Literature Reviews
Reference articles distilled from industrial handbooks and primary sources. They answer why and what the literature says — not step-by-step construction. Pair them with Lessons and Technique when you want the bench work.
99% of crafters have never bothered to read these and have been just fine. Start with the executive summary; open Deep dives only when you want the handbook-level detail.
Sheet work and liquid work are separate articles. Do not mix them.
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- Allergy and Skin ContactReference
Type I protein vs Type IV chemical reactions, and what labels do and do not mean. Literacy, not medical advice.
- Compatibility MatrixReference
Never / avoid / conditional / OK for metals, oils, plastics, and skin products that touch natural rubber.
- Body-region pressure sensitivityExperimental
Acuity, pressure-pain threshold, and preferred clothing pressure are three maps — do not average them for garment fit.
- Pattern reduction and body pressure targetsExperimental
Reduction × gauge × radius → Laplace contact pressure; ~0.8 kPa mid-limb skintight soft-NR mark.
- Reduction and pressure sensitivityExperimental
Laplace P ÷ Scale C m_C → feels-like intensity; equal-% partial cancelation.
- Simulating natural rubber sheet in Clo3DExperimental
Calendered natural rubber sheet Clo3D presets — gauge-scaled K, render, and downloadable .zfab fabrics.
- Adhesion and Peel Test MethodsReference
How peel and adhesion tests are named, what the number measures, and what has to be written beside it.
Sheet pathway
- Sheet Adhesives and Seam IntegrityReference
Solvent cement on commercial sheet: flash off, open time, polarity, and how to read a failed glue line.
- Sheet Delamination and Seam FailureReference
Read a peeled sheet seam: adhesive vs cohesive, edge lift, and what the faces are telling you.
- Sheet Latex–Latex Adhesion TestingReference
What a handbook peel number is attached to, and which sentences are a test of two latex sheets with solvent rubber cement.
- Sheet Latex–Substrate Adhesion TestingReference
What a peel number is attached to when one face is bought sheet and the other face is not latex.
- Sheet Aging, Storage and CareReference
Heat, light, ozone, and oils age bought sheet and finished garments. Store cool and dark. Keep petroleum off the film.
- Buying Formed Latex SheetReference
Commercial calendered roll goods. You cut and glue a film the mill already made.
- Sheet Latex–Textile BondingReference
Cotton vs nylon when you glue fabric to commercial sheet: mechanical grip, polarity, and stretch at the lap.
- Colored Sheet: Pigment and Filler EffectsReference
What you inherit when you buy pre-colored commercial sheet: opacity, stiffness, set, and metal-impurity aging.
- Printing on Latex SheetReference
Why bought NR sheet rejects cotton inks — stretch-ink vehicles and QC method classes.
- Sheet Surface FinishReference
Reading gloss, matte, and bloom on bought calendered sheet — vendor faces and storage powder.
- Sheet Gauge, Modulus, and ReductionReference
Thickness, inherited stiffness, and pattern shrink on bought commercial sheet.
- Calendered Latex SheetReference
ISO thickness-tolerance language and catalog millimetre menus for roll goods.
- Sheet Reinforcement ZonesReference
Where to add strips or discs on commercial sheet before a junction is trapped.
- Sheet Edge Finishing MaterialsReference
NR tube and strip at the rim: solvent-cement family and gauge match.
- Sheet Hardware and Metal ContactReference
Snaps and eyelets on cut sheet: brass staining, base-metal checks, and halo inspection.
- Sheet Zipper Closure CompatibilityReference
Zipper tape and coil materials for bonding to commercial sheet.
- Sheet Ventilation and Solvent ExposureReference
Flammable solvent cements and thinners for sheet glue work. Ventilation, sealed cans, and ignition control.
- Sheet Garment Selection QAReference
Pre-wear checks on bought sheet garments: holes, powder, odor, bloom, and when to stop.
Liquid pathway
- From the Rubber Tree to Liquid LatexReference
Liquid pathway from field latex through preserve and concentrate, before compound and film forming.
- The Hevea Rubber TreeReference
What Hevea brasiliensis is, how clone names relate to latex yield, and how South American leaf blight sits on the planting map.
- Plantation Tapping and Field LatexReference
How plantations tap Hevea, what field latex is in the cup, and where preserve and concentrate take over.
