I think if you put a white set in the correct dye you could make some pink. Might take some experimenting but it would be fun. Find the best product and process and sell a rubber ring coloring kit. That would be bad ass. You could make any color for any game. Kinda like an Easter egg coloring kit. Might be popular with the super modders. You would need to find something that would not come off on the ball. Maybe over expose the color and remove as much as possible to reach your target color so there's no color left that will come off.

Here. Long live google!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=yqsG_25shwY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyqsG_25shwY

Yeah, take it from someone that's tried to dye rubber rings before... regardless of what anyone claims, it's not easy to do , and the results are kind of "meh".

Best results I've had were vinegar + Rit dye and boiling the rings in it for 20 minutes or so. And after I was done, I couldn't even stand to touch the stupid things because the feel of them was like rubberized chalk and sandpaper. I did turn a white ring blue though.

Sharpie?

I have the pink post rubbers on my Creech, but not sure about for the flipper rubbers. Really like the green.

I have found that different colored rubbers have very different qualities for play. Why is that?

Dan

I believe the diff'rent colors equal a diff'rent hardness level of the rubber.

Different durometer of the rubber. Why? I don't know the technical reason why they can't make white and black rubber with the same durometer. Seems absurd to me that nobody does, but you've got to figure it really comes down to cost and old fart mentality of "that's the way it's always been, I'm not gonna mess with it!"

Has anyone ever charted the colors of the rubbers from hard (control) to soft (bouncy)?

From the colors I have used I guess I would put them as Black, Green, Yellow, Red increasing in livliness.

Dan

OOoooooohhh Jerri....Swoon.

I always thought it was bk,bl,rd,grn,yel,wh in order of firm and getting softer.

Baywatch manual calls for pink flipper rubber if i am not mistaken. I think my dad's baywatch even has pink flipper rubber on it still (unshopped reimport from germany).

My experience has been that red are far softer than the green or yellow. I had to take red off Creech and keep the green to have any chance of extending play. I would guess blue would be where you have it, but surprised at where you have red. Never tried white.

Think I may start a new thread on this.

Dan

There's already been a bunch...unless you've got an actual way to determine the durometer, and fresh rubber on hand from all suppliers in all colors, don't really see anything new being discussed...

May not be , but there is a large influx of new people that can share perspective on any old issue.

Durometer is objective, which isn't really informative. Preference is more interesting and why.

Dan

That's an opinion, not a fact.

Generally, I agree with this statement, but already been a ton of discussion on the subject.

As a relevant aside, I've never seen "pink" flipper rubber for sale anywhere...just old dried out red.

*edit* Actually, I lie...where did I see that.....maybe I did see hot pink rubber... hrm..

Switching from Orange to Green on my TSPP flippers really allowed me better feel and better control - green feels less numb than orange.

I have a couple hot pink post sleeves on the game and they fit right in with the wacky color scheme.

Frax:

You're right about the opinion part. I guess I meant a number on a scale wouldn't be as informative as the feel and effect of that number on play. I am guessing durometer is denoted as a numerical value. The durometer would be a standard but not everyone would agree on preference for a certain value of durometer on any particular game. People could prefer different durometers depending upon whether a game has more or less flow, longer or tighter shots, etc.

Topics are often repeated over time. Doesn't seem to be a lack of space available. Or is there some etiquette issue I am missing? Honest question.

Dan

Just gets old seeing the same thing over and over again IMO, but then again, there's really only so much that CAN be discussed in a closed field like pinball...it's not like there's anyone trying to innovate in the field of flipper rubber! Guess I'm just feeling a bit crochety today, lol.

Durometer is expressed as a numerical value, yes. I don't remember the technicalities of it, but IMO, without buying all of it, I think it would be a good "starting point" for comparison for someone that doesn't want to buy 5 different colors of rubber just to find out they don't like the way it plays, or worse, that it's completely DIFFERENT than what they were expecting.

i did try to find some for my playboy, nope doesn't exist.

got purple out of curiosity... meh!

Flipper rubber is cheap so just buy a bunch of different types, brands & colors.

PBL has more nylon than Happ

Expect slight variations with each future batch too.

Here is something interesting... On FGY you cannot rest the ball on the post to make the Lois/Chris show with PBL rubber, only Happ.