Latex irabha yechisikigo inochinjika, yakasimba uye inogara, ichiendesa yakakwira mwero wekupokana nekukwenya, kubaya uye kubvongodzwa. Latex inodzivirira mvura uye inodzivirira kumafuta ane mapuroteni. Latex haikurudzirwe kumabasa anosanganisira kusangana nemafuta ehydrocarbon-based or solvents.