What is the difference between supported and unsupported gloves?
Supported gloves are manufactured by dipping a cotton glove or liner into a vat of material, be it nitrile, latex, neoprene, or PVC. Unsupported gloves are manufactured by dipping a former into the material. Unsupported gloves can be either unlined or flock lined with a cotton lining. When manufacturing flock lined gloves, the gloves are either dipped inside out into a vat of cotton or painted with the cotton. These procedures take place while the gloves are still wet so that both the lining and the glove material will dry together. The lining is designed to facilitate donning, similar to the use of powder in disposable gloves.
