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Vinyl Gloves

Vinyl Gloves

Vinyl gloves are one of the most widely used options in many industries. Although they are not as durable as nitrile and latex gloves, they are relatively inexpensive to produce and easy to use. Vinyl gloves are made from a synthetic monomer material known as polyvinyl chloride, abbreviated as PVC. In order to gain a flexible structure, it undergoes polymerisation process and takes its final form.


Vinyl gloves are particularly popular in the food processing industry. They are powder-free, making them ideal for contact with food, and can be easily removed and replaced if soiled during use. Vinyl gloves are softer than other types of gloves, allowing the hands to move and breathe easily.

When to Use Vinyl Gloves

Vinyl gloves can be used in a wide range of applications and industries. Vinyl gloves are suitable for light applications such as food handling, cleaning work and examinations where there is a low risk of exposure to body fluids. These gloves offer limited protection against exposure to chemicals or biomedical substances but can protect hands from contact with non-hazardous materials.

If your job requires contact with harmful substances, you should choose a glove that is more resistant to hazards. Vinyl gloves are flexible and tear-resistant, but if you need to work with cutting tools used in construction and industry, you should use cut-resistant nitrile gloves. In general, vinyl gloves are ideal for lower risk applications requiring hygienic protection.

Benefits of Vinyl Gloves

Vinyl gloves have many advantages. The most important of these benefits is cost-effectiveness. In work environments such as health institutions, beauty centres and hairdressers where direct contact with people is required, it is necessary to change gloves in every application. Vinyl gloves, which are economical compared to other types of gloves, are ideal in such work environments.

Vinyl gloves are anti-static and can therefore be used when working with cables and wires. It is suitable for protecting hands against friction. However, you should prefer leather or nitrile gloves in high voltage applications.

Another benefit of vinyl gloves is that they are not made of natural materials. Allergic reactions caused by latex gloves made of natural rubber are not seen when using vinyl gloves. Latex-free vinyl gloves are a very good alternative for people with latex allergies.

Beybi Plastik has been operating in the field of personal protective work safety gloves, production and sales of examination gloves, sterile surgical gloves and medical consumables sales and marketing since its establishment in 1949.