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I put black rubber on Black Knight and have not noticed any problem with it being dirtier, It does seem to play a bit slower. I put white (game came with a rubber kit from PBR) on Jungle Lord and am getting white tracking all over the playfield, on the balls, etc. What a mess. I did not know you were supposed to wash new rubbers, I thought you just ripped open the package and rolled em on. 
Quoted from beelzeboob:2. You have to wash white rubbers before putting them on because they'll cause streaks on the PF. (Never heard that either, but it doesn't sound like he's making it up.)
I think I read somewhere once to wash off the mold release residue but I Never did wash any white rubber rings before install and never had any issue until this one instance. Only ones That did this were the set that came with the Jungle lord I bought. This set had a PBR label in the bag (bag was not sealed when I got it so I cannot say with 100% certainty). I wish I had taken a picture.
Quoted from beelzeboob:1. White rubbers play faster than black rubbers. (Is this really true? It's just freakin' rubber...I'd think your coil strength and table pitch would influence that more.)
The black ones I put on Black Knight seem a little stiffer (less bounce) than the white that was on before, same playfield pitch.
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