I’m putting these instructions here but I sincerely hope no one has to use them, cardboard hats aren’t the most comfortable thing I’ve made.Ĭut a 14 cm wide strip of cardboard that can wrap completely around the hat topįold the 14 cm strip into 2-3 cm sections to help it mould easier into an ovalĬut into the strip at each of the folds 2 cm in from the top and 2 cm in from the bottom (10 cm should therefore be uncut)įold the top tabs in and tape them to the hat top to form a bowl It was really nice, actually-I had a $2 pair of gloves that worked easily with my phone and were comfortable to wear.Hat height: 14 cm x 60 cm, will become a 10 cm tall hat That said, once the solution dried completely, the gloves were ready to go. OMG, a freakin’ long time.Īlthough the instructions recommend using a hair dryer for a few minutes to help the solution dry, I still had to wait a few days (yes, days) before I could touch the fingertips of the gloves without picking up a filmy residue. However, the Any Glove solution takes a looong time to dry. In practice, Any Glove is simple to apply because it’s in a squeeze bottle with a narrow nozzle. A $15 bottle contains 550 drops, which should be enough for five pairs of gloves. A single application can last for weeks, and if your treated gloves stop working, you can easily reapply it. Armed Services, so, you know, it’s got that going for it. And it doesn’t wash off when you wash your gloves.Īny Glove has also earned approval for use on combat gloves by the U.S. A separate solution is available for leather. A liquid material that you squeeze out onto your glove and let dry, Any Glove works on most materials, including fleece, knits, and synthetic suede. Our favorite method, however, is also the easiest, as it involves using a product made specifically for this job, Any Glove. That’s not worth smearing thermal paste over my entire life. Of the dozens upon dozens of times I tried to unlock my phone with my gloves covered in thermal paste, it worked perhaps twice.
That drawback is pretty much a deal breaker for me-a solution that creates its own problems is no solution.
This means every time you touch your phone, or tablet, or wallet, or coffee cup, or coat, you’re going to get thermal paste everywhere.
You’ll have to be exceptionally careful during the application phase.Īnother thing to consider: Thermal paste doesn’t really set, so it will never be entirely dry. It will get everywhere-all over your hands, possibly on your clothes, and almost certainly on portions of the glove you don’t intend for it to be. In reality, however, thermal paste is thick, sticky, and difficult to work with. The conductive properties of the paste should then, in theory, allow your fingers to communicate with your touchscreen phone or tablet. The how-to portion of this glove-treatment method is simple: Smear thermal paste into the fingers of the gloves, work it into the fabric pretty well, and allow it to dry.
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