Damp Hand Donning and Moisturizing Glove

A process for forming an aqueous blend for coating an article, the process comprising:

• providing an aqueous emulsion of at least one polymer, the aqueous emulsion having a total solids content ranging from about 10 to about 25 percent;
• providing at least one water insoluble emollient, the at least one water insoluble emollient having a total solids content greater than about 50 percent;
• and
• blending the at least one water insoluble emollient together with the aqueous emulsion of at least one polymer under high shear mixing conditions.

A glove comprising:

• a glove body comprising a flexible glove substrate layer, the glove body having an inside surface forming a donning side of the glove body and an outside surface forming a grip side of the glove body;
• and
• a substantially uniform coating over the inside surface of the glove substrate, the coating comprising a blend of:
• at least one acrylic polymer;
• and
• at least one water insoluble emollient that is in a solid phase at temperatures in a range from about 20° C. to about 25° C.

A process for making a glove, the process comprising steps of:

• coating a surface of a mold with a coagulant solution and a release agent;
• partially drying the mold coated with the coagulant solution and release agent;
• immersing the partially dried mold into a rubber latex emulsion to form a layer of coagulated rubber latex on the mold surface;
• removing the mold from the latex emulsion;
• immersing the mold containing the coagulated rubber latex into an aqueous bath to remove excess coagulant and then drying the coagulated rubber latex to form a glove body on the mold;
• immersing the mold containing the glove body into an aqueous blend for coating an elastomeric article, the blend comprising:
• an aqueous emulsion of at least one polymer;
• and
• at least one water insoluble emollient, wherein the water insoluble emollient is uniformly and stably dispersed in the aqueous polymer emulsion;
• and
• removing the glove body from the mold by inverting the glove body such that the coated exterior surface of the glove body forms an interior surface of the glove body.