ʻO nā mīkina lima Latex, maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻoihana ʻoihana, e like me ke keʻena hana, ka hale hana, a me nā kūlana olakino e koi ai i kahi kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka elasticity, a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, akā pale i ka corrosion o ka momona holoholona.