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The swatch is painted with The first coat of plasticoat is The following 10 coats are
grey primer. applied lightly. applied in tha same fashion

stopping once the surface is
thich enough.

Rubber

Material History

Vulcanization
Process discovered Motorcars Rubber mulcch
First use: A game increasing Discovery of increased need invented to
much like volleyball. Durability. Synthetic Rubber. for tires. recycle tires.

1400s 1839 1879 1882 1999

Rubbermalch/Youtube.

Production Properties

Sap is collected from Rubber Trees (Hevea Brasiliensis) which is then strained and mixed with Abrasion resistant.
Formic Acid, causing the sap to coagulate into a thicker sludge. The sludge is then rolled to Elastic.
remove any excess water, washed to rid it of any left over Formic Acid and put aside to dry. Water resistant.
Once dry the rubber sheets go through quality control and get packaged to be shipped to differ- Insulator.
ent factories where there can be produced into numerous products. Pliable.

HowItsMade/Youtube. Engineeringnotes.com