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Dying Living Rubber

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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.

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