Dump Gloves

2012Coleman wrote:
Have never heard of nitril gloves,

Nitrile.

I use the bathroom sink to wash my hands. It is plumbed into my black tank. It's always good to get some soapy water into the black tank, just a part of the process of adding water to the black tank after I dump.

If you're really concerned, buy a macerator and you'll never touch anything. Otherwise....38 years of no gloves. I keep a soap dispenser in the wet bay and there is always water somewhere to wash your hands.

DunellenGuy wrote:
I'm searching for a good solution for gloves when handling the sanitation part of RVing. I've purchased disposable nitril gloves at a pharmacy, and they got ripped so easily that it wasn't worth bothering. I've read reviews for some gloves marketed as "Dump Gloves" but they sound very flimsy too.

I'm curious what's worked well for others.

Here's what I use. Get them from local auto supply store.



Mounted the box in the docking station.





C.B.

Cheap nitrile gloves here too. Then a pump of hand sanitizer before getting back in the truck.

No gloves. I keep box of antibacterial baby wipes just inside the basement door and inside the truck. When done handling sewer duties I just clean up with a couple of those.

Same with shopping at Walmart for example. I watch everyone wipe down the handle on the cart and then walk through the store and touch everything and cough on everything....yea that worked out well for them. They just cleaned a cart handle for Walmart.

I wait until I get back to my vehicle and use one of the baby wipes to clean my hands.

No gloves. If done correctly there should be no contact with anything. I also have a macerator which makes it much cleaner and easier. Of course I wash my hands afterwards.

I use disposable gloves that I buy by the case and toss them after each use. If you don't use gloves what does one touch between dumping and washing? Compartment covers, door handles, door knobs, faucet handles?

All of the utilities are in one bay in my coach, including the handwash sprayer.
I also keep a container of Lysol (or Clorox) disinfectant wipes in there.
Gloves (Harbor Freight nitrile) are available to me if I want to use them.
I usually don't.

2012Coleman wrote:

RV daytrader wrote:
No gloves, just wash hands when done...I dont use gloves to wipe my butt either!!

Yea yea, and there is usually a sink right next to where you "wipe your butt" with soap and warm water. I'm curious to know where/what the hand washers use - the non potable water at the dump station? All I can think of is that I'll soon be eating the sandwich my wife made prior to departure with the same hands used to dump my waste water. Some don't have fresh water spickets on the TT. To each his own I guess.

For those of us that have them, I use the outside shower. I leave the pump on and the shower open when I go to the dump station. Wash hands when all done. Otherwise they have the waterless hand cleaners. Problem solved. It really is very simple! And there is no rubber glove to dispose of that will take hundreds of years to decompose!