Once the beads have been mixed into the liquid rubber, it is rolled out into a thin film and cut into sheets.

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Those guys produce just the right milk-white liquid to make into fake rubber.

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So in 1979 Jim and a younger brother, Philip, cofounded Arcon, conducting their experiments in Jim's kitchen, where they filled jars, glasses and pails with liquid latex, then cured the rubber in his oven.

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