SKAPA Innovation Prize
Swedish-engineered
Patent pending

Add one dry layerunder your gloves.

0.4mm thin. Worn inside your rubber glove. Wet skin loses heat 25× faster — Asymmetric Layering keeps the skin side dry.

Skin-side stays dry
all shift, no saturation point
Hands stay warmer
wet skin loses heat 25× faster than dry
No wet-skin drag
gloves on and off without the fight
6–12 months
washable, reusable

One of these
is your Tuesday afternoon.

Different fish. Same wet layer inside the glove.
Mechanic at work
PVC · SALMON PROCESSING
Filleting line, hour 2

“The glove keeps the fish out. It doesn’t keep your hand dry.”

Salmon processing worker

Mechanic at work
RUBBER GAUNTLET · ALL DAY
Gutting floor, by Wednesday

“Cotton inserts help for the first hour. Then they’re soaked.”

White fish processing

Mechanic at work
ATLAS 660 · FULL HAUL
Deck, between sets

“The more I sweat inside the gloves, the colder my hands get.”

Commercial deckhand

Mechanic at work
RUBBER · KING CRAB
Deck haul, Finnmark

“Cold outside. Wet inside. That’s the shift.”

King crab fisherman, Finnmark

Mechanic at work
GAUNTLET · FISH FARM
Harvest season, all day

“After harvest season, your hands are wrecked. Everyone just treats it as normal.”

Salmon farm worker

Why fish handlers
should care about the inside.

Sealed glove → trapped sweat → softened skin → fish proteins get through.

Exposure threshold
5–7 min

In a sealed glove: relative humidity hits 90% within 5–7 minutes. Skin temperature climbs to 95°F

Park & Lee 2025
Maceration
27 min

After 27 minutes: skin damage risk doubles in women, 55 minutes in men. Most shifts run 3-6 hours - 8x the threshold.

Lund 2020, Scand J Work Environ Health
Maceration
3 x swelling

After 4 hours: your outer skin barrier swells 3x thicker. fish proteins, bacteria and processing chemicals soak in deeper - into skin that can't fight back.

Bouwstra 2003, J Invest Dermatol
Who it hits
55.6 %

fish processing workers in northern Norway had skin symptoms — vs 27.5% in administrative roles in the same plants.

Aasmoe et al., Contact Dermatitis, 2005
The mechanism

Every glove, liner, barrier cream and powder fails on the physics.

The skin side repels. The outer side pulls. Sweat exits — it doesn't pool. We call it Asymmetric Layering.

See how it works
THE WORKAROUNDS

You've tried everything.
Nothing worked.

THICKER RUBBER

More rubber outside.
Same sweat inside.

COTTON

Absorbs at first.
Then becomes the wet layer.

CHANGING GLOVES

New pair, same sealed environment.
Same sweat in 20 minutes.

CREAMS

Help after the shift.
Do not change the shift.

AIRING OUT

Pull them off mid-shift.
Same wet glove goes back on.

SAME PROBLEM

Sweat has nowhere to go.

The dry layer

Cotton stores moisture. DRYE Repel. Pull. No saturation.

DRYE does not replace your glove. It changes what your hand sits against inside it.

Skin-side stays drier
Skin-side stays drier

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

Gloves slide better
Gloves slide better

Nitrile goes on and off over the layer — not over wet skin. No ripping.

Fits under sealed gloves
Fits under sealed gloves

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

You still feel the work
You still feel the work

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

Nothing to wash out
Nothing to wash out

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

Built for months of shifts
Built for months of shifts

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

Goes under any sealed glove.

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

What fish handlers noticed
after one shift.

