When doing the cleaning work at home, glove is a must especially to the ladies. Gloves not only protect your hands from water and chemical to keep them look younger, they also help you to keep out from the bacteria (like the mold bacteria).
Latex Glove and Rubber Glove
Disposable latex gloves are originally used in surgical operations. But now, many housewives are using latex gloves for household cleaning to pursue higher level of hygiene.
You can choose powder or powder free latex gloves according to your need. Normally, the powder is cornstarch which can help lubricate the gl
oves making them easier for you to wear.
Traditional rubber gloves, the pink rubber gloves remain the most popular. Rubber gloves here mean the type that with cotton lining and usually made of PVC. Most of people like to use them for washing dishes
Latex rubber gloves compared to traditional rubber gloves can be better:
- They are shorter and better fit your hands, this enable you to work more comfortably and freely. I know some of you may not like your lower arm to be covered by the rubber gloves, which can be useless;
- They are thinner than the rubber gloves and therefore allows you to have greater sensitivity to touch; and
- They are disposable so are more hygienic.
Rubber gloves compared to later gloves can be better:
- Slip resistant finger tips does help as most of the cleaning works involve water or slippery chemicals;
- As latex contains protein, therefore some people can be allergic to latex; and
- Rubber gloves are with longer cuff that helps prevent water or chemical wetting your sleeves.
You can get latex gloves at around $7-$10 for 100 pairs. Traditional rubber gloves cost around $2 per pair. Playtex is one of the highly rated brands for traditional rubber gloves. One of the reasons users like Playtex is because it offers XL size which is difficult to find.
Latex free gloves
Other than latex gloves, you can also find the nitrile gloves which are latex free. The nitrile gloves are very much like latex but are latex free so there will not be latex allergies. Also, they are usually powder free. You can get such gloves for around $10 – $12 per 100 pairs. Safeskin nitrile gloves by Kimberly Clark are highly rated by consumers. Users think Safeskin nitrile gloves are more comfortable and sturdy than l
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