SKAPA Prize — Nobel memory, 2020

Swedish School of Textiles

Uppsala University

Patent pending

Add one dry layerunder your gloves.

0.4mm thin. Worn inside your existing glove. Your outer glove stays the same. What changes is what your skin sits against.

IF YOUR GLOVES FEEL WETShow me what changes ↓ IF YOU WANT THE PROOFSee why it works ↓

Dry hands

through the shift

Less glove fighting

no wet-skin drag

Cleaner hands

when gloves come off

6–12 months

washable use

WHY THE DRY LAYER MATTERS

The glove stays the same. What touches your skin changes.

DRYE sits between your hand and the glove — so you are not working with sweaty nitrile, latex, rubber, vinyl or hockey lining directly against your skin.

A sealed glove worn directly against skin

Hands after removing sealed gloves with a liner

BEFORE

Glove-on-skin

Sweat builds up inside sealed gloves. The wet layer sits directly against your hand.

DURING

Wet-skin drag

Gloves start sticking, pulling and fighting your hand every time you take them off.

AFTER

Add the dry layer

DRYE sits between skin and glove — softer contact, drier hands, better grip feel, cleaner glove changes.

The dry layer

One dry layer changes the glove contact.

DRYE does not replace your glove. It changes what your hand sits against inside it — less wet skin, less drag, less glove fight.

Skin-side stays drier

Sweat moves away from the skin side instead of sitting directly against your hand.

Gloves slide better

Nitrile goes on and off over the layer — not over wet skin.

Fits under sealed gloves

0.4mm thin. Built to sit under nitrile, latex, rubber and HV gloves.

You still feel the work

The outer glove still does the gripping. DRYE changes the wet contact underneath.

Nothing to wash out

The performance comes from the structure, not a chemical finish.

Built for months of shifts

Washable, reusable, and made to keep working through repeated wear.

Performance properties are structural — built into the fabric architecture rather than applied as a coating or finish.

The glove is not the problem.
What happens inside it is.

Inside sealed gloves, sweat has nowhere to evaporate. So anything that absorbs eventually becomes the wet layer.

Cotton liners

Absorb sweat — then hold it against the skin. Inside a sealed glove, cotton becomes the wet layer.

Sports liners

Built to breathe in open air. Inside sealed gloves, there is nowhere for moisture to go.

Switching glove brands

Can change the feel. It does not change the sealed environment.

Creams and powders

Can reduce friction or dryness. They do not move sweat out of a sealed glove.

Thicker gloves

May protect more. They can also trap more heat and moisture.

Gloves

Reduces one irritant. The core environment — sealed, occluded, compressed — remains unchanged.

Frequently asked questions

A glove liner is a thin textile worn between skin and a protective glove to manage moisture. Most liners absorb sweat — and eventually saturate, holding wetness against the skin. DRYE routes moisture directionally through the fabric instead, with no saturation point.

Yes. DRYE was developed and tested primarily for use under nitrile — the most common glove in healthcare, automotive, and lab environments. At 0.4mm, it fits inside any standard nitrile glove without affecting the fit or tactile feel. Dexterity is unchanged.

Yes — if they route moisture instead of absorbing it. A hockey period is 20 minutes. Any absorbent liner saturates within that time and holds warm, damp material against skin for the rest of play. DRYE has no saturation point and continues working through full game conditions.

Yes, when the mechanism is right. Sealed gloves trap sweat against skin, which prevents the barrier from recovering between exposures. A liner that keeps the skin surface dry removes that trigger. DRYE users with hand eczema report skin stabilising within days to weeks of consistent use.