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What type of chemical treatment inside latex gloves to make them slippery?

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geneiusxie

Aerospace
Mar 10, 2013
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I have a box of latex gloves and although their outsides are very grippy, the inside of them seem to have some sort of low-friction coating to make them much easier to put on and take off. How did they put that coating on? I think I read somewhere that adding chlorine to latex will chemically add a layer of low-friction neoprene (useful for latex clothing)

Btw, I know it's not talcum powder, because the gloves are powder free.
 
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