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07-05-2018, 07:30 AM | #1 |
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Changing Black rubber to red rubber
Has anyone experimented to change BLACK rubber to RED rubber?
Guess you know where I am going with this...the fan belt. NO PAINT! Pluck |
07-05-2018, 09:39 AM | #2 |
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Re: Changing Black rubber to red rubber
MMMM Steve, any chance for leather dye from a shoe repair shop.
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07-05-2018, 03:40 PM | #3 |
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Re: Changing Black rubber to red rubber
i dunno black is kinda well black - it would be very hard to dye it red that wont just come off. They do make paint specifically for vinyl and rubber...Worked wonders on some blue sun visors i needed for another car that i needed them to be black. Cannot tell its been painted - the vinyl fake cracks show right up, no streaks, no flaking, peeling, hardness, etc.
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07-05-2018, 06:23 PM | #4 |
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Re: Changing Black rubber to red rubber
The black in all rubber is all an additive...carbon black. Rubber is naturally white. Some of theearly "nonskid" Firestone tires on Fords was white. I've heard that carbon black was added so that they would not look dirty from road grime. NOW, how was red radiator hose made?
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07-05-2018, 06:24 PM | #5 |
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Re: Changing Black rubber to red rubber
OH, Nakowitz sells a bleach to get the carbon black our of fan belts then they can be re-died brown. But...one needs to find a belt that has thefive or seven layers that theoem belts have.
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07-05-2018, 06:26 PM | #6 |
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07-05-2018, 08:35 PM | #7 |
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Re: Changing Black rubber to red rubber
I think this is what swo4rd is talking about.
Roy Nacewicz B-108-P Special fan belt coloring agent (it really does the job-one that normal paints can't do) $24.95/half pint |
07-06-2018, 08:59 AM | #8 |
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Re: Changing Black rubber to red rubber
Turning BLACK rubber to RED rubber is about as feasible as UN-SCRAMBLING eggs.
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07-06-2018, 09:14 AM | #9 |
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Re: Changing Black rubber to red rubber
Carbon was added to rubber to increase it life and wearing abilities. It had NOTHING to do with tires getting dirty.
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07-07-2018, 06:19 PM | #10 |
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Re: Changing Black rubber to red rubber
I just talked to someone that painted a black hose red several years ago and he says it still looks good, just regular paint.
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