This is what changed for people who had never heard of it.
    • 0.4mm. Fits under Atlas, Showa, any rubber glove.
    • Put it on. Forget it's there.
    Thickness 0.4mm Under any sealed glove
    • No airing breaks.
    • No pulling gloves off mid-line.
    Uptime 8h+ No saturation point
    • Break time. Rubber off.
    • Back on again. No wet-skin fight.
    Dexterity Intact
    • Wet skin loses heat 25× faster than dry. Dry skin holds it.
    • Warmth retained through the shift
    • Swap to your second pair of liners.
    • Wash the first at 90° end of shift.
    • Two pairs. Always one clean.
    Back in rotation < 1 min Swap to your second pair of liners.
    • Less scrubbing.
    • Less cracking.
    • Same liner tomorrow.
    Compound 1 : 600 One pair vs cotton liners per year
Week 1 4 → 0 Airing breaks per shift. You stop pulling them off.
MONTH 1 0 NOK Hand cream tubes this month. Skin stops cracking between shifts.
Month 6 1 → 130 One reusable liner vs a season of cotton liner replacements.
AUTOMOTIVE · SCANIA BATTERY FACTORY

Does it work under thick rubber gloves?

"Did not appear to affect fingertip sensitivity in electric safety gloves. Raised comfort and reduced the need to air the hand."

Simon Vicini · PPE-Coordinator, Scania CV AB
Mine worker

Doesn't the cotton liner in my glove already fix this?

"Cotton gloves don't hold up at all. Instantly disgusting, worn out, filthy. Just a temporary barrier. Your liners actually make a difference — and I've got my own hands to prove it."

Jens Stålnacke · Mine worker, Kiruna
WAREHOUSE WORK

How quickly does skin actually recover?

"Bright pink and raw, skin peeling off. Two weeks later — completely healed."

Deborah Fields · Warehouse worker, Cincinnati
Nail technician

What if I change gloves every hour?

"Every hour I change my gloves and notice the sweat on my DRYE — but my hands remain dried. Seven pairs to rotate."

Phuong Ngo · Nail technician, Lutz FL
Automotive repair

What if I take gloves off all day?

“I take gloves on and off 9 times an hour. After two weeks with the lining gloves, my hands felt less itchy, less dry, and less rough.”

Independent field study · Vehicle inspection technician, Gothenburg, Sweden
DETAILING WORK

Will it kill my grip?

"The slim thickness gives great dexterity. They do a great job keeping sweat off my hands."

Shoujun Shi · Car detailing, Rosemead CA
Automotive repair

Why wear a liner at all?

“My hands get so itchy I can’t work without a layer between my skin and the glove. The lining gloves stay drier than cotton — I’ve been using them continuously.”

Field study / SCANIA · Heavy vehicle mechanic, Gothenburg, Sweden
The invention

Every other liner has a saturation point. Ours physically can't.

Every fibre that's ever been inside your glove fills up with sweat. Then it stops moving. The rest of the shift, it sits against your hand.

Material Moisture regain
Merino wool 15–18%

Soaks like a sponge. Stays heavy.

Bamboo viscose 13%

Soft-sell marketing. Wetter than cotton.

Silk 11%

Soaks slow. Dries slower.

Cotton 7–8%

Wet in under an hour.

Polyester 0.4%

Wets fast. Dries slow.

DRYE Asymmetric layering Skin-side dry <0.1%

Can't fill. Stays dry — full shift.

Moisture regain references: Kadolph 2014 · ASTM D2654 · CN GB national standard. Transport mechanism independently verified at the Swedish School of Textiles, 2025.

The mechanism

Every liner fills up Two materials. One direction: away from skin.

Every liner before DRYE

Absorb and hold

Cotton, silk, merino, polyester wicking. All fill with moisture until saturated - then hold it against your skin for the rest of the shift.

  • Sweat enters the fabric and stays
  • At saturation, moisture sits on skin
  • Sealed glove traps heat and humidity
  • Heat and humidity trap inside the glove
  • Same wet glove on shift 1 as shift 8
DRYE · ASYMMETRIC LAYERING

Repel. Pull. No saturation.

