I've used a very thin leather pair of gardening gloves for summer paddling.
When dry, they are stiff as a board. Wet them and they are supple,
comfortable, and grip very well. Also a lot cheaper! For cold weather I
stick with the neoprene. I've had my K-Mart $9.98 pair for going on ten
years.

Bill Longyard


"Sharon C" wrote in message
om...
Yup. Yet another tired question to rehash... I did check the
archives for relevance (to previous paddling glove posts).

I purchases a pair of paddling gloves recently. They're predominantly
neoprene, with heavy palm patch and overlying neoprene rubber grips.
The palm patches are leather - these aborb and hold water like a
sponge. I seem to always manage to get my gloves wet - wringing wet.
And it takes many hours for them to dry (unlike the rest of my nylon
clothing that dries in a jiffy).

Is there anyway to waterproof the leather so that it remains pliable
from repeated soakings? Having read about the cheapie Wally World
neoprene hunters gloves (or weight lifting gloves or bicycle gloves -
all of which have leather palms with the same problem with wet leather
palms), I'm tempted to give up on these aqua gloves - but I'd like to
see if there's anyway to solve this problem (better living thru
chemicals)! Anything on the market that would water proof and give
additional gripe at the same time (resin maybe??)


Paranthetically..

SC
Sunny Central Washington