Alternative to leather work gloves

So I have been climbing on and off for a couple years but this is my first true season outside.  Climbing at the red River gorge on sand stone.  My only issue is the quality of skin on my hands I think this comes from wearing leather gloves while at work for extended periods of time through the day.  I probably average around 6 hours a day with my hands in gloves. I use cutting torches and grinders all day.  I'm wondering if anyone else has found an alternative to leather gloves. Also my employer is obligated to purchase said gloves for safety. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  

Are you required to wear the gloves?  I’d just take them off or I’d buy my own. A nice pair of deerskin gloves might help. They’re thinner and breathe better. Really if this is your first outdoor season you just need to climb more and your hands and skin will adapt. Possibly a balm or cream could help too. I like to use climbskin. There’s plenty of skin care forum posts if you search. 

I wear Outdoor Research Suppressor gloves for wildland firefighting. Nomex back of hand material, goat leather palm.  Doesn't hold moisture like typical leather gloves. Check out their tactical glove options for military and law enforcement. 

If leather gloves are keeping your skin too soft for climbing, you may want to try out Hoofmaker lotion.  I've had luck with it strengthening skin a bit.

Try rhino performance cream too. It will make your hand a sweat less so it should be less humid under your gloves 

Geez, you have the opposite problem that most climbers complain about.  

You might try chalk or antiperspirant inside your gloves at work.   A kitchen scrub-pad on your hands at the end of the work day?  

Thanks everyone for all the information. I will try another pair of gloves with a mesh back and see if that allows my hands to dry out a bit, as long as the work does not melt the gloves. or the chalk in the gloves that might work too. 

I don't know if they'd be appropriate for using grinders and such but for rope work and such I use these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SG835I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They last as long if not longer than leather gloves, and are way more dexterous and breathable.

EJN wrote: I don't know if they'd be appropriate for using grinders and such but for rope work and such I use these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SG835I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They last as long if not longer than leather gloves, and are way more dexterous and breathable.

Dynema has a low melting temperature. 

Search for fire resistant gloves,  should yield some appropriate options. 

S2k 4life wrote:

This is great did u even read the op.

He said he uses cutting torches and grinders all day long.... would you wanna use those tools all day every day with no gloves?

Also said employer has to buy said gloves.

I think for more then one reason, yea hes required to wear the gloves

I too wear gloves all day everyday at work.. i have pussy hands.. there soft and rip cut and tear easily...
My brother who i work with never wears gloves. He has bear paws for hands. Big tough burely looking sowllen calliced up hands. There beasts and super tough and dont cut near as easy as say mine butt,

I think i speak for the ladys as well when i say o like my soft , clean prettty looking hands lol

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2tc2T6V3mWE

Hah, I have the opposite problem. its pretty arid here and if I've been climbing for a day or two with my hands all chalked up they get sooo dry. Gotta slather 'em with lotion and wear a nitrile glove for a few hours.

https://www.hexarmor.com

Check them out, they have gloves for a bunch of different applications i believe. I got into them for their rescue/extraction gloves and they are pretty darn nice i must say.  

I think these gloves might work for you:

I wear latex/nitrile medical gloves at work for extended periods of time. I climb at the Red. The only time I have any skin issues is when I don’t climb outside in a while.

Getting better/more breathable gloves might help, sure. I’m not saying you shouldn’t look into this. But it might also be something that won’t be improved by changing your work gloves. It maybe just takes time, and regular climbing outdoors.