Gloves for newbies pulling sugar?
I have an upcoming project which is going to involve pulled sugar.
Everything I've read on the project suggests that I'm going to end up blisters or at the very least first degree burns (similar to sunburn) until I've built up some callouses.
Are there any heat-resistant gloves that are good for pulled sugar work? I'm okay with some loss of control -- I'm only making a few arches, nothing really of fine detail.
If not, at the very least, are there materials that I should favor or avoid in this sort of work?
Best Answer
My preference for sugar work is to either use a pair of rubber-coated cotton gloves like this: 
or to use basic cotton gloves and put latex or nitrile disposable gloves over them.
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Answer 2
Personally I just use 3 layers of food preparation latex gloves. It's far from 100% heat resistance but you can still feel what you are doing and be protected enough not to blister and cry. Cheapest option to as a box of 100 latex gloves is in the £3 region.
Also the same goes for trying to pull fresh out the oven pork or beef.
Answer 3
I just bought a pair of silicone BBQ gloves on AMZN that might work well for your application. It would be hard to do fine work with them on, but they do seem fairly flexible, considering.
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