tackleengineer Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 I am wanting to dye my square cut living rubber. I tried Rit dye and it did not work at all. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigmeister Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 The "newer" old square cut living rubber was coated with silicone (or something similar ) which seals the rubber so it wont accept any attempt to dye it I have found. The original old flat cut rubber used talcum powder as a lubricant for scoring the strands and to prevent the strips from sticking together (versue the later silicone method) . The silicone treated rubber is darker and slightly glossy while the talcummed rubber is dull (flat ) . You can use a sharpie permanent marker to color the original powdered rubber with mixed results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