Two fibers, one fabric. The skin side repels moisture. The outer side pulls it away. That’s the difference: sweat moves out instead of pooling against the skin.

  • Skin side repels moisture at contact
  • Outer side pulls moisture toward it
  • Continuous transport, no saturation point
  • One principle. Patent filed March 2026.
Independent verification · 2026

Same family of knit. Different construction. 82× further moisture transport.

The innovation is not just the fibre blend. It is how the knit is built to move moisture away from the skin side.
DRYE textile sample showing large wicking area after Wickview test.
DRYE · ASYMMETRIC LAYERING
8,111
mm² wicking area
vs
Control textile sample with same fibres but different knit, showing minimal wicking area.
CONVENTIONAL LAYERING
99
mm² wicking area
Wickview AATCC 195 · Borås, Sweden · Jenny Tran, MSc thesis 2025
Without DRYE

Sweat traps against skin

The longer you wear them, the more permeable your skin becomes.

With DRYE

Repel. Pull. No saturation.

Moisture moves out continuously. Skin side stays dry.

Expectation

You notice it in minutes.
Not weeks.

Moisture is the trigger. Remove it and the condition changes fast. Most users feel the difference during the first shift.

YOU’VE SEEN THE WET LAYER.

Either it changes your shift
Or it doesn't

30 days. Full refund if your gloves still feel the same. No forms. No questions.

— A. Riahi

Eight hours in. The glove is humid.
Your skin is dry.

"After 6 hours under rubber gloves, my hands felt wet inside. Took the gloves off — completely dry. Such a mindfuck."

Seven years solving one problem:
trapped sweat.

Seven years of R&D across five independent research institutions.

R
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Early-stage requirements & system development
U
Uppsala University
Clinical conditions & dermatological impact
S
Swedish School of Textiles
Textile engineering & structural analysis

Different gloves. Same failure point.
The skin underneath.

EV technicians and automotive mechanics reported the same pattern: less trapped sweat, fewer flare-ups, and no loss of dexterity.

EV Technicians
Multiple Nordic Service Centers
15 Weeks
Technician field rating
7.76/10
Reduced sweat under HV gloves
14/16
Dexterity unaffected
16/16
Certified Class 0 high-voltage rubber gloves, 8h shifts, 15 weeks. Structured field survey, 16 technicians, 2023.
Automotive Mechanics
Gothenburg, Sweden
8 Weeks
Reduced sweat retention
7/9
Fewer dermatitis flare-ups
3/3
Continued use voluntarily
9/9
Zero adverse reactions
9/9
Observational study, June–Aug 2023. 9 participants, Gothenburg. Published: Textilhögskolan Borås, Oct 2023.

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Infantry Soldiers
Ukraine, Active Field Use
12 WEEKS
Improved thermal comfort
9/10
Reduced skin damage
10/10
Weapon precision: unaffected
9/10
Would use in combat
10/10
Structured questionnaire, 10 infantry soldiers. National Guard of Ukraine, 2nd Corps. Active field conditions, 2025.

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Wet skin makes gloves fight back. Put a dry layer between.

Less sticking, less glove flipping, less wet-skin drag. DRYE moves sweat away from your hand so nitrile slides better through the shift.

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From first wear to months of shifts

One layer under the rubber glove. Day one to month six.

0.4mm thin. No chemicals. No coatings. Fits inside any work glove.
DAY 1
Sweat moves out from the first pull-on. Skin side stays dry.
DAY 3
By the third shift, the cycle starts to break. Less sting. Less swap-outs.
WEEK 2
Two weeks in. Less reaching for the cream tube. Hands feel different.
MONTH 1
One month, one liner. The same pair you started with.
MONTH 6
Hundreds of cotton liner replacements, replaced by one pair. No coatings. Performance is structural — washing can't strip it.
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30-day full refund

Cream under gloves turns soggy. Try one dry layer instead.

If the physics don't change your shift — full refund. No forms. No conditions.

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