Help with asbestos lining in glove?
Posted:
June 16th, 2008, 3:38 pmby YCLIPPER
I picked up a glove this weekend and it is a salesman sample 1" web from around 1920 I believe. The inside lining looks strange like wool and I have heard about some older gloves having asbestos lining. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to tell if it is.Any help would be appreciated. Sorry I could not figure out how to get any pictures on here.
Posted:
June 24th, 2008, 4:46 pmby candlestick
Well you could try this little trick. Asbestos does not burn so take a small amount in a tweezers or on a pin put a lit match to it and see if it ignites. Just about everything else will carry the flame until it it burned up.
asbestos use
Posted:
June 24th, 2008, 6:11 pmby softball66
Asbestos was used for padding in gloves from early on until maybe the 50s I'm guessing. Unless you've got a room full of them, one guy told me, there
shouldn't be much hazzard. But that's up to you if it's a concern.
Other types of padding, horsehair, wool castings, felt, other fibers were also used for glove padding.