Most businesses require some sort of janitorial gloves. The market for custodial gloves includes retail facilities; consumers with homes, apartments or condominiums; industrial, medical and commercial settings, offices and small businesses. By design, gloves perform specific functions, disposing harsh or toxic chemicals and fluids, washing or mopping and handling trash pickup to note a few. Gloves provide safety for your employees while engaging in their important tasks.

There are several main types of janitorial gloves. Popular materials include synthetics, rubber, cotton and leather gloves. Some material provides better protection against certain chemicals and leather protects against punctures and cutting. When looking for custodian gloves consider the following:

1. Jot down the various types of janitorial gloves needed by job application and environment to lessen the time looking for the products you need.

2. Buy in bulk for discount pricing, as many companies offer products by the case.

3. Look at the price advantage of purchasing disposable over longer lasting gloves.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Buy multi-functional synthetic and rubber cleaning gloves

These cleaning gloves suit many purposes including light-duty maintenance and cleanup. Premium latex gloves offer a high degree of dexterity and strength.

I recommend: Call the phone number for pricing of janitor gloves, typically 10 boxes or more, at Empire Janitorial Supply that includes disposable lightly powered, powdered free, powdered latex and vinyl or flocked lined neoprene and nitrile in several sizes. Buy premium, nitrile and general purpose cleaning gloves online at RBS Packaging. Buy nitrile lined gloves with volume discounts at Twin Supply. Choose 100% natural rubber cleaning gloves by the case at Summit Glove; use the email address or phone number on the page to order.

Purchase wholesale janitorial gloves for added savings

Find a nice selection for all janitorial jobs in light to heavy-duty environments.

I recommend: Choose gloves for cleaning from the categories that include rubber, latex and others at Macomb Wholesale Supply; click “Contact” to fill out a form or “Request Pricing” following the selections for phone number. Go to Wholesale Janitorial Supply and select the type of custodial gloves your business requires from flock lined, latex, nitrile and work gloves. Contact United Glove, a manufacturer and wholesale distributor, and click “Unsupported” or “Supported” to view latex, vinyl and other types of cleaning gloves.

Order commercial and industrial janitorial gloves for demanding environments

Industrial and commercial settings vary from restroom cleanup to emptying trashcans and floor mopping. Handling toxic chemicals, scrap metal and other potentially harmful materials determine the required custodian gloves.

I recommend: Contact Johnson Plastics & Supply by using the phone, fax or email information on the page and click “Maintenance, Janitorial & Safety Supplies” for safety gloves applicable in industrial settings including cotton, leather palm, rubber coated and others. Find cleaning leather gloves or cotton and canvas gloves at Betty Mills; scroll to type and click for pricing by the case. Click “Commercial Cleaning Gloves” or other selections with discounts at CleanItSupply.com.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Disposable janitorial gloves tear easily. To overcome this, order different sizes and double the gloves by having the size that fits covered with the next largest size.
• •  Some people react to latex material with a rash, runny nose and other symptoms. Sometimes a non-powdered latex glove eliminates the problem, or purchase non-latex material like nitrile or vinyl.