particular advantage of the present invention is that the polymer coated elastic strips show good bonding with standard hot melt adhesives hot melt adhesives are often used to attach the elastic strip to a substrate such as in the use of the elastic strip at the leg opening of a disposable diaper the presence of a powder coating in the current process hinders the contact between the adhesive and rubber decreasing bonding efficiency as a result high amounts of hot melt adhesive are required the bonding between the polymer coated elastic strip and adhesive is excellent resulting in much better bonding this results in the use of much less adhesive in the assembly process during the assembly process the elastic strands are often in direct contact with the adhesive application head the presence of powder can build up on and clog the head shutting down a production line the polymer coated elastic strands of the present invention overcome this process problem polymer coated elastic strands may also be used in products such as medical and industrial protective wear such as for example gloves and facemasks the powder free polymer coated elastic can be made into strands threads and tapes useful in but not limited to said listed products the following examples are presented to further illustrate and.