Hi all,
I'm keen to make my own glove and am currently trying to figure out the best way to go about it... So I've got a few questions.

Everyone seems to be completely coating their gloves. Is this necessary, or can you just apply protection where needed without a base coat? What's the advantage of this? I can imagine that if you were using a cotton glove as a base, you might want to coat it to keep it from being attacked by chlorine, but are there other advantages? Does doing a complete coat offer better grip, or stop the protection from peeling off?

Also, most people seem to be using latex, but what about silicone? Would you still completely coat the glove with that, and if so, do you need to thin it (perhaps using white spirits or turps) beforehand? I'd have thought it would be a bit thick for a complete coat the way it comes out of the tube.

Finally, has anyone tried polyurethane for protection? It sounds like it might be a bit more flexible than silicone.

Thanks,
Dave.