On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:47 -0800, Smitty Two
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:30:41 -0800, "Bob"
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I have rubber stair treads on my back entryway steps. They are black rubber
with many ribs on each tread(very very narrow space between each rib). They
are in excellent condition but although I vacuum and mop(with ammonia
solution) them often, they never really look that good.

I am going to be repainting the wood portion of the stairs and would like to
have the rubber treads look a lot better than they do. Removing them and
going to new ones is not an option, so any ideas about how to clean them,
restore them,etc would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Bob



Just about any product used to "restore" rubber is also going to make
it slippery as hell.

Sorry, I have to disagree on that, Salty. Rubber rejuvenator was
commonly used on VCR tires that had begun to get hard and brittle. It
restored, to a degree, the resilience and grip of the tires. Not every
product is as useless as Armor All.

I'll have to disagree with that. Re-Grip, which is the product you are
referring to, would make for a very slick walking surface. It was only
a temporary fix for VCR tires, anyway. It also comes in a very tiny
bottle for several dollars. To use it on an entire stair tread, you
would spend hundreds of dollars, befor discovering just how slick a
surface it would leave.