Powdered Nitrile gloves - even when I am processing in a daylight tank.
(I bought a box of 500 for my developing/printing)
I change the gloves for every session, or even breaks in between the session.
And yes, even with gloves on, you can make out the slippery feel of dev, versus not-so of the fixer etc.,
If it its good enough for surgeons, its good enough for this!
For printing, I haven't used tongs - but then I havent printed larger than 5x7" either, so I am not sure what might work well there!
Even with tongs, I would first wear gloves.
You could probably keep one hand ungloved for other tasks - I tried it, but found it unnecessary and an encumbrance.
Only difficulty/issue so far was the timer usage, but with the metronome, I suppose it could get better.
After moving film/paper from dev to stop(water), I rise the gloves off under running water, and then post stop move it to fix. Again a quick wash. I havent do more than two negatives/print on timed session yet - I am finding that I can concentrate best when its 1 or 2, and I can spare the additional time to develop the rest.
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