posted this one!

You've found the right man at last!!!

1. Dry the gloves on a towel while you are still wearing them; they don't need to be completely dry.

2. Pull them inside out as you take them off.

3. Hold the cuff at each end and stretch the cuff slightly then twirl the glove around the stretched cuff so that it inflates like a balloon. Squeeze the glove while it's blown up and the fingers will all pop out.

4. Store the glove inside out, it stops it getting sticky and smelly inside.

5. Use the technique from (3) to turn the glove the right way out when you want to use them again.

You can't get real Marigolds in pink any more, although they did a limited edition of 'Pinkie Protectors' a couple of years ago. Only in 'medium' though, so not a lot of use to a bloke with large hands. A shame as pink look far nicer than yellow.

Is there something you're not telling us which explains your encyclopaedic knowledge of rubber gloves in a family friendly way?

I don't have rubber gloves (cos I get contact dermatitis from rubber) but I do have some vinyl ones- some in mint green and some in purple. They don't perish and get all sticky like rubber ones do either. I have really really dry skin on my hands and gloves stop hot water and soap from washing all my moisturiser off.

Is there something you're not telling us which explains your encyclopaedic knowledge of rubber gloves in a family friendly way?

I don't have rubber gloves (cos I get contact dermatitis from rubber) but I do have some vinyl ones- some in mint green and some in purple. They don't perish and get all sticky like rubber ones do either. I have really really dry skin on my hands and gloves stop hot water and soap from washing all my moisturiser off.

Too many years experience standing at a kitchen sink; I know my place. The turning inside out technique I learnt working in operating theatres, but it does work. Vinyl? Just make my hands sweat.

haha do i hell :D

Vinyl? Just make my hands sweat.

Mine too- but it's better than dermatitis or raw dry skin in hot water and detergent.

Mine too- but it's better than dermatitis or raw dry skin in hot water and detergent.

Have you tried the Nitrile gloves such as Marigold Futura? A lot more comfortable than vinyl, and last better than traditional gloves.

I actually wear mine for the same reason as you, terrible dermatitis.

Actually I think that the ones I have for bathroom cleaning are nitrile ones- the only problem is that they aren't very stretchy and I could only get them in medium, when I'm actually an XL (my hands are in proportion with my height, and I'm 6'3").

Sadly the supermarkets are reluctant to stock anything too adventurous any bigger than medium these days. My local co-op has them in XL

I use them when I'm using any bleach-based cleaners. I have a habit of picking the skin around my cuticles, so if I don't wear marigolds and get some of the cleaning spray on my fingers it stings a bit.

Who would have believed that the humble rubber glove could cause so much comment! I wear Morrison's own brand for washing up as I am allergic to too much detergent.

What can i say, its just the domestic goddess in me! Thing i really hate with marigolds though is when they are still wet when you put em on! eurgh!!!

One question I didn't answer so I will, Ms Domestic Goddess.

1. You've put the cuff in the water, although you think you didn't.

2. You're wearing gloves without a rolled cuff (the bead round the end of the cuff). Plain cuffs let water go inside whenever you put your hands up. Stick to Marigold Extra!

3. They're starting to perish, and you have small holes appearing at the end of the fingers; this is normally the first place to go.

4. Your gloves are too tight and you're starting to sweat.

I keep mine clean inside and out by wearing them inside out every other time I use them.
Lakeland do stands for drying Marigolds, but it's just as effective to have a wood base with a couple of dowels sticking up, and a lot easier to use. Or have two long wall hooks that will keep the gloves upturned. You can always use the hooks for your pinny or overall, whatever.
I'm very definitely a pink girl who's had the foresight to get a small stock of the Marigold limited edition when Tescos sold them off. The pink is really really vivid, much brighter than the older ones. But in terms of sheer comfort, I'm sorry that Marigold no longer make the Marigold Light, the ones that came in Fire Engine red.

Glad to find there's another obsessive (fetishist?) in this world. Since I know where you live Tinkerbell I'll pop a couple of pairs of those red ones round to you.

Sorry I missed you when you called with your package but thanks a lot anyway. My daughter tells me you've shaved your beard off, I can't imagine what you look like now.

Many of the staff at Ben Gurion Airport seem to wear them - but none of them look like cleaners.

Sometimes I wear gloves, even if they aren't Marigold. I might one day buy and try Marigold 'Futura'

I use them for cleaning the toilets. And washing up (as I don't want to chip my nail polish:o)

Hi Cinderella, I have a question: is it possible to use the rubber gloves as a fetish (like marigold and spontex)? I began to see them as fetish than households one

yes, for when the drain blocks or something like that - very good for street-cred, I find!

I wear gloves for washing up the plates when I am alone and I keep wearing them after that. I like to feel the gloves covering my hands

at work we wear blue rubber gloves :)
2 sizes (8 and 10) i wear the 8's, the 10's are too big for me and for holding stuff trying not to mark them, big ones arent good, i like the thinner more industrial gloves better, we dont have those at the minute......but i order stuff for the department so i think ill order a couple of boxes again....2 of us prefer the thinner gloves :)

I've got 2 pairs - I like to keep my nails painted so wear some when I'm cleaning the kitchen etc (don't do dishes anyway) and another pair for when I'm washing my hair!!

Marigold's what? If I'm lucky she lets me wear... oh sorry, misunderstood the question.

I had some but i threw them away after picking up dead animals with them (presents from the cats)
I just remembered my cat used to steal rubber gloves, it was really funny, she'd find one and carry it away in her mouth. I'm not sure why.

I used to wear marigolds to dye my hair, cos the gloves that come with the dye always split leaving me with various coloured hands. Threw my marigolds out, need to get some more, my roots are showing. :)

Butterflylou, what kind of Gloves you use for washing your hair ? Is it 'Beauty Gloves'?

Hi Butterflylou, would you like to email me(if you are interested) ? My email address is: the_amazingspiderman2099@yahoo.co.uk

Every house has a pair lurking somewhere, including me. They sit on a shelf under the sink from one decade to the next but I never ever wear them.

They make my hands sweat, take away all sensitivity so that I can't do certain little jobs and are generally unpleasant to wear.

Does anybody here actually use them and what for? Is it for vanity or medical reasons or maybe fetish ;) .

Well MO, I use the rubber gloves for washing the dishes (when my parents are somewhere else and I don't use the dishwasher) and often I make my bed. Even if I am a male, I like to feel the gloves over my hands. The actual brand I keep inside of a box is 'Skincare' of Super glove. I might one day try the Marigold brand. And I think of them other than be useful for cleaning, I see them as a fetish :D