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    leaky leather gloves

    Whenever I commute (1hr) and take off my gloves there are faint black marks on my palms and upon washing them the water in the sink is almost completely black.

    I have the Dainese Full Metal gloves, so not cheap or by any means low quality.

    Does this happen to anybody else?

    (Dry weather/wet weather/always)

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    Yup
    It's just the excess dye coming out of the leather, caused by sweat or rain.
    Nothing much you can do about it, it's just the price you pay for having leather gear that isn't the same colour as the animal it came from...
    High miles, engine knock, rusty chrome, worn pegs...
    Brakes as new

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    ...leather never is and never will be waterproof...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    ...leather never is and never will be waterproof...
    it is when it's on the cow...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post
    it is when it's on the cow...
    nahhh cows leak all the time

    that's where nitrogen comes from
    High miles, engine knock, rusty chrome, worn pegs...
    Brakes as new

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    Never heard of that one

    Quote Originally Posted by kawa64 View Post
    Whenever I commute (1hr) and take off my gloves there are faint black marks on my palms and upon washing them the water in the sink is almost completely black.

    I have the Dainese Full Metal gloves, so not cheap or by any means low quality.

    Does this happen to anybody else?

    (Dry weather/wet weather/always)
    Oddly, I've never had that and I have ridden in some real crappy weather through English winters and still do here in NZ. i'd be taking them back to the dealers

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