What dye can you recommend for latex rubber?

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Message: What dye can you recommend for latex rubber?

I recommend that you add pigments, rather than dye, to the liquid rubber, before using it to cast the product made from it. There's a variety of pigments that might be suitable, but avoid any that contain metal pigments that may coagulate the latex. A good source of the right sort of pigments might be The Monster Makers, who sell latex colorants. (I have never used their products, so I can't give you a review of them.)

Are you casting the latex rubber yourself, or working with preformed latex rubber? Coloring latex is much more difficult to do well after it has solidified. You can use paint, but you might find some problems with flaking. It's better to use pigments to cast latex of approximately the right color, and then apply paint afterwards for detail work.

For coloring solid rubber products, there is a product called rubber dye, sold under the brand name Rubberbond. I don't know anything about it, but it would seem like your best bet to try, though rather expensive. Krylon Fusion for Plastics is not recommended for latex rubber.

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Posted: Wednesday - April 20, 2011 at 06:41 AM

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