I'm going to be coming in contact with some dry ice soon, what type of protection should i use?

Question

I need to know what type of gloves( rubber, garden, ski, ect)

and what kind of container to keep it in( cooler, fridge, ect)

thanks.

Answer 1

If you're going to buy it at a cheap place (ice cream store) it will probably come wrapped in newspaper.  It will evaporate within a few hours.  Even with good (ski) gloves on don't hold it for a long time.  Dry ice is a lot colder than water ice.  Leaving it wrapped in the newspaper you can safely set it down on a table or whatever.  What are you going to do with it?  We always just through it in water to make fog and stuff like that.

Answer 2

Garden gloves are usually sufficient for normal handling purposes.  If you are planning on handling it for extended periods of time, you should consider some type of insulated glove (oven mitts work quite well).  You can keep it in a well insulated cooler for quite some time, especially if you keep the lid closed as much as possible.  Be aware that dry ice evaporates to form CO2, which is both colder and more dense than the surrounding atmosphere and will tend to collect in low areas where it will displace the air and lower the oxygen concentration.  If the oxygen concentration falls below 16%, the atmosphere will not sustain life.  If you are not going to be working in a well ventillated outdoor location, you should consider aquiring an ambient oxygen detector to warn you of any asphyxiation dangers.

Answer 3

I'm not sure about the freezer one, but use garden gloves.

Answer 4

Use the same kind of gloves you would use for extremely cold weather.  Dry ice converts itself immediately into carbon dioxide, so the gloves you use will not get wet.

Rubber gloves are a bad idea.  They will not insulate you from the extremely cold temperatures of dry ice.

Harleigh Kyson Jr.

Answer 5

Ski gloves are best. It will last quite awhile in a closed cooler but a freezer is better

Answer 6

This is just like when your going to get it on with a really S****y woman.  You triple wrap your peter right??  So do that with some gloves.  Get regular latex gloves, then put chemical gloves over those, then put big *** snow gloves.