Silicone Gloves

Hi,
I've been having a go at making a silicone glove and have run into a small problem.
My glove seems to be somewhat unflexible, when the silicone was setting I left it on my hand (which which in a stick holding position) for about 1 and a half hours, so it is roughly in position, but it seems quite tight round the fingers when it is fully griping the stick. Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? I haven't been able to find a detailed guide on making silicone gloves, so I'm quite new at this (if anyone has a good guide please tell me).
I thought it might be because I used a medium sized cotton glove (as opposed to a large).
Thanks!

Yes Zanjo i now what you mean.

In the past we made also inflexible silicon gloves. The inflexible silicon means you use the normal silicon that you can buy everywhere.(1 component) We in Tilburg(NL) use another sort off silicon. Made by 2 components. That silicone stay very flexible and is dry after 15 minutes. So you can read in the other glove story. But it is more differ cult to get. In the Netherlands there is only 1 store in the whole country that sell that sort off silicon.

If the glove sits to tight around you hand and fingers. Maybe you must try another size glove.
Those can fit also good around the hand. But not as tight. That has nothing to do with the silicon.

read also:
http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=13
Making a glove by latex or with silicone is not such as different.

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Hi Sven,

I had a look at some websites of hardware stores (although I will go down to the actual stores later), and I couldn't find any 2 part silicon here (NZ). I think next time I make a glove I will use a larger glove, and I will ask the other glove makers what sort of silicon they use (I'm thinking they might mix something in with the normal silicon)

Thanks for your help!

I hope you get an answer. From those players/glove makers.
I now that there are different 2 component sillicon kits.
But i dont now iff they have them over there.
But making it with a slight bigger underglove will help i think for you.

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When you say underglove, do you mean the first layer on the outside of the glove (the red bit in this picture below)

No by the underglove i mean the glove were you put the sillicon on
(in your case the cotton glove) Iff thats to small it dont matter how
thin or thick the layers are, It will always be to small.

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Yeah I'm convinced it's the cotton glove too, I only got medium sized ones due to the lack of bigger ones at the store I went to...I must find another store.
Thanks for your help Sven.

a good silicone for quick gloves in nz and maybe also australia is selleys window and glass.

it's designed to caulk windows in wet areas.

if the glove fits your hand comfortably it should be ok to make a glove with... after you get it wet and play with it for a while it'll loosen up anyway.

try to stay away from cotton gloves as they rot. the best gloves to use are nylon or nylon/polyester blend, (i think), you can get them from photographic supply shops, the developers use them to handle prints etc.

Hi atapene,

I've been using Selley's Wet Area Silicone Sealant and Polycotton gloves (I did not realise they were POLY-cotton until recently). I've got practice in an hour so I will ask my coach (He makes gloves) what his opinion is also, I think it should loosen up too. I was thinking of making a mould of my hand and put the glove on that so it will have longer to set, so it would be more in the shape.

Thanks.

nah dont bother about making a hand mould. much more trouble than its worth.

just put a first thin layer of silicone over all the joint areas, to form the shape, dry it, should only take about 15 mins in front of a blow heater or with a hair dryer, then take it off your hand and the shape should hold. then add more protection where you want it.

good silicone will hold to old silicone also, for running repairs, which is the big advantage of a silicone glove, so you can always add more later, unlike latex gloves. (plus silicone is a little slicker on the tiles)