Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes?

@mclinnguy ,

I believe it was John Harvey Kellogg.

Yeah, no matter how you pop tubes in and out, be careful of smearing the printing.

I grab it at the top, gentle wiggle back and forth, then pull it up by the bottom.

I always wear thin disposable cotton gloves. You can get them on amazon... lots of choices. I also use them while positioning speakers not to smudge or scratch. 

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I believe it was John Harvey Kellogg.

@thecarpathian

Close, it was Roger Modjeski:

When asked to comment on the subject of NOS verses current production I demur. On cryo treatments I chuckle and on the white gloves I say. "Skip the silly gloves, these are not quartz lamps, just wash the peanut butter off your hands first, that gets kinda messy." BTW, Who started this silly notion that you can’t touch the glass?

https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=58144.msg519785#msg519785

Do you remove teeth first or leave them in your mouth?

Those tubes like a little bite along with the pressure, so I leave the teeth in.

@hilde45 

Got it.