Protect Your Hands from Cleaners and Heat with These 7 Dishwashing Gloves (2024)

When you think of dishwashing gloves, the first image that comes to mind is often a pair of long, bright-yellow rubber gloves. This brand has that quintessential style and then some. The three-pack of reusable household gloves protects the entire forearm with 0.5-millimeter-thick rubber latex. Durable and flexible, they also have a textured palm that helps grip sudsy dishes. They’re even temperature-resistant, with a protective range of freezing-cold 32 degrees to piping-hot 122 degrees.

Material: Rubber latex | Length: 12 inches | Temperature Range: 32-122 degrees | Glove Thickness: 0.5 millimeters | Latex-Free: No

Good gloves don’t have to drain your wallet. Kitchen cleaning darling Mr. Clean’s premium latex-free gloves are inexpensive. Easy to pull on and off, the gloves have a soft interior lining for maximum comfort, and though they’re shorter than some of the other gloves on this list, they have textured non-slip grips and are tear-resistant. Please note that several users claim the white gloves stain easily, so be careful while cleaning up pasta sauce or tomato soup spills.

Material: Latex-free proprietary material “Bliss,” cotton flock | Length: 8.75 inches | Latex-Free: Yes

The main priority of dishwashing gloves is to keep your hands dry, but they ought to be comfortable to wear and use for a long period of time. These ones are lined with a thin cotton flock that’s soft to the touch. The strong PVC material is flexible, too, so you can really scrub the corners of your sink or get into the crevasses of air fryer grates. Measuring 13 inches from fingertip to cuff, these aqua and purple gloves will keep hands and arms dry while cleaning.

Materials: PVC, cotton flock | Length: 13 inches | Latex-Free: Yes

Instead of wearing gloves and scrubbing pots with a sponge, just scrub with the gloves themselves. This pair has silicone bristles built right into the palm. Just add soap and water to scrub away baked-on cheese or dried sauce from pots, pans, sheets, and countertops. These gloves are great for more than just dishwashing too: Try them when cleaning your car, bathing pets, or washing fresh produce.

Material: Food-safe silicone | Length: 13.2 inches | Latex-Free: Yes

Many people have skin sensitivities that make latex gloves more trouble than they’re worth. Luckily, these skin-friendly dishwashing gloves are latex-, lead-, cadmium-, and DEHP-free. The interior is lined with silky soft cotton flocking, too. The embossed palms ensure a sturdy grip on wine glasses, ceramic bowls, or oily colanders. Nearly 13 inches long, the gloves are available in purple, green, yellow, and red.

Material: PVC, cotton flock | Length: 12.6 inches | Latex-Free: Yes

Nobody likes when water drips down their arm and soaks into a shirt—it’s annoying and uncomfortable. Here’s a solution: dishwashing gloves with flared cuffs that catch rogue water droplets to keep long sleeves dry. The durable gloves are made of a combination of latex, neoprene, and nitrile for three layers of heat protection. They’re even anti-bacterial.

Material: Latex, neoprene, nitrile | Length: 8.75 inches (when cuffed) | Latex-Free: No

Cleaning is a chore, and chores can be boring. Add a little bit of novelty to the task of scrubbing with these cheeky gloves from Wine Wash Co. The right glove says “cleaning hand” and features a little decal of a hand and sponge. The left says “drinking hand” and has a sparkling wine glass icon. Made of rubber latex, the gloves also have a long 12.75-inch cuff. The brand has a number of other funny cleaning products, including a biodegradable sponge that says “I like to have a little pinot while I cleano” and a reusable paper towel that says “Less chores, more pours.”

Material: Rubber latex | Length: 12.75 inches | Latex-Free: No

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