- Field Latex to Marketable ConcentrateReference
Liquid pathway from preserved field latex through centrifuge, cream, or evaporation to concentrate, and what those books say a buyer receives.
- Liquid Adhesives and Seam IntegrityReference
Water-based latex adhesives for film and fabric joins: wet vs dry combine, contamination, and peel literacy.
- Liquid Delamination and Seam FailureReference
Read a failed film join or multi-dip ply split before you add more latex.
- Liquid Latex–Latex Adhesion TestingReference
Peel coupons for two films made from liquid latex, and which handbook sentence the number belongs to.
- Liquid Latex–Substrate Adhesion TestingReference
What a liquid-latex adhesion number is attached to, the film or adhesive and the substrate in that test.
- Liquid Latex Aging, Storage and CareReference
Bottle storage without freeze or copper fittings, and why leftover coagulant salt and settled compound change how cast film ages.
- Forming Film from Liquid LatexReference
Dip, cast, or spread from a bottle or tank. Concentrate vs compound, and how the film is vulcanized.
- Liquid Latex–Textile BondingReference
Aqueous combining of latex and fabric: wet vs dry, shrink, and tire-cord pretreat in plain language.
- Former Dip, Mould Cast, and Flat SpreadReference
Pick a forming method by geometry and gauge. Straight dips are thin; coagulant and heat-gel build thicker walls.
- Coagulant Dipping for Wearable ThicknessReference
One dwell can build 0.2–0.8 mm. Leach, humidity, and wet-gel strength decide whether it holds.
- Heat-Sensitized GelationReference
Closed-mould slush and rotational casting. Heat plus a sensitizer gels the wall; dry before you cure.
- Liquid Film DefectsReference
Pinholes, blown gel, webbing, and leach discoloration. Craft symptom to industrial name to first check.
- Pigment and Filler CompoundingReference
Tint and opacify NR before the film forms: dispersion buckets, filler stiffness, and metal-impurity aging.
- Liquid Film Surface FinishReference
How dipped and cast film get gloss or matte from the former or bed, plus bloom and de-tack classes.
- Chlorination for Tack ControlReference
Permanent de-tack on dipped film — halogenation windows, neutralize and rinse, skin-contact literacy.
- Painting vs Compounding PigmentReference
Three classes of color on liquid NR: pigment in the compound, an NR surface coat, and bottles that are a different polymer.
- Liquid Gauge, Modulus, and ReductionReference
Thickness, compound stiffness, and pattern shrink on dipped or cast film.
- Home-Cast Latex FilmReference
Lab glass spread, belt-spreading patents, coagulant dip, and mould cast as ways to form film from liquid.
- Liquid Reinforcement and Laminate ZonesReference
Build strength in the dip or spread stack: wet-gel timing, fatty soaps, and NR/CR/XNBR outers.
- Liquid Edge Finishing MaterialsReference
Textile tape and aqueous spread at the rim: shrink, polarity, and migration.
- Liquid Hardware and Metal ContactReference
Copper, brass, and galvanized contact with wet latex, leach water, and dipped or cast film.
- Liquid Zipper Closure CompatibilityReference
Aqueous latex on zipper tape: fabric shrink, polarity matching, and nylon filament limits.
- Liquid Latex Ventilation and AmmoniaReference
Ammonia fumes and compounding powders on liquid latex work. Ventilation, dust, and acid/alkali hygiene.
- Decoding Liquid Latex Bottle LabelsReference
Ammonia band, total solids, prevulc vs raw, and polymer family. Marketing words are not those fields.
- Prevulcanized Consumer LatexReference
Warm-air dry can finish a true prevulc NR film. Overcure and a mystery bottle both wreck that assumption.
- Synthetic Lattices: CR, NBR, and SBRReference
When liquid NR is the wrong polymer: CR, NBR, and SBR compounding, polarity, and allergy literacy.
- Latex Foam for Costume VolumeReference
Industrial latex foam: expand, shape, gel, vulcanize. Dunlop gelling and why whipped bottles collapse.
- Antidegradants in DIY CompoundsReference
You cannot stop latex aging, only slow it. Antioxidant budgets, amine vs phenolic stain, wax bloom, and PPD.