I have used that kind before but if you are going to cut any majorly hot peppers you might be better off with a more heavy duty glove. Think haz-mat! Peppers can have some nasty consequences if you cut them ungloved or without protection. Check previous posts about bad experiences with heat...not a pleasant experience.

So the powder is not a problem just the thickness?

I usually use Nitrate Blue Gloves. And change them every Half Hour. I have had Hunan Hands before......Not Good to have. Lasted for 3 days.

I think slyone is referring to Nitrile gloves...you need gloves marked Chemical Resistant. Latex and vinyl can let the capsaicin right thru and ruin your day.

Hi, I agree that using good heavy chemical resistant gloves, will be much more helpful and keep your hands from burning in the long run. The white powder is most likely some form of drying agent to keep your hands from sweating to much. I use the heaviest gloves that I can find now that I grow habaneros and other really hot peppers.
George W. Z5-6 MO.

I believe the powder is talc used to keep the gloves from sticking together and to make them easier to don.

Apparently corn starch is the material most commonly used.

Here is a link that might be useful: Glove powder article

I found some blue nitrile gloves but they're made in Maylasia. I am worried that there might be something on the gloves that might do harm if it gets on the peppers and I eat them because there made in another country. Any ideas on this?

A quickie google search for 'food-grade nitrile gloves' turns up plenty of useful links.

this is but one of them.

Here is a link that might be useful: one example of food-grade nitrile gloves

A few weeks ago, I was cutting up ONE of my Caribbean Red Hot Habs and apparently I didn't wash off all of the oil. When I put my retainer in that night, I sure felt the burn! If you ask me, don't risk burning yourself. I've burnt my eyes, nose, tongue, etc. just from one pepper. Not fun!
Brian
P.S. Aside from this, the hotter the better :)

Do they need to be sterile? The ones I was gonna buy say "fda and usda approved for food" but they say "not sterile". Are they still okay?

depends on if you're performing surgery before, or after you slice the peppers.

I learned to rinse my hands with oil (cuts the oil from the peppers) then washed with soap and water (to remove oil) - then rinsed really well with ALCOHOL. Seems counter intuitive to me but it worked!

I've use latex, vinyl and Nitrile. Nitrile are definitely the best and last longer.

John A

I deseeded superhots the other day without gloves because I was out. BIG mistake. My hands burned for 2 days. Nothing worked to relieve the burn. I got the oil off my skin, but nothing could get the oil that sunk in.

OK here is a tip. Caspian is an oil. So go get some GoJo preferably with pumice. Just incase of an accident. Other methods involve soaking the infected area with a thin oil nothing heavy like coconut or jaba.

I recommend scrubbing with a pumice cleaner. Then soaking in oil lots of oil it's basically the concept of the helium going out of a ballon causing the Ballin to sink. It takes a while. Then washing that oil off with more soap and or pumice. I have also heard of using a strong alcohol like ever clear to finish off the job. I find myself taking several shots of tequila to numb the pain. Lol

Y'all sound like a bunch of gangsters sitting around comparing bullet and knife wounds? :)

You don't grow super hots and come out unscathed. It comes with the territory. Sooner or later, no matter how careful, hands, lips, eyes, and other even more sensitive parts feel the burn from a momentary lapse. Embrace it, feed off it, grab the next pod and chew on it just to show the pepper Gods who is boss.

why the need for gloves?

For a lot of peppers, I just oil my hands before handling. A light coat of oil goes a long ways.
For an extended time or a large amount or some stupidly hot peppers, I will use gloves- the blue ones.
For a large amount of processing of a lot of seriously stupidly hot peppers, I oil my hands then put on the blue gloves.

Why the need for gloves? Because it seriously sucks to need to itch your nose, or sneeze... or go pee, or pick up cooking implements while otherwise handling peppers without gloves. For instance, I've loaded the dishwasher or done dishes with pepper used items not thinking about it and had my hands have enough heat on them that touching my eye to scratch sucked. My husband finds out the hard way almost every year how much it can suck to snitch from the pepper pile and even hours later touch anything sensitive.

Like today, I was handling a few pints of "mildly hot" peppers for canning up mixed pickle rings. And since it's the first time this season, of course I didn't think about any protection at all... and don't you know it, since I have several nicks and scrapes on my hands from a lot of other work in the last couple days- the pepper oils got into every single bit. Burned like every ungodly hell for a bit there. And since I didn't think about it, I touched my lips while snacking on a couple raw rings- then my hubby kissed me and complained his lips burned- not because I touched raw peppers to my lips, but because I accidentally touched my lips with my fingers.

My mistake, I was under the impression we were speaking of gloves for general handling of (uncut) peppers. I don't know where I got that, sorry

Now I had never heard of oiling before gloves that makes since. I will definitely add that to the list. One bathroom experience is enough.

I'd call that overkill personally

Well in the case just grow celery. You wont have to waist all that time and money on trip tonic blue powdered gloves, lol

I don't think oiling before gloves is overkill.. I mean dang, some peppers have weapons grade heat levels. And getting that capsicum into anything sensitive, be it and eye, nose, or a waste outlet.. or into nicks and scrapes. It sucks, big time. It can suck more if you are handling such hot peppers for several hours at a time. And if you use properly fitting gloves, oiling can act as a backup- kind of like a spermicide inside of a condom, if the rubber has an opening, the goo still protects you. And it makes it nice and easy to wash the hands really clean before using the bathroom.

And heh, it isn't the only "overkill" I do. When dehydrating, I put the dehydrator out into the solarium and post a note on the door that peppers are drying out there. When making hot salsa, I warn the family before hand and use extra ventilation in the kitchen. Sometimes when handling super hot juicy stuff, I wear my safety glasses- because yes, I have had hot peppers squirt me in the eye. I don't usually use a respirator, but on the rare occasion when I make death salsa, I will wear a face mask as well as safety goggles- because even the steam from such a batch can burn exposed skin. And now that I have my very elderly mother in the house- I don't process any death salsa anymore, I've been looking into how to process that stuff outside.

Ya know what's funny about touching the private parts of the male anatomy with capsaicin laced hands? As the feeling slowly builds and the warmth initially feels good you think "Ohhhh, that's nice."... Then as the heat builds you think "Wow, that's starting to burn."... As the heat turns to pain you think "What the H-E-double-hockey-sticks did I do"? Then as the pain increases to unbearable you think "WHAT THE F^+K DID I DO AND HOW DO I STOP IT!!!....

Hahaha to funny Chileman.

I can tell beesneeds has processed more than a dozen nukes. Last year I started on a 50ish pile. I think I made to around 30 before the sauce started rocking. After that it was cooked outside I used a cup in a pound of dried beans and won the spicy chili contest of course I added a few other things but that's another story.

The ones that talk about sticking to celery have either been really lucky or are cooking with bell peppers.

That must be a bitter sweet ride... lol