Comments on: Urban Lace: Elegant Jewelry Made from Recycled Bike Inner Tubes http://inhabitat.com/urban-lace-elegant-jewelry-made-from-recycled-bike-inner-tubes/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: srobin http://inhabitat.com/urban-lace-elegant-jewelry-made-from-recycled-bike-inner-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-395669 srobin Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:44:45 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=295795#comment-395669 What type of vegetable based solution do you treat them with? What type of vegetable based solution do you treat them with?

]]> By: UrbanLace http://inhabitat.com/urban-lace-elegant-jewelry-made-from-recycled-bike-inner-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-352368 UrbanLace Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:01:03 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=295795#comment-352368 Hi I am sorry to hear about the black marks coming form your messenger bag. It is most likely a substance called carbon black used to color inner tubes and increase their strength. It is also used to color inks, leather, and crayons. The main ingredient in bicycle inner tube in Butyl rubber, a synthetic rubber created in WW2. Butyl rubber is often clear and odorless, chewable, absorbent and resistant to oxidization; it can be used in gum-based products. Butyl rubber has even been used in skin-care products because it has good adhesion properties. That said, the chemical compound manufactures use is a closely guarded secret. However acknowledging that this polymer is expensive it is save to assume that fillers are used. These fillers reinforce the polymers by adding strength and improved mechanical properties. These include silica, clay and the carbon black that was previously mentioned. We clean all of our products thoroughly and treat them with a vegetable based solution before we sell them to our consumers. We have tested our products extensively over the past five years and have nothing but fantastic feed back from our customers. Thanks for your feed back, Aaron Owner Urban Lace Hi
I am sorry to hear about the black marks coming form your messenger bag. It is most likely a substance called carbon black used to color inner tubes and increase their strength. It is also used to color inks, leather, and crayons. The main ingredient in bicycle inner tube in Butyl rubber, a synthetic rubber created in WW2.

Butyl rubber is often clear and odorless, chewable, absorbent and resistant to oxidization; it can be used in gum-based products. Butyl rubber has even been used in skin-care products because it has good adhesion properties. That said, the chemical compound manufactures use is a closely guarded secret.
However acknowledging that this polymer is expensive it is save to assume that fillers are used. These fillers reinforce the polymers by adding strength and improved mechanical properties. These include silica, clay and the carbon black that was previously mentioned.

We clean all of our products thoroughly and treat them with a vegetable based solution before we sell them to our consumers. We have tested our products extensively over the past five years and have nothing but fantastic feed back from our customers.

Thanks for your feed back,
Aaron
Owner Urban Lace

]]> By: j foss http://inhabitat.com/urban-lace-elegant-jewelry-made-from-recycled-bike-inner-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-352339 j foss Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:01:11 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=295795#comment-352339 LOVE the concept... great way to draw attention to design that diverts waste from landfills... but, curious to learn if the products are fully safe considering their artificial ingredients... I've had an inner tube messenger bag for about 5 years now and it constantly leaves black smudges on my clothes... hope this line has taken this into consideration! LOVE the concept… great way to draw attention to design that diverts waste from landfills… but, curious to learn if the products are fully safe considering their artificial ingredients… I’ve had an inner tube messenger bag for about 5 years now and it constantly leaves black smudges on my clothes… hope this line has taken this into consideration!

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