Glove Guide

A comprehensive collection of resources and information dedicated to helping you choose the right protective glove.

• Disposable Glove Types
  Discover what the differences exist between the most popular types of disposable gloves, including latex, vinyl, nitrile, and polyethylene, and when to use each type.
• Glove Grades
  Identify what grades of gloves exist, what regulations exist to ensure the quality of each grade, and which grades are most expensive.
• Assessing Glove Quality
  Learn the factors which impact glove performance, such as ultimate elongation and tensile strength, and why thickness is not the best judge of quality.
• Glove Performance Testing Methods
  Read about the specifications glove manufacturers and regulatory agencies use to judge quality and the most common testing methods used to measure performance.
• Donning Powder
  Find out why some gloves are powdered, from what the powder is typically made, and the link between donning powder and latex allergy.
• Chlorination vs. Polymer Coating
  Learn about the chlorination and polymer coating processes used as alternative donning agents on powder-free gloves.
• Glove Sizing
  Learn the disposable glove sizing standards, and where to measure to determine what size vinyl, latex, or nitrile you should wear.
• Glove Glossary
  From leaching to tensile strength, learn the jargon used throughout the industry to describe glove features, performance, and testing methods.
• Glove Manufacturing Process
  Explore the 11-step process, from washing to packaging, used to make disposable latex gloves are made (this process strongly parallels the process used for vinyl and nitrile gloves as well).