There is some beautiful chemistry involved in the dyeing process. One package of dye will in fact tint dozens of goggles. The dyes are azo and anthraquinone compounds that produce no skin irritation, and are neither caustic nor toxic. Get creative and tint your goggles to match clothing or to match a holiday, like orange and black for Halloween. J. W. Hill and C. A. Harmes, J. Chem.
Printing presses use rubber rollers to pick up ink and apply it to the surface of paper.
Because of the chemicals that make up rubber, it has a way of picking up ink and then releasing the ink to paper. Rubber works because of the unique interactions between molecules in rubber and the molecules in ink and paper. Now let's make our own rubber stamps. Cut out a 5 cm square of cardboard. Draw a line down the middle of a rectangular pink school eraser.