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How do you turn rubber from a sap tree into rubber for a rubber band?

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They collect latex from the rubber tree by tapping it and let it drip into a bucket and wait till it stops. It is then processed and various chemicals added, predominately sulphur to allow it to be hard and still flexible at the same time.

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