Latex ndi mphira wachilengedwe womwe umasinthasintha, wolimba komanso wokhazikika, womwe umapereka kukana kwakukulu kwa kugwedezeka, kuphulika ndi kuphulika. Latex imalimbana ndi madzi komanso imagonjetsedwa ndi mafuta opangidwa ndi mapuloteni. Latex ndiyosavomerezeka pantchito zomwe zimaphatikizapo kukhudzana ndi mafuta opangidwa ndi hydrocarbon kapena zosungunulira.