{"id":32214,"date":"2021-06-29T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T04:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=32214"},"modified":"2021-06-25T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T17:42:07","slug":"using-gloves-latex-vs-nitrile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/using-gloves-latex-vs-nitrile\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Gloves: Latex vs Nitrile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Latex-Gloves-Singles-Use-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Box Latex Gloves \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Latex-Gloves-Singles-Use-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Latex-Gloves-Singles-Use-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Latex-Gloves-Singles-Use-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Latex-Gloves-Singles-Use-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Latex-Gloves-Singles-Use-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nitrile-gloves-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"box nitrile gloves\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nitrile-gloves-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nitrile-gloves-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nitrile-gloves-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nitrile-gloves-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nitrile-gloves-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20171221_075930-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Using Nitrile Gloves\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20171221_075930-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20171221_075930-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20171221_075930-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20171221_075930-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20171221_075930-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What kind of gloves should I purchase? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/DI-Accessories-M12\/Powder-Free-Premium-Black-Latex-Gloves-P615\/Large-S1\/\">Latex<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/DI-Accessories-M12\/Nitrile-Gloves-Powder-Free-Black-100-pack-P618\/Large-S1\/\">Nitrile<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Latex gloves are actually designed more for use in the medical field and service industry for viral and bacterial safeguards.\u00a0 Being designed more for surgical activities, you will have a greater sensitivity to objects and instruments (remotes and cell phones, etc).\u00a0 That does not mean that I prefer them for protecting myself against viruses.\u00a0 Nitrile gloves are designed more use with skilled labor.\u00a0 Nitrile gloves can hold up to\/withstand exposure to oils and chemical solvents that can more easily destroy latex gloves.\u00a0 For detailing activities, other physical activity, or simply long term wear being durable is absolutely more important than having <strong>slightly<\/strong> more hand sensitivity.\u00a0 And for all around safety you do not want you gloves to tear on you repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>Advantage nitrile gloves!<\/p>\n<p>Latex gloves still have a place.\u00a0 Very intricate activities are performed much more easily with latex gloves.\u00a0 Touching sensitive areas or even performing basic household activities, I often wear latex gloves, and change them more frequently.\u00a0\u00a0Nitrile gloves are a great option when it would be very inconvenient for your gloves to tear.<\/p>\n<p>Overall if I had to choose, I would prefer a pair of nitrile gloves.\u00a0 Keep in mind supply of nitrile gloves will diminish faster than that of latex gloves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using Gloves: Latex vs Nitrile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":34274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1257,3177,3176,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-32214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-protection","8":"tag-gloves","9":"tag-latex","10":"tag-nitrile","11":"tag-safety"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20171221_075930-1024x768-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-8nA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32214"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34275,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32214\/revisions\/34275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}