Those solvents will dry out the leather and weaken it, which may lead to cracking or tearing, especially along the finger's seams, effectively reducing the useful life of your glove.ĪnyGlove, which is a water based formula, specifically made for leather, can be reapplied and will not harm the leather.ĪnyGlove is as close to non-toxic as gets.

It smells strong because it contains solvents. NT is a coating and will need to be reapplied. NT is a nasty smelling, flammable, toxic chemical that is essentially like putting nail polish on your gloves.ģ. If you want your leather gloves to work with a touchscreen device and last, I would recommend using AnyGlove and steer clear of nanotips for several reasons.ġ. (Thanks to the good people at reMake Lounge for introducing me to conductive thread at the last Instructables Build Night) And when you get some, you'll find there are tons of interesting things you can do with it. What's conductive thread? This great article over at Fashioning Technology will tell you everything you need to know and where to get some. Also conductive thread is not super sparkly, it has a color and finish more like brushed stainless steel. If you buy it elsewhere be sure that the seller lists conductivity data (ohms per foot or similar). I've purchased from the sellers linked above and can vouch that it's the real stuff. It's not and will not work with this project.

Unfortunately there are people on Etsy and eBay selling sparkly thread as 'conductive thread'. (TIP: If you don't want to buy a whole spool, you can buy a few feet much more affordably from SparkFun, Adafruit, or Sternalb.Ī warning about conductive thread scammers You need to be able to sew a few stitches without killing yourself. So that's what we're going to do by putting some conductive thread between the screen and our finger. Most modern touch screens use 'capacitive touchscreen' which you can read about at length here, but in short it means that for a glove to work with a touch screen it needs to complete a circuit with your finger.

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