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                                                                                                                                                               Rubber
                                   Example:







                                                                                                                                 Description:



                                                                                                                                 Natural rubber is made from a runny, milky white liquid

                                                                                                                                 called latex that oozes from certain plants when you cut
                                                                                                                                 into them. (Common dandelions, for example, produce

                                                                                                                                 latex; if you snap off their stems, you can see the latex
                                                                                                                                 dripping out from them. Natural rubber is an essential raw

                                                                                                                                 material used in the creation of more than 40,000 prod-
                                                                                                                                 ucts. It is used in medical devices, surgical gloves, aircraft

                                                                                                                                 and car tires, pacifiers, clothes, toys, etc.










                                                                                    I then used silicone seal-                                                                           Here is the finnished piece

                                                                                    ant an dplaced in onto                                                                               i was happy with how it
                                                                                    the piece.                                                                                           turned out and i was
                                                                                                                                                                                         happy with the range of
                                                                                                                                                                                         matials i used.




















                                  First step was to cover                                                                             I then used a knife to

                                  the plastc in Black spray                                                                           spread the silicone

                                  paint.                                                                                              around the piece .
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