Heat resistant gloves

I am just always mindful of it's hot and handle only with tools. the parts are really too small to use with heat resistant gloves. The fingers are just too bulky and get in the way more than the helps plus after about two or three times so much plastic gets stuck to them they make a bigger mess than it's worth.

Yea, proper welding gloves will never work for holding a nozzle or anything small. Something like these, except they are only good to like 120C. I guess better than my finger. https://www.amazon.com/MAPA-Temp-Dex-Ni … ant+gloves
At anyrate, I think I'll just keep doing like I've been, carefully. I can find nothing with a tight fit that would allow one to grasp a nozzle and turn it out or such.

I've assembled dozens of hotends at the least and have only used three things:

Leather gloves
Crescent wrench
Socket wrench

PPE is important, so gloves are recommended even when using said crescent wrench. Always think of Murphys Law before doing, well, anything. Even with a proper wrench, the heat block can slip and drop onto your wrist; if at the wrong angle, this can cause far more than just a graze.
Go to a Home Depot and get a cheap pair of leather gloves twice your size and a pair of leather work gloves to size. After a few times of wearing both glove pairs they will find their own resting spots and become the perfect hand protectors for hotend work.

Personal Protection Equipment : An OSHA (Occupational  Safety and Health Administration )  term for safety equipment that is worn  and typically not shared between people. IE gloves ,hard  hats, boots safety harnesses safety glasses ear plugs etc.