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Why do latex gloves discolor?
1970-01-01

People who often wear natural latex gloves always have a doubt: "Why do natural latex gloves sometimes appear discolored after wearing them? Is it because the gloves are not of good quality?" When the color of natural latex gloves changes, it does not necessarily mean that the gloves are not of good quality, but perhaps that they have been stored improperly or touched with liquid.

How can natural latex gloves turn yellow?
1. Natural latex, because of its natural characteristics, can turn yellow when it touches liquids such as sweat and saliva.
Natural latex raw material touches iodine ions, which in turn turns yellow. Whether contained in bodily fluids or prevalent in people's environment, this type of hue change is not harmful and the performance hazard for gloves is very minimal.

2. natural latex gloves through the chlorine wash will show light yellow.
At this stage, powder-free gloves are mainly based on the powdered gloves chlorine washing or polymer coating process to obtain.

3. Natural latex gloves exposed to long-term exposure to ultraviolet light sources, or higher than 30 ℃ and other natural environments are also very susceptible to yellowing.
When exposed to the sun, these gloves will generally show abnormalities before use. And there will be brittle; sticky and other conditions, such conditions, the glove's protective performance has actually diminished, it is proposed not to apply.

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