Can I use kitchen silicone mitts with the stove?

[newatthis]

Yes, I have fire tools and stuff, but I'm still getting small burns regularly. Santa brought some silicone mitts from Bed Bath and Beyond for the kitchen, which seem to be getting little use. Does anyone use these to add wood to the stoves? It says they are good up to 500 degrees, which seems a little low for this purpose, but if I am just carefully putting the wood in, maybe they would not melt? Don't see anything previously posted about this. Leather gloves seems to be what is for sale for this purpose, seems like they'd have a lower threshold temperature than 500 degrees.

 

[granpajohn]

No need to over-think things....
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-pair-fire-resistant-welding-gloves-41054.html
The leather ones have been time-tested by many members over many years.
(The silicone thing would probably be OK too.)

 

[gyrfalcon]

Yes, I have fire tools and stuff, but I'm still getting small burns regularly. Santa brought some silicone mitts from Bed Bath and Beyond for the kitchen, which seem to be getting little use. Does anyone use these to add wood to the stoves? It says they are good up to 500 degrees, which seems a little low for this purpose, but if I am just carefully putting the wood in, maybe they would not melt? Don't see anything previously posted about this. Leather gloves seems to be what is for sale for this purpose, seems like they'd have a lower threshold temperature than 500 degrees.

Wow, I would not mess around with this unless you get a 100 percent guarantee from the maker or somebody really knowledgeable. The gloves may be good for handling a pot at 500, but are they fireproof? The very last thing you want to do is take chance with having them melt onto your hands.

Sometimes when I come in from bringing wood inside, I've put a split or two right into the stove with my winter gloves still on without thinking, and suddenly realized that -- duh! -- the gloves were immediately far hotter on the outside than my hands could feel inside, and I was in danger of burning the gloves on my hands before I knew it. That would be even worse with kitchen oven mitts. They could catch fire potentially or start to melt before you realized it since they're so well insulated.

This is one of those things that isn't worth the risk when welder's gloves or ordinary fireplace gloves, which are designed for this task, are so inexpensive.

 

[Swedishchef]

I love my welding gloves. I don't think I'd try a pair of kitchen mitts. One is fireproof and one is an insulator (kitchen).

Andrew

 

[newatthis]

Sage advice from everyone, thank you all.

 

[Dix]

Welders gloves !!

I get 2 years out of them, usually. So worth it.

I never open the door of either stove when a fire is going with out them on. You never know what's going to roll, spark, etc.

Better safe than sorry

 

[Woody Stover]

I got some Hobart welding gloves from Rural King several weeks ago, and those cheap pieces o' crap are wearing through already. And they were supposedly the middle grade. I shoulda known by the look of the split hide; No where near as smooth and tough-feeling as the stove gloves that were a spiff with the last SuperCedar order...

 

[Spletz]

I got rotten results from Harbor Freight welding gloves, right hand holes within two weeks. Granted they were cheap, but the "best grade" HF sells.

Anyone suggest a brand that works?

And to the poster, please don't. The idea of melted silicone over flesh scares me!

 

[rideau]

Yes, I bought a pair of Hobart Welding gloves at TSC for $32 about 6 weeks ago, and one seam has already failed. Not very impressed. Am likely going to try the site that, I think, Bodygave mentioned , somewhere maybe in Chicago, that sells gloves made in the USA. The pair from TSC are made in CHINA. Where I am, hard to find decent gloves.....

 

[Spletz]

$32! Mine from HF were their best grade at 8$ a pair! They lasted a whole two weeks. I will check out that site as well.

 

[weatherguy]

What do you have "the Ove Glove"?

 

[rideau]

$32! Mine from HF were their best grade at 8$ a pair! They lasted a whole two weeks. I will check out that site as well.

Welcome to pricing in Canada.....

 

[firefighterjake]

Cheap ones from the local True Value ... first pair lasted six years ... but I'm also not moving wood that is on fire so no direct flames ... just using them to load the stove and avoid the high heat or possibility of burns.

 

[Charles1981]

I found a deal on some welding gloves for 5 bucks a pair. They would have lasted 2-3 seasons for sure but I used them to stack wood a few times in winter (like 3 full cords). That really wore them out fast and found out what my dominant fingers were. I went out and got 3 more pairs...just not going to stack wood with them again. Save that for the red box cheapos.

 

[BobUrban]

If they look like the OV GLOVE pictured above they work exceptionally well better than the leather ones imo. This is coming from a blacksmith and welder that has and uses the leather ones often in the shop.

For stove work I use Kevlar ovglove style gloves and find they perform better than leather welding gloves and can be thrown in the laundry to clean if needed/wanted.

I would not use any other plastic oven mitts. these are what I use around the stove

 

[bsruther]

If your oven mitt was made to use in the oven then there's no reason why you can't use it with your stove. I used a pot holder for a few years with my old stove and it worked just fine. With the new stove, I rarely use gloves. I haven't been burned yet, but I'm sure I will be, eventually, I'm just lazy that way.
Using an oven mitt isn't very manly, but if it works for you, use it.

 

[DanCorcoran]

I've used welder's gloves (I think I got them at Lowes or Home Depot) for five years. I've picked up burning splits and moved them around with no problem. The gloves say "Lincoln Electric" on the outside.

 

[dougand3]

I got rotten results from Harbor Freight welding gloves, right hand holes within two weeks.

I'd say your experience is an aberration. I got 5 years of my HF $5 gloves. Now, I don't hold red coals in them or pick up a charred, flaming split.

 

[Swedishchef]

I don't hold red coals in them or pick up a charred, flaming split.

I juggle them and my gloves are holding up well

 

[firefighterjake]

I juggle them and my gloves are holding up well

You don't also juggle running chainsaws or sharp hatches too by any chance? HehHeh.

For the record, I know what you're talking about . . . that quick grab and toss back into the firebox maneuver.

 

[brant2000]

I was occasionally getting burned on my forearm, so got a pair of these. http://www.amazon.com/Steiner-21923-Welding-23-Inch-Shoulder/dp/B00209QLM0/ They come all the way up past my elbows and provide lots of protection.

 

[David.Ervin]

What do you have "the Ove Glove"?

I've got a pair of these, and they're really handy when the baffle channel protector thing decides to fall off when I reload the stove.

 

[Swedishchef]

You don't also juggle running chainsaws or sharp hatches too by any chance? HehHeh.

For the record, I know what you're talking about . . . that quick grab and toss back into the firebox maneuver.

No no Jake. I mean I (sarcasm) juggle flaming splits. I am part of the circus

Andrew