Anti-perspirant glove

A method of making garment material, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) fitting a substrate on a mould;
• b) applying a coagulant to the substrate and then applying a layer of foam of a polymeric material to the substrate;
• c) allowing for the coagulant to coagulate some of the foam for a controlled period so that an underside of the layer of foam polymeric material, which is closest to the substrate, coagulates to form a coagulated layer and an outer part of the foam layer does not coagulate and forms an uncoagulated layer;
• d) removing the uncoagulated foam layer before a film skin can form on the layer of foam, to leave a cohesive, porous, and breathable coagulated layer of polymeric material on the substrate, and
• e) removing the garment material comprising the substrate and the coagulated polymeric material from the mould, and wherein before and/or after step e), one or more bonding agents and one or more dressing compounds are applied to the garment material such that the dressing compounds are bonded to a surface of the garment material, and
• wherein the step of applying one or more bonding agents and one or more dressing compounds to the garment material comprises:
• i) dipping, washing or soaking the garment material in a 1 to 5% solution of PVA, PU or NBR, and optionally one or more dressing compositions, in water and allowing it to drain;
• ii) dipping, washing or soaking the garment material in a dressing composition, for example a suspension comprising 2 to 5 grams of encapsulated essential oils per litre of water at between 50° C. and 80° C.;
• iii) allowing excess liquid to drain from the garment material;
• iv) optionally repeating steps ii) and iii) with a different dressing composition.

A method of making garment material, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) fitting a substrate on a mould;
• b) applying a coagulant to the substrate and then applying a layer of foam of a polymeric material to the substrate;
• c) allowing for the coagulant to coagulate some of the foam for a controlled period so that an underside of the layer of foam polymeric material, which is closest to the substrate, coagulates to form a coagulated layer and an outer part of the foam layer does not coagulate and forms an uncoagulated layer;
• d) removing the uncoagulated foam layer before a film skin can form on the layer of foam, to leave a cohesive, porous, and breathable coagulated layer of polymeric material on the substrate, and
• e) removing the garment material comprising the substrate and the coagulated polymeric material from the mould, and wherein before and/or after step e), one or more bonding agents and one or more dressing compounds are applied to the garment material such that the dressing compounds are bonded to a surface of the garment material, and
• wherein the controlled period is such that the garment material when subjected to a temperature of 20±2° C. and a relative humidity of 65 ±2% for 265 minutes, will hold between 1.0 mg and 8.5 mg of water per cm2 of the garment material.