Create Your Own Lab Assistant with Bel-Art Products Hot Hand® Protector and a Marker

Pequannock, NJ – May 31, 2011 – Looking for companionship, a little extra help in the research lab or just want to make sure everyone knows that mitt is yours? Using a permanent marker and predesigned patterns available on www.belart.com, you can bring your Bel-Art Product Hot Hand® Protector to life. No artistic skills are required to quickly and easily create the lab assistant of your choice.

Shirley Miller, Director of Marketing Communications for Bel-Art Products says “The way the Hot Hand® Protector is used resembles having a puppet on your hand. Inevitably when people put them on they start moving their hand as if it’s a mouth talking. We decided to join the fun and enlisted help from national craft designer Linda Valentino to create a collection of people and animals that anyone can easily duplicate.”

The Hot Hand® Protector is a tool that Miller notes is “used day in and day out in the lab for safe handling of hot and cold items such as beakers, flasks and bottles. We’re infusing some fun and letting people express their personalities. Instead of labeling your Hot Hand® Protector with your name, everyone will know yours is the guy with the bushy eyebrows. They might even become alter egos.”

Six designs include male and female characters along with a wacky bird and monkey. Full size line art for the designs can be downloaded free on the Bel-Art Products web site www.belart.com along with drawing tips. “We’re also interested in seeing what our customers come up with and will be happy to display them in our on-line gallery.” Just send a photo to Teri Rocco, BelArt Product Communications Manager, at trocco@belart.com.

The Hot Hand® Protector is one a one size fits all double-ended silicone rubber mitt with a ‘quick fit’ pocket at each end; one for the thumb and one for the other fingers. Concaved tipped studs on the surface provide a secure grip. It can withstand temperatures as high as 260°C (500°F) and remains flexible at temperatures as low as -57°C (-70°F) which as Miller notes, “makes it ideal for common lab needs like removing items from an autoclave or handling dry ice.” Manufacturer’s suggested price for the Hot Hand® Protector in Lime Green (F38000-0001) or Sky Blue (F38000-0002) is $21.25.

For more information on Hot Hand® Protectors, or the complete line of laboratory offerings from Bel-Art Products, call 1-800-4BELART, email info@belart.com or visit www.belart.com. To request a FREE copy of the Bel-Art Products 2011 Catalog, click here.

Bel-Art Products simplifies tasks with innovative product solutions for science, industry and healthcare. Over 3500 items from safety wash bottles to fume hoods are manufactured and marketed under well-known brand names including Scienceware® laboratory products, Spinbar® magnetic stirring bars, Magic Touch™ icewares, Sterileware® sampling tools, Secador® desiccator cabinets, KLETT® colorimeters, and Poxygrid® racks. Established in 1946, Bel-Art Products is a United States based manufacturer headquartered in Pequannock, NJ.