All our products in the Dip'nGrip family have been developed for you to maximise the results of
your handball game. But we have also taken great care to formulate products that will not endanger
your health.
Our Dip'nGrip Handball Glue contains no colophony / kolofonium and it is easily cleaned with a
water based detergent: Dip'nClean Floor.
Our products require no chemical classification in the ready-to-use form, and the products
contain no perfumes, colourings or problematic ingredients.
Colophony Allergy
Handball glue is a sticky material used for improved ball-control. The term covers several
glue-formulations, but common for all: they are based on natural resin/rosin from
pine-trees.
The natural resin, however, contains very high levels of the substance Colophony/Kolofonium
(CAS nr: 8050-09-7), which requires a special chemical labelling: Xi "Irritant" -
Risk phrase-43 "May cause sensitization by skin contact" -
Safety phrase-24 "Avoid skin contact".
Allergy to colophony is the 7th most frequent contact allergy (contact dermatitis).
Colophony/Kolofonium is part of the standard kit for patch testing at dermatological
clinics.
The use of handball glues, which are based on natural tree resin or wax, may cause
allergic reactions.
To avoid the risk of colophony allergy it is important to use special handball glue -
free from colophony - such as Dip'nGrip. Would you like to learn
more? Just paste or type the words 'allergy colophony OR kolofonium OR rosin'
in Google and you receive 20.000 hits!!
Some brands of handball glue are marketed as 'dermatological tested'. Analysis of these products has proven that they contain colophony to a large extent, and such products could cause severe allergic reactions.
The issue of allergic substances in handball glue has been presented to the European Handball Federation (EHF), and they are evaluating the technical aspects in more detail